A group of workshop delegates were forced to abandon their seminar as they scampered to safety after discovering the grass thatched building they were conducting business from at Chimwemwe Lodge was burning down from the top. Chimwemwe Executive Lodge is a famous luxurious facility located at the Petauke turn off in Petauke district of Eastern...

The Patriotic Front in Central Province has the crusade against Minister of Finance Mutati, accusing him of destabilising the ruling party. Scores of PF members this morning staged a protest march from Kasanda market along Kabwe –Ndola road to the party secretariat, behind Horizon Hotel, to present a petition demanding Mutati's removal to PF provincial...

THE Ndola City Council says the fire at Kapalala Market could have been a result of negligence on the part of some traders who spend nights there. Ndola mayor Amon Chisenga ruled out arson but said it was up to police to investigate. "For now, we rule out any possibility of arson. However, we leave...

THE case in which UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his vice Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba are charged with seditious practices has failed to take off as the two are reported sick. This is a matter in which the two are charged with three counts of seditious practices and unlawful assembly contrary to the laws of Zambia....

Introduction Global HIV incidence may have peaked but calls for scaling up prevention have not diminished. The number of new infections worldwide remains high (4.1 million in 2005) with some regions previously unscathed experiencing rising incidences of HIV. The number of patients presenting late at health facilities with advanced HIV/AIDS is also a cause of...

The Kitwe High Court has granted Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) an interim injunction restraining the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) against limiting power supply to the mining firm until the matter is determined by the court. This is in a case in which MCM has sued CEC and Zesco as first and second defendants, respectively. CEC...

A Lusaka resident is demanding compensation for personal injuries he suffered after being hit by a vehicle which was part of the presidential motorcade in 2016. Levison Muchunga of John Howard has dragged the Attorney General to court, claiming special damages over the loss of income. Muchunga is also demanding for medical, transport expenses to...

PRISON DIARY: Part 1 - Motion of Thanks I am grateful to the Almighty God who, from His holy dwellings, arose to set up a 24/7 hour watch over me and all the inmates during my incarceration as a political prisoner for 7 days and 7 nights. Nothing can happen to me apart from what...

DEPUTY MINISTERS IN GOVERNMENT: VALUE ADDITION OR VALUE EROSION? But for the freeze on the portfolio, 44 Deputy Ministers could have been sitting pretty and holding office in 26 ministries in 2017. Their presence in the government structure would have added at least K13, 291, 518.2 to the current budget presented to Parliament by Finance...

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Zambia is saddened by the death of a celebrated lioness, famously known as ‘Lady Luiwa’ who lived in the Luiwa Plain National Park. As confirmed by African Parks, Lady Liuwa died of natural causes on 9th August 2017 a day before World Lion Day. Lady Liuwa’s iconic...