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Government has hinted at involving the American Government to trace the authors of the malicious rumours that President Micheal Sata had been assassinated. Home affairs minister Kennedy Sakeni has told Journalists in Lusaka this morning that the website on which the article alleging that President...

Authorities at Lusaka City Council (LCC) have disclosed that they are working round the clock to clear huge piles of garbage which has accumulated at Chunga dumping site in Lusaka. LCC Assistance Public Relations Officer Mulunda Habeenzu said the council, in conjunction with the Disaster...

FORMER Lusaka Division police commanding officer, Chendela Musonda has welcomed President Michael Sata’s announcement to implement police reforms in the country. In an interview with the Times yesterday, Mr Musonda said the reforms would help the police to expand and at the same time improve...

FORMER Zamtel workers have urged Government to speed up the process of re-engaging them following the takeover of the company from LapGreen of Libya. The workers have also commended President Sata’s Government for considering the plight of former Zamtel workers. He was reacting to government’s...

By Lwanga Mwilu The infamous sex test that has turned the global spotlight on South African athlete Caster Semenya is a negative milestone in our collective history as women world over. It is not just about an 18 year old woman being violated by having...

Government has says it will continue providing an enabling environment for contractors who will observe and respect the Zambian Labour laws. Kasama acting District Commissioner, Beauty Namukoko, said this when she officiated at the official closing of a five-day training workshop which...

The Government is determined to deliver a people-driven Constitution and will not deviate from the set roadmap to satisfy narrow and selfish interests, chief Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha has said. Lieutenant General Shikapwasha said yesterday that the ongoing constitution making process had been transparent, broad-based...

SOLWEZI Central United Party for National Development (UPND) Member of Parliament (MP), Watson Lumba was yesterday detained after he surrendered to police in Solwezi. Mr Lumba, whom police had been looking for since Thursday when he allegedly incited cadres to assault a uniformed police officer...

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia is concerned with trumped-up charges against some journalists and the continued existence of oppressive colonial laws in our statutes which are being applied on Zambians and journalists as a means of suppressing criticism. MISA Zambia is...