A 36-YEAR-OLD man of Choma has been shot dead by unknown assailants while counting money from beer sales outside his house. The incident happened around 20:00 hours on September 17, 2026, shortly after the man...

POLICE in Kalomo have detained a Food Reserve Agency (FRA) employee in connection with 2,278 missing bags of maize valued at K774,520. Southern Province Police Commanding Officer Moono Namalongo said the employee, who served as...

DIRECTOR of Veterinary Services Dr Charles Maseka says despite the reported wildlife mortalities in some national parks, there is no anthrax in livestock. However, Assistant Director in-charge of Field Services Dr Fusya Goma, has warned...

AN 11-year-old Mazabuka boy has had his right hand amputated after a hand grenade he picked up on his way home exploded when he pulled the pin. Police officers have since recovered fragments of the...

A LOT has been done politically between Zambia and South Africa, now we need to remove our people from poverty, says South Africa High Commissioner to Zambia Sa’ad Cachalia. He adds that Zambia paid a...

FIRING corrupt officers will help us safeguard public resources, says ZRA Commissioner General Dingani Banda. Banda has warned that the Authority will not hesitate to separate with “corrupt” employees at borders to safeguard revenue. Speaking...

POLICE in Kalomo have detained a 39-year-old man for allegedly defiling and impregnating his 13-year-old niece. The man, who is the young brother to the victim’s father, is alleged to have defiled the minor from...

THEY couldn’t bathe. They couldn’t shave. And the taps were serving salt. When Lusaka became the capital city in 1935, civil servants bore the brunt of the collapsing infrastructure, from jammed water pumps to blackouts,...

THE Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) has questioned the Civil Service Commission’s criteria of prioritising the recruitment of volunteer health workers who attended President Hakainde Hichilema’s campaign rallies, describing the process as “unusual”. The...

ONE hundred twenty-two years later, the prison system still isn’t built for long-term incarceration with dignity and rehabilitation. However, in 1947, the then Northern Rhodesia Attorney General H.G Morgan wrote that “Many Africans have no...