A 47-year-old Chiwempala man in Chingola has committed suicide after beating his wife to death. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga has confirmed the death of Gertrude Mpundu, 38, of Nalumango Road in Chiwempala Township. Katanga said Mpundu, a house wife, was beaten to death after a marital dispute with her husband, Lacabu Simukoko, who was...

Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has declared Lusaka as a cholera free city. Updating Parliament on the status of the cholera outbreak, Wednesday, Dr Chilufya said 19 days had passed since the last cholera case was recorded. “A number of cases that were investigated proved negative. Mr Speaker, today marks 19 days after the last...

Chitambo District Health Office has been hit by a shortage of fuel for emergency referrals. In a letter dated March 3, 2019 and addressed to the District Commissioner. Chitambo District Health Officer Dr Knoziack Chisenga stated that the office had completely run out of fuel, and that the credit facility, which enabled his Department to...

Many people have expressed shock that government has gone ahead to suspend the broadcasting licence for Lusaka-based Prime Television, but we saw it coming. In fact, we heard about plans to shut down Prime TV station about a year ago, and we remember sharing our fears with the proprietor of the media house. So, what...

The United States Embassy has asked the Independent Broadcasting Authority to urgently reverse the suspension of Prime TV's broadcasting license saying it is counter productive to upholding democratic tenets. And Prime TV managing director Gerald Shawa has appealed to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services against the suspension. In a statement, Wednesday, the U.S...

The three church mother bodies say it is hypocritical and undemocratic to suspend Prime TV's broadcasting license when government owned and controlled media outlets have miserably been unprofessional and unethical in their news coverage. And the church mother bodies say the Independent Broadcasting Authority's decision to suspend Prime TV's license is not only embarrassing to...