By REBECCA MUSHOTA and JULIUS PHIRI in Chipata - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has declared the municipality of Chipata in Eastern Province as a city. The President upgraded the municipality to a city status yesterday in Chipata at the council offices in front of an excited crowd. “The municipality shall therefore be known the city of
By KASONDE KASONDE - THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set April 25, 2017 as the date for District Chairperson elections for Masaiti District on the Copperbelt Province. ECZ senior public relations officer Sylvia Bwalya said on the same date the commission would also conduct local Government by-elections in Ipongo ward of Chibombo district
By CHILA NAMAIKO - THE Government has cautioned the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Members of Parliament (MPs) against making statements that promote tribalism. Vice President Inonge Wina said such irresponsible statements, especially those coming from the lawmakers had potential to divide the citizenry. Ms Wina said it was ‘careless’ of UPND MPs
By KASONDE KASONDE - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is next week Monday expected in Israel for a five-day state visit at the invitation of his counterpart Reuven Rivlin. Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba said the President would meet with the Israeli president and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr Kalaba said the President was also expected to
By HELLEN TEMBO and CHUSA SICHONE - RESIDENTS of Chilanga are living in fear following the brutal murder of a secondary school girl reported missing last week and that of a female college student. The bodies of a 16 year old Cecilia Mulekwa and Annie Musonda aged 22 were found with deep wounds to the
Luapula Provincial Council of Chiefs has refuted media reports that they advised President Lungu to drop his Secretary General of the Party because he lost his election in Chipili and he is not a man of the people. Speaking on behalf of the Provincial Council in Mansa, Chief Chisunka said the meeting with the President
Zambia’ s tourism industry has continued to attract worldwide brand hotels as French well-known Accor Hotels expresses interest in getting their brand into the country. AccorHotels Senior Vice President and Head of Development for Africa and the Indian Ocean Mr. Philippe Baretaud paid a courtesy call on Zambia’s Ambassador to France Ambassador Humphrey Chibanda on
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