BEFORE Kym Mackenzie came to Zambia, she had different assumptions about the country that happens to be a former colony of Britain.

Zambia national soccer team coach Herve Renard has called 15 players for this month's international friendly against Morocco slated for Casablanca.

Julius Sakala, the news editor for Phoenix Radio station, was harassed and manhandled by police on 31 October 2008 as he tried to access the Mulungushi International Conference Centre the election management centre for the Zambian presidential by-election that recently

THE Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) has accused traders who are selling mealie meal above the association's stipulated prices of exploiting consumers.

TWO Chinese nationals and a Zambian yesterday appeared in a Ndola magistrate's court for theft of copper concentrate worth more than K1 billion, belonging to First Quantum Mining (FQM) Bwana Mkubwa Mine.

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has congratulated Democratic Party candidate, Barack Obama on his election as president of the United States of America.

MEALIE meal traders have said they will not reduce prices of the commodity because wholesale prices are high.

ABOUT 60 per cent of land in Ndola has been lying idle after the city council allocated it to individuals and organisations.

A WOMAN of Bulangililo Township in Kitwe was yesterday arrested for allegedly collecting money from people purporting she would allocate them land in the area.

A LUSAKA magistrate's court yesterday ordered former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commander Sande Kayumba and two others charged with abuse of office and corrupt practices to open their defence.

THE Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel) management has assigned director of commercial services and managers to handle vital services and critical operations to ensure the company continues running in light of the continued strike by unionised workers.

FOLLOWING the election of President Rupiah Banda last week as Zambia's fourth President and the resounding endorsement of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th president of the US, many similarities seem to have come to the fore.

MOURNERS from all walks of life, including President Rupiah Banda, yesterday paid their last respect to former prime minister, Elijah Mudenda, with first Republican president Kenneth Kaunda describing him as a selfless leader who served Zambia with honour, sincerity and

The commotion at yesterday's intended voter verification exercise at Nakatindi Hall in Lusaka makes very sad reading.

The elections in Zambia on 30th October, 2008 following the death of former President Levi Mwanawasa in a hospital in France has further reinforced Zambia's democratic aspirations.

Police are investigating a report that Patriotic Front (PF) president, Michael Sata, assaulted an MMD member whom he allegedly punched as PF cadres and those from the ruling party clashed during the ballot verification exercise in Lusaka.

It starts here" is Gauteng Province's new payoff line, set to sell the province as a brand as well as to attract local and international investors. Aimed at positioning Gauteng as a leading investment, tourism and competitive sport destination, the

SPRINGBOK flyhalf Ruan Pienaar and tighthead prop and captain John Smit will be seen as soft targets when the team meets Wales in their Prince William Cup clash at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff tomorrow.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Health Minister Barbara Hogan to urgently review the performance of hospital CEO s, saying many have neither the experience nor training to do their jobs properly.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly went on a shooting rampage, killing his seven-month-old daughter and the child's uncle, and wounding another of his children as well as the children's grandmother.