Author: Times of Zambia

By JANE MWANSA-POLICE in Mwinilunga district have shot and wounded a suspected an illegal miner who was among horde of some 200 others who invaded the Kasenseli Gold Mine in the early hours of yesterday.The illegal miners, known as jerabos, were said to have been armed with different types of offensive weapons, and reported to […]

By ESTHER NG’ANDU-AUTHORITIES have explained that the more than 100 trucks laden with mukula logs marooned in Chililabombwe have been held up by the recent changes to the top echelons of the Zambian defence and security wings.  

By BRIAN HATYOKA-PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has said Cabinet and provincial ministers should be on the look-out for overpriced Government contracts and other vices which drain public resources meant for the improvement of citizens’ standards of living.  

By STEVEN ZANDE-JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 (Bill 10) of 2019 is dead and buried having been defeated in Parliament last year and the next Constitutional review process will start afresh.Mr Haimbe has also restated that amendments to the Public Order Act (POA) are scheduled to start as soon […]

By FRANCINA CHOMBA-  

By JOSEPH BANDA-  

By CHUSA SICHONE and JAMES KUNDA-THE First Session of the 13th National Assembly, which President Hakainde Hichilema is officially opening today, will be different from previous ones in various ways.As is usually the case, and perhaps even more so this time, Zambians have high expectations of the pronouncements President Hichilema will make in his first-ever […]

By STEVEN ZANDE-UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) national spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says President Hakainde Hichilema has directed newly appointed provincial ministers to spearhead decentralisation in their respective provinces to help develop districts and create jobs for youths.  

By STEVEN ZANDE-PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged newly-appointed Tourism Minister Rodney Sikumba to help develop the tourism potential in the northern and eastern circuits to broaden the sector’s contribution to national development.  

By STEVEN ZANDE-PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema yesterday swore in 13 additional Cabinet ministers and called for a new culture of interactions among themselves and in Parliament to demonstrate to the people that the country is under a new dawn.