Lusaka, Zambia Friday 18th June, 2010 A nationwide power blackout on Friday forced copper mines in Zambia, Africa's top producer of the metal, to halt output, but the country's energy minister said electricity supply could resume later in the day. Full Story »

Lusaka, Zambia Thursday 17th June, 2010 FLAME Arab Contractors has been officially launched in Zambia with Government hoping that the firm can reduce the price of constructing a kilometre of a road from US$1 million to US$350,000. Full Story »

London Monday 14th June,2010 A $5 Million Prize for Former African Leaders who set examples of honest, democratic government will not be awarded for a second year running, the sponsor says Full Story »

Lusaka, Zambia Tuesday 15th June, 2010 MINISTRY of Works and Supply Permanent Secretary Watson Ngambi was yesterday advised by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee to return today and furnish the committee with further explanations over the procurement of contracts and the more than K1 trillion overcommitment by the Road Development Agency (RDA). Full Story »

Lusaka, Zambia Wednesday 9th June, 2010 PRESS RELEASE ZCCM - Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) has never published audited financial statements for the last four years. Full Story »

Chingola, Zambia Thursday 10th June, 2010 THE Mine Suppliers and Contractors Association of Zambia (MSCAZ) says a lack of capacity and inactivity could be why some suppliers and contractors have been struck off the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) supply register. Full Story »

Johanesburg, South Africa Wednesday 9th June, 2010 THE Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression and access to information in Africa, advocate Pansy Tlakula, yesterday appealed to Zambia's president to repeal a law used to convict and imprison Fred M'membe, the editor-in-chief of The Post. Full Story »

Wednesday 21st April,2010 The following are extracts from the Speech delivered at the National Stakeholders Conference by Linus Gitahi - CEO of Kenya's Nation Media Group. He feels that countries such as Kenya or Zambia should have a media that is vibrant and that helps to drive a society towards fulfilling their dreams and aspirations. Hence the next few paragraphs contain some imperatives which are necessary for media in Africa to play its rightful role; the ten imperatives follow; Full Story »

Wednesday 31st March, 2010 ECONOMIC consultant Robert Sichinga has urged the public to take an interest in the National Budget for them to hold the Government accountable in an informed manner. He said this in Kabwe yesterday during the national dissemination of budget review workshop hosted for civil society organisations and Government officials by Jubilee Zambia and the Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR). Full Story »

Thursday 25 March, 2010 ACCRA, GHANA Last week, Ghana played host to Dr Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese-born British business magnate who has become a strong advocate for democracy and good governance on the continent. To push forward his agenda, he has established the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to promote good governance on the continent and honour African leaders who, in its estimation, have served the cause of the foundation and impacted positively on the people. Full Story »

LUSAKA, Tuesday, 9th March, 2010 FUNDS raised through the payment of rates by property owners should only go towards the provision of services and should not be allowed by law to be used for any other purpose, Union Gold Group of companies chairperson Mark O'Donnell has proposed. But Works and Supply Minister Mike Mulongoti urged Mr O'Donnell and the business community to engage members of Parliament (MPs) to take such proposals to Parliament through the private members' motion bill that would be supported. Full Story »

Thursday, 25 February 2010 The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns. Divorce lawyers claim the explosion in the popularity of websites such as Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners. Suspicious spouses have also used the websites to find evidence of flirting and even affairs which have led to divorce. Full Story »

Thursday, 25 February 2010 Digital dumping is on the rise, according to a survey, with growing numbers of people preferring to use email and social networking Websites to break up with their partners. Full Story »

INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha has said the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill and the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Act will be tabled in Parliament as soon as it resumes sitting. Lieutenant-General Shikapwasha said in Lusaka Friday that Parliament which resumes sitting next week would put FOI Bill and ZNBC amendment Act on top of its agenda. Full Story »

LUSAKA, 12th February, 2010 FORMER Evelyn Hone college lecturer Fackson Nandus Journalism lectures were always hilarious. He drove his point home by embellishing fact with ample exaggeration, especially on principles of comparing and contrasting scenes. It was a powerful tact which enriched our capacity for visual imagery and mental analysis. He would describe a vivid and clearly recognizable plot upon which you could easily form a mental picture. Full Story »

GOVERNMENT has condemned the tendency by students at the University of Zambia (UNZA) Great East Road campus in Lusaka to stone motor vehicles every time they are aggrieved. Full Story »