By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has said Zambia’s economic performance is impressive and that the country needs to target a seven per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) performance for at...

By TIMES REPORTER – SUNDAY morning mass was repeatedly disrupted yesterday at St Charles Lwanga Regiment Parish Catholic Church in Lusaka after some congregants protested over the move to transfer two priests from the parish. The...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – ZAMBIA has proposed a resolution on cholera to be addressed at this year’s World Health Assembly in May under the strategic priority on public health preparedness and response. The resolution would...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – FORMER deputy minister in the ministries of Finance and Commerce, Miles Sampa has said the recent upgraded credit rating of the country by Moody’s is an endorsement of President Edgar Lungu’s...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has urged the African Union (AU) to ensure that the gender equality criteria are included in the African Peer Review Mechanism in order for governments to adhere to...

By MILDRED KATONGO – ALL Copperbelt mining company chief executive officers and management officials have been summoned by Copperbelt Minister Bowman Lusambo following the plans to conduct a mine investment audit. The Association of Mine...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – NEGOTIATIONS between the Government and public university unions to dismantle more than K6 billion debt have collapsed after Government representatives and university managements failed to attend a scheduled meeting in Kabwe...

By FRANCINA PHIRI – TWO convicted criminals from Mansa Correctional Facility in Luapula Province have escaped from custody after removing two blocks off the wall of the lavatory in the prison cells. Luapula Province Police...

By HELLEN TEMBO – THE United Nations (UN) in Zambia, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) have commended the Government’s initiative of setting up an efficient cholera...

By CHUSA SICHONE in Mafinga District – THE problem of ‘ghost’ teachers in Mafinga District has angered a traditional ruler in the area and prompted him to advocate the prioritisation of the locals during the...