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Vice-President Inonge Wina says government has unfrozen 39 vacant positions at the office of the Auditor General, thereby allowing the institution to employ more staff and increased its audit coverage. Wina said this in Parliament

Zambia Correctional Services Head of Legal unity Madford Chishimba says courts in Zambia are not utilising alternative sentences for minor offences as required by law, hence the congestion in prisons. And Zambia Law Development Commission

Police have arrested 55 first year students from the Copperbelt University (CBU) who were protesting against government’s delay to pay their bursaries. And Copperbelt Province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga has confirmed the arrest and said

President Edgar Lungu today told International Monetary Fund officials that there is need to bring negotiations to a close. According to a statement issued by the State House press and public relations unit today, President

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema today made an exceptional mark when he featured on BBC Hard Talk programme, against a tough probing Stephen Sackur. Most of the questions asked on the programme were old news for

Police say there was an increase in Gender Based Violence cases reported in 2017 to 5,096 from 4,235 which were reported in 2016. Giving GBV statistics for the third quarter of this year in a

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested three people for trafficking in illegal drugs. In a statement today, DEC deputy public relations officer Kamufisa Manchishi stated that one suspect was intercepted at an international courier service

President Edgar Lungu has warned refugees to be law abiding and not bring lawlessness in the country or they risk being jailed. And President Lungu has appealed for support from the international community in handling

Fourth republican president Rupiah Banda has called on African Heads of State to increase tertiary education opportunities for young people to enable the continent to develop and be competitive in the global village. According to

Alliance for Community Action executive director Laura Miti says if clergymen who are close to President Edgar Lungu want to win back some relevance, they must condemn violence in PF. In an interview with News