Ex-convict to hang!
…for killing wife, day after release from prison By NANCY SIAME AN EX-CONVICT has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his wife and stuffing her body in a sack, a day just after being...
View Article`HH fails to understand Presidency’
By CAROLINE KALOMBE GOVERNMENT has advised United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema to fully understand the duties of a republican President before making...
View ArticleKatuba by-election ballots in
By JIMMY CHIBUYE Ballot papers for the February 25 Katuba parliamentary by-election have been freighted in from London with political parties saying they are happy that the delivery is on time....
View ArticleGBM sues M’membe for K14bn
By CAROLINE KALOMBE KASAMA Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba has sued Post Newspapers editor-in-chief Fred Mmembe for libel, demanding K14 billion and an injunction restraining the newspaper from...
View ArticleKalu upbeat of Nkana triumph
By ROBINSON KUNDA in Lusaka and HONE SIAME in Mbabane FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Kalusha Bwalya is upbeat Nkana will erase the 0-2 defeat to Mbabane Swallows when the teams clash in...
View Article3 Bills await MPs as sittings resume today
By JIMMY CHIBUYE PARLIAMENT, which adjourned sine die on December 13 last year, will resume sittings today and is expected to consider three Bills. The House, which opens for the commencement of the...
View ArticleSlain driver’s mother `rejects’ K82,000 DRC compensation
By MUBANGA NONDO, BARBARA CHANDA and NKWETO MFULA THE Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to pay K82,000 as compensation to the family of Patrick Mwila, the Zambian truck driver who was shot dead...
View ArticleZambia to assemble computers
By CLAVER MUTINTA A computer assembly plant will be established in Zambia this year in a government initiative that is expected to significantly reduce the costs of the equipment, President Sata has...
View ArticlePoverty unacceptably high, says Chikwanda
Internationl Finance Corporation vice-president and treasurer Jingdong Hua (left) chatting with Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda (middle) and Bank of Zambia governor Michael Gondwe. – Picture by...
View ArticleMadison’s LuSE listing welcome
IT IS encouraging that more Zambian companies are showing interest in listing on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE). The more local companies list on the bourse, the easier it will be for the private...
View ArticleGBM gets 8 charges
KASAMA Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba, flanked by his wife Chama (left) and Lubansenshi area Member of Parliament Patrick Mucheleka (right), leaves Woodlands Police Station where he...
View Article85-year-old man arrested for defilement
By CHAMBO NG’UNI A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl of Chief Liteta’s area in Chibombo has been defiled by an 85-year-old man who was taking care of her after her father went to fetch firewood. Police have arrested...
View Article12 arrested over genital mutilation
By NANCY SIAME POLICE in Northern Province have arrested 12 people for allegedly inserting sticks into two women’s genitals after accusing them of practicing witchcraft. Northern Province deputy...
View ArticlePolice grill GBM’s wife, daughter
…duo faces 6 counts of corruption WIFE of Kasama Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba, Chama talks to journalists outside Woodlands Police Station where she appeared for questioning yesterday....
View ArticleState, Kuwait in K78m teachers’ college deal
Zambia and Kuwait have signed a K78 Million by Acting Secretary to the Treasury Mr. Felix Nkulukusa and on behalf of Kuwait by Mr. Hamad AI-Omar, Deputy Director-General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab...
View ArticleK5.5bn saved from subsidies, Chikwanda tells Parley
By STEVEN MVULA Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda has told Parliament that Government has saved K5.5 billion following the removal of subsidies on fuel, maize and fertiliser. Mr Chikwanda was...
View ArticleCourt discharges HH
By CHALI MULENGA THE Livingstone Magistrate’s Court yesterday discharged United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema in a case in which he was charged with proposing...
View ArticleMMD contradicts support for political rivals
By CLAVER MUTINTA Despite condemning some of its members of Parliament (MPs) for working with the PF Government, the opposition MMD now states that there is nothing wrong with it supporting former...
View ArticleScott calls for zero road deaths
ROAD Transport and Safety Agency chief executive officer Zindaba Soko with Vice-President Dr Guy Scott during the inspection of Lusaka –Kabwe Road yesterday. The Vice-President made an on-the-spot...
View ArticleMasebo probe on
…applicant is entitled to be heard by a tribunal, says High Court By CAROLINE KALOMBE THE High Court has lifted a stay which halted the setting up of a tribunal to probe Minister of Tourism and Arts...
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