MINISTRY of General Education Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Jobbicks Kalumba has announced that schools will resume on July 8, 2021 for term two. And Ministry of Higher Education Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame has directed that all Public and Private University campuses must close with effect from July 2, in view of the COVID-19...

COMMONWEALTH Secretary General Patricia Scotland has urged Zambians to stand united against violence, saying elections come and go but the country will stay on. And Scotland says it is important that political leaders are encouraged to publicly declare their commitment to abiding by the will of the people ahead of the August polls. Meanwhile, UN...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has declared Friday, July 2, and Wednesday, July 7, 2021 as non-working days as First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda who died two weeks ago is put to rest. And President Lungu says several Heads of State and governments will be attending the state funeral of the first President today. Addressing the...

UPND chairman for education Dr Choolwe Beyani says the recently released Amnesty International report is factual and reflects the cries of the people over the brutality of the PF regime. In an interview, Dr Beyani said there were a number of people that were killed under the PF regime and that no one was held...

A FORMER girlfriend of incarcerated Henry Kapoko has petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking an order to have the Anti-Corruption Commission release various items and money that were seized from her in 2009. The properties seized included among others, a flat, two bank accounts and various denominations of cash that were held at her house. Rudo...

THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the Early Warning Early Response Project aimed at de-escalating violence during the 2021 general elections. The establishment of the Early Warning System and Early Warning Response project follows recommendations made in the Commission of Inquiry into the Voting Patterns...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama says 72 patients have succumbed to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest number recorded so far. And Ministry of Transport and Communications Permanent Secretary Misheck Lungu says government is engaging the bus and taxi operators in order to actualise the standard operating...