Local

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has urged all eligible citizens to turn out in large numbers to vote peacefully and responsibly on August 13. ECZ Chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis has also called on political parties... […]

POLICE in Mazabuka have arrested and charged Gary Nkombo with two counts of assault in relation to the recent incident at Mazabuka Civic Centre. And Nkombo says if he knew then what he knows now,... […]

CORNELIUS Mweetwa has dismissed claims by the US Embassy in Zambia that there might be increased civil unrest in the country ahead of the August elections. Mweetwa says Zambia has no record of political unrest... […]

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has commended President Hakainde Hichilema for firing Zambia’s deputy Ambassador to Ethiopia Tom Michelo, who allegedly swindled some Chinese investors of US$500,000. TI-Z Executive Director Maurice Nyambe says such decisive action... […]

A 77-YEAR-OLD man of Gwembe has committed suicide by hanging himself using a belt after an alleged family dispute. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a 29-year-old Mazabuka man hanged himself using a rope after a... […]

SECRETARY to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa says government and UNZA have agreed that sanitation issues at the university should never decline to the levels they did previously. And Kangwa has commended the Zambia National Service... […]

THE Ngoni Royal Establishment has refuted as untrue the assertion made by fugitive former Petauke MP Emmanuel J Banda that Paramount Chief Mpezeni IV had been killed. According to a statement issued, Monday, the Ngoni... […]

THE Northern Province administration has commissioned 12 strategic community development projects worth K18,603,966.54 in Chilubi District. The projects include earth-moving equipment, procured at a total cost of K13,920,210.54 and seven classroom blocks commissioned at a... […]

EXPECTANT mothers in Matontola Ward of Milenge will no longer travel distances of between 15 and 20 kilometers to access the nearest maternity services. This is thanks to the successful construction of the first-ever maternity... […]

THE Lusaka City Council has procured 282 desks for Linda Community School, through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). LCC Public Relations Manager Chola Mwamba says this is in support of government’s free education policy. In... […]