President Rupiah Banda is scheduled to fly to Chipata Thursday for a funeral. ZNBC TV 19 hours news reports that Banda will attend the burial of some relative. He will be accompanied by some government officials and is expected to come back the same day.

A Lusaka Magistrate has convicted MMD national Secretary Katele Kalumba, former directors of defunct Access Financial Services,  Faustin Kabwe and Aaron Chungu and others for corruption. The court has sentenced Katele Kalumba to five years imprisonment with hard labour. Faustin Kabwe and Aaron Chungu have also been jailed for five years with hard labour. But [...]

Zambia’s economy may grow faster than the government forecast this year on higher copper prices and a bumper grain crop, putting the country in a good position to seek its first credit rating, central bank Governor Caleb Fundanga said. The government may sign an agreement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. as early as this week [...]

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested a grade 11 pupil of Chifundo Secondary School in Kalingalinga Township in Lusaka for trafficking in cocaine. DEC public relations manager John Nyawali confirmed that Christine Chibuta, 19, was arrested together with Mary Mulenga, 25 and Esnart Banda 30 all of Kalingalinga . He said the three were arrested [...]

The United Party fo National Development (UPND) intends to ask the court to summon Inspector General of Police Francis Kabonde when the Mufumbwe petition takes off, the Watchdog has learnt. According to highly placed sources in UPND, the party has videos of the malpractices committed by the MMD during the bye-election which saw the UPND [...]

The mother of a top Scottish shinty star has been killed in a cycling accident in the Highlands. Kathleen Tembo died after she fell about 40ft down a steep, hairpin bend near her home at Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness-side and was thrown from her bike. Her son Eddie plays for Glenurquhart Shinty Club and is [...]