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DOREEN NAWA Lusaka RURAL Electrification Authority (REA) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have renewed their partnership to expand electricity access to refugee settlements and surrounding host communities across Zambia. The two organisations signed a new…
GRACE CHAILE MATHEWS MALAZIKA Lusaka LUSAKA Archbishop Alick Banda will return to court on November 3 this year for trial after pleading not guilty to possessing a Toyota Hilux suspected to have been unlawfully obtained. The 62-year-old Catholic priest appeared yesterday before…
Mayor says those who won’t return to their stands will loss them CHOMBA MUSIKA, FANNY KALONDA Lusaka TODAY marks the deadline for vendors to vacate undesignated trading areas and Lusaka Mayor Chitambala Mwewa says those who will not return to their stands will have their…
Audio article Listen to this story Share Send this story THE Drug Enforcement Commission has summoned Lusaka Archbishop Dr. Alick Banda to appear for questioning on Monday, Sept. 28, in connection with alleged possession of property reasonably suspected to have been unlawfully…
University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) has disclosed that Zambia records approximately 16,500 new cancer cases and 9,700 cancer-related deaths annually, with cervical cancer accounting for the highest number of cases. UTH-CDH Acting Senior Medical…
The ceremonial official opening of the first session of the 14th National Assembly by President Hakainde Hichilema will take place on Friday, October ninth, 2026, at Parliament Buildings, in Lusaka. In his address to the National Assembly, President Hichilema is expected to…
United Party for National Development (UPND) National Management Committee Member, Elvis Nkandu has condemned remarks attributed to former Minister of Finance, Katele Kalumba against President Hakainde Hichilema. In a statement Issued to the media in Lusaka, Mr Nkandu indicated…
Director of Public Prosecutions Gilbert Phiri has defended the time it is taking to bring Tonse Alliance presidential candidate Brian Mundubile, Makebi Zulu and other treason suspects before the courts, and has asked the public to give law enforcement agencies space to do their…
Former Cabinet minister Dr Katele Kalumba has been charged with cyber harassment over remarks against President Hakainde Hichilema and released on police bond, a day after soldiers and plain-clothes police officers picked him up at his home in Chienge, Luapula Province. Police…
The Ministry of Information and Media Permanent Secretary, Thabo Kawana has acknowledged the crucial role in ensuring the smooth and timely processing of human resource cases within government institutions emphasising that it’s a duty that directly impacts the efficiency of…