By FRANCINA PHIRI AN EIGHTY-SIX -year-old man of Chilambe Kasonda village in Mansa has been hacked to death by his teenage grandson for unknown reasons. Luapula Province commissioner of police Hudson Namachila identified the deceased...

By SYLVESTER MWALE and PASSY HAACHIZO – KABWE Mayor Prince Chileshe has warned that the local authority has started clamping down on bars allowing teenagers to patronise their premises to protect the children’s lives in...

By HOPE BWALYA – GOVERNMENT is formulating a waste management policy to provide guidelines to institutions dealing in solid waste management and those producing solid waste material. Local Government Minister Vincent Mwale said the strategies...

By DELPHINE ZULU THE Lusaka Magistrate’s Court has discharged President Edgar Lungu’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda and Daily Nation Newspapers proprietor Richard Sakala of contempt of court charges.This was after...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has urged First Ladies in Africa to use their influential positions to lobby for healthcare finance, especially for the adolescents. Speaking during the 19th OAFLA Ordinary General...

By CHUSA SICHONE – TWENTY-SIX people died in 310 road traffic accidents recorded countrywide during the Heroes and Unity holidays. The number of deaths recorded during this year’s Heroes and Unity holidays has reduced by...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Government has this week paid K4.8 billion from the K17 billion owed to pensioners, infrastructure, fuel and electricity payments. Finance Minister Felix Mutati said the Government had so far paid...

By HELLEN TEMBO – THE Technical Education, Vocation and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) has deregistered 32 institutions from undertaking its programmes for failure to maintain minimum training standards. TEVETA director general David Chakonta said the...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Higher Education Authority (HEA) has said the Government’s intention to introduce entrance examinations for college and university students will raise the calibre of graduates being produced at institutions of higher...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FORTY-EIGHT United Party for National Development (UPND) Members of Parliament (MPs) have challenged the decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini to suspend them from the House for...