By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA GOVERNMENT has called for cooperation with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities in curbing smuggling activities between the two countries. Home Affairs Deputy Minister Stephen Kampyongo said despite Government’s ban on the...

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE – VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has urged the Public Service Commission to expedite the process of hearing appeals and reinstating nurses who were erroneously dismissed in order to normalise staffing levels in hospitals...

By CHARITY MOONGA – GOVERNMENT has exposed a scam in which known political party leaders are inciting and funding civil society organisations (CSOs) to hijack the Constitution-making process. Chief Government spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya said the...

By TIMES REPORTER – PARLIAMENT which adjourned sine die on December 13, 2013 will resume sitting on February 11, this year. Clerk of the National Assembly, Doris Mwinga announced this in a statement in Lusaka yesterday....

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has said the Constitution-making process has been hijacked by individuals bent on embarrassing, humiliating and politically undermining the sovereign will of the Zambian people. The President said the...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – A MAN of Lusaka’s Chalala area allegedly killed his two sons and attempted to kill himself yesterday. Laston Nyirongo, 29, of an unmarked house in Chalala, allegedly poisoned himself and the...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata says the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) will be a tool for modernisation and diversification of the economy in order to create jobs, wealth and prosperity for the Zambian...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – GOVERNMENT has directed the Mines Safety Department to step up its supervisory mechanism to curb the rising mine accidents in the country. On Monday, a 31-year-old miner of Mopani Copper Mines...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – MORE than 700 households in Livingstone’s Mulala Village in Libuyu Ward have been cut off from the rest of the city following the collapse of Mulala Bridge on Maramba River. The...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has challenged the Zambia Security Intelligences Service (ZSIS) to come up with appropriate strategies to monitor and wipe out corrupt practices and other cases of economic sabotage. Mr...