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THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged government to put in place various measures to minimise the transmission of COVID-19 as schools re-open next week. The country has in the last couple of weeks been...

FORMER labour minister Fackson Shamenda has urged government to reconsider the issue of paying civil servants according to their contribution, saying it’s a recipe for unfairness and corruption. Emoluments Commission Acting Director General Mwamba Peni...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his government is alive to the disruptions caused by the ongoing load shedding to various economic sectors, small-scale businesses, vital installations and households. Meanwhile, Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says the Head...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says President Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND administration want to maintain a lean but effective Cabinet. Responding to Citizens First president Harry Kalaba’s call for President Hichilema to appoint a...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the UPND government will regret abolishing the criminal defamation of the President law looking at its performance. Commenting on remarks by UPND Lusaka Province Chairman Obvious Mwaliteta in...

THE Department of Immigration has apprehended five Ethiopian nationals and a Kasama-based paramilitary police officer attached to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) for illegal entry and aiding and abetting, respectively. In a statement, Wednesday, Immigration...

EMOLUMENTS Commission Chairperson George Kawatu says the commission has approved the 10.5 percent salary increment for civil servants for 2023. And Commission Acting Director General Mwamba Peni says civil servants will now be paid according...

TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali was nearly clobbered yesterday by some angry online taxi drivers who were incensed after he allegedly failed to address their grievances at a meeting held at Government Complex. The...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says Zambians are learning the hard way that there is a separation between what politicians promise during campaigns and what they practice while in...

A 40-YEAR-OLD man of Masaiti District is nursing a deep cut on the head after his colleague, who suspected him of having an affair with his wife, hacked him with an axe. According to police,...