THE Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) has withdrawn their volunteer resident doctors from various sites. In a statement, Friday, RDAZ president Paul Chibwe said the decision was made after the association observed a persistent...

MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Nicholas Phiri has indicated that he will not resign, despite his earlier pledge to do so if all newly acquired CDF ambulances were not delivered by...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government’s intention is for the country to be food secure with each district feeding itself and the surplus being sold to urban areas. Speaking during the launch of maize harvesting at...

COPPERBELT Minister Elisha Matambo says Sino Metals Leach Zambia Limited and Rongxing Investment Limited will pay over K16.2 million as compensation to 507 farmers who were affected by the two mining companies’ pollution. And Mines...

MINISTRY of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana has dispelled reports that President Hakainde Hichilema has suspended High Court Judge Emelia Phiri Sunkutu on tribal grounds. On Wednesday, President Hichilema suspended Justice Sunkutu as...

CHIEF Madzimawe of the Ngoni-speaking people of Eastern Province says politics should not be physical but a competition of ideologies. And Chief Madzimawe has urged politicians to exercise maturity and not engage in fights. In...

A TRUCK driver is on the run after allegedly stealing 30 tonnes of copper cathodes he was transporting from Ndola to Durban, South Africa. According to police, the matter was reported by Michael Chanda, 39,...

THE National Biosafety Authority has granted two companies five-year permits to import products which may contain GMOs, namely assorted potato and corn crisps, as well as Hungry Lion chip spices. In a statement issued by...

TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says Zambia is working on modalities to lower the cost of air transport. In a statement issued from Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls Town by his Principal Public Relations Officer Ernest...

ZAMBIA Union for All Persons with Disabilities president Pascal Mulenga has expressed disappointment with government’s proposed mixed-member proportional representation system, which offers only three spots for persons with disabilities. Government recently published the draft Constitution...