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FORMER Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Edward Mumbi says he has not received summons in the case in which PF leader Michael Sata has sued him for defamation.
KABWE High Court Judge Timothy Katanekwa has found four Chawama police officers with a case to answer for aggravated robbery involving K75 million.
THE reduction of the Kwacha base-lending rate by Standard Chartered Bank, which will come into effect next month, is a positive move which will benefit the Zambian economy.
STANDARD Chartered Bank has reduced its Kwacha base-lending rate from 24 per cent to 21 per cent with effect from next month because of stability in the economy.
THE MMD in Western Province has described President Rupiah Banda as a true leader whose stance on reconciliation will work towards uniting the party.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda was yesterday among several mourners that attended the requiem mass for former Zambia Army commander, Georjago Musengule's son, Joe, who died last week.
MMD Lunte Member of Parliament (MP), Felix Mutati, has urged party officials not to despair following the party's recent defeat in the Kasama and Solwezi Central parliamentary by-elections.
SPECIAL assistant to the president for Press and public relations, Dickson Jere has said insinuations that President Rupiah Banda played a role in second Republican president, Frederick Chiluba's trip to Nigeria, are erroneous.
Zambia have included two foreign team-based professionals for the Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup that kicks off on Saturday in Nairobi.
TODAY, the world is faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in everyone's thinking so that humanity stops threatening its life-supporting system called climate.
A 19-YEAR-OLD pupil at Nkwazi Basic School in Ndola was yesterday acquitted by the Ndola High Court for aggravated robbery.
AN UNIDENTIFIED man was killed in the early hours of Sunday by an instant justice mob in Itawa Township in Ndola.
THE condition of MMD National Secretary, Katele Kalumba who is admitted to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) is stable, hospital public relations manager, Pauline Mbangweta has said.
SECRETARY to the Cabinet Joshua Kanganja says there is need to fight poverty and improve social protection if human development is to be achieved in Africa.
HOME Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani has warned immigration officers against engaging in corrupt activities because that tarnishes the name of the Immigration Department.
THE Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) maternity protection workshop for First Ladies starts today at Golfview Hotel in Lusaka.
When Obed Mumba first came to the Zambian copper mining town of Ndola in search of work, it was still known reverently as "Ku kalale" - the land of the white man. In the decades since, he has witnessed his Kabushi township outgrow the limited dreams of its planners.
THE call by stakeholders that the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) displays its toll free numbers in public service vehicles must be considered seriously by the agency in its quest to improve safety on the roads.
Zambia coach Herve Renard has said Chipolopolo Boys are ready to take on Kenya's Harambee Stars in the CECAFA tournament opener match next Saturday.
THE prisons reforms process seems to be well underway and the release of the second batch of prisoners under the parole system confirms the determination of the authorities to push the reform process forward.
MMD national secretary Katele Kalumba has said his party's loss in Solwezi Central Constituency by-election is a strong wake up call to reorganise itself and regain the confidence of people in the area.
"Its start was the worst but the ending was the best in recent years." This is how one small-scale farmer in Mbala District in Northern Province described the Food Reserve Agency (FRA)'s crop marketing.
IN today's world of diseases which continue to inflict different levels of suffering on human nature, it is almost unthinkable that breathing and body exercise can be better remedy for some perceived incurables than conventional chemical drugs.
ZESCO will acquire 130,000 prepaid meters worth US$12.6 million which the company hopes will improve service delivery and revenue collection.
THE Government has disclosed that the books of accounts for the disbanded Taskforce on Corruption will be audited by the office of the Auditor General.
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