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President Edgar Lungu has responded to critics on the China-Zambia relations saying the two countries’ engagement is on mutual terms. Officially opening the third session of the 12th National Assembly, President Lungu said no amount of propaganda would distort Zambia’s relationship with China.

Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili has challenged the Freemason Brotherhood Society in Zambia to explain to the public the secret signs that they use in their ceremonies in grand lodges dotted along the country.

Voters in Kasenengwa and five wards in Western and North Western Provinces will be voting for their new representatives today in by-elections.

A Zambian national has been shot dead in South Africa in puzzling circumstances with his assailants getting away without stealing anything from his business premises. Kenneth Sikopo of Germiston was shot dead by unknown people that stormed his business premises with clients still in the area.

Government has dispelled reports that a case of Ebola has been recorded in Lusaka. Minister of Health Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, who briefed the media at his office today said the report was fake and alarmist in nature.

Zamrock legend Paul Ngozi has finally got a street named after him.

KAOMA district commissioner Liale Mubanga has strongly warned people practising the diabolic Kikondo ritual, which is perceived to evoke the spirit of the dead to identify a sorcerer who has caused the death of someone.

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has threatened to take legal action against Mopani Copper Mines over the dust emissions in Kitwe’s Nkana West Township. Sinkamba has expressed concern over dust emissions coming from the tailing waste disposal facility also known as TD5 in Nkana West.

A male nurse at Chitina Rural Health Centre in Mkushi District has hit headlines for allegedly raping a three months pregnant woman while he was attending to her during an antenatal session.

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has sent a strong message to illegal land allocators in the province by posing with a pistol. Sampa has sent social media buzzing with his gun-pose but the mayor seems to have been sending the message to known persons.