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The Magistrate Court in Kasama has sentenced a 31-year-old man of Kasama District to 12 months imprisonment for trafficking in drugs. Before Senior Magistrate Willie Banda was Charles Kabwe who pleaded guilty to trafficking in drugs. This was in a case that came up for…

Zambia Rugby Union [ZRU] Vice President Jeremiah Manda says the future of rugby in the country depends on grassroots development through schools tournaments. ‎ ‎Speaking during the two-day Sothylingam Super 7’s tournament at Lechwe School in Kitwe, Manda commended the school…

Audio article Listen to this story Share Send this story THREE people are nursing serious injuries after a government ambulance they were traveling in veered off the road and crashed into a street pole and billboard near Mashlands along Great East Road. Zambia Police Service…

CHOMBA MUSIKA, CHAMBO NG’UNI Lusaka, Kabwe PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has declared five days of national mourning in honour of former Vice-President Guy Scott, whose death at the age of 82 has triggered an outpouring of tributes from across Zambia and the southern African regio

GOVERNMENT has started distributing the K10 million that President Hakainde Hichilema gave to the 2,300 traders who lost their goods in an inferno at Chiwempala market. Fire swept through the market in November last year, leaving assorted goods worth millions of Kwacha destroyed.

A girl from Mtendere Compound sustained injuries after being struck by a pellet from a tear gas canister during a police crowd control operation following an opposition National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) campaign roadshow in Lusaka. The incident…

A 62-YEAR-OLD farmer has been cleared of criminal trespassing charges at a burial site after the state’s key witnesses vanished from their village following the incident. In this matter, Godfrey Chaasha is facing one count of trespassing on burial places Contrary to Section 130 o

INDEPENDENT candidate for Ndola’s Dag Hammarskjold constituency, Esther Bwalya, has announced her withdrawal from next month’s parliamentary elections. Bwalya, who has not disclosed the specific reason leading to her withdrawal, says continuing the race would have affected her ab

FEIRA NRPUP aspiring candidate Emmanuel Tembo says he accidentally endorsed President Hakainde Hichilema, insisting that not even over his “dead body” would he endorse the Head of State. Recently, during the NRPUP rally in Luangwa, Tembo called on the residents of Luangwa to vote

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services, Dr Kennedy Lishimpi has declared that the 2025-2026 cholera outbreak is over. Meanwhile, Dr Lishimpi says the country cumulatively recorded 1,627 confirmed cases of cholera, and 26 deaths in 25 districts. Speaking dur