• 4 Jul 2017
• Mukosha Funga

PF joins UPND in regretting City Market fire

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says the gutting of Lusaka City Market has been received with great distress by the ruling party. According to a statement issued by PF Media Director Sunday Chanda, Mwila said if it was an act of sabotage, strict sanctions should be imposed on those involved and if it is...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Mukosha Funga

We are dismayed, don't know cause of City Market fire - Police

Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says police are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire that gutted the Lusaka City Market this morning. In a statement, Katongo revealed that the fire affected the southern part of the market where traders sold stationary and phones. “Police this morning received with dismay and regret a report...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Lungu calls for calm

President Edgar Lungu has called for calm among Zambians as they await an official report on the cause of the Lusaka City Market Inferno. In a brief statement posted on his official Facebook page, the Head of State, who is in Ethiopia for the African Union Summit, said he was saddened by the fire. “I...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

UPND regrets Lusaka City Market inferno

UPND national Chairperson Mutale Nalumango says her party regrets the Lusaka City Market inferno and has called on Zambia Police to thoroughly investigate its cause. And Patriotic Front Media Director Sunday Chanda has barred other party officials from making statements on this subject saying party Secretary General Davies Mwila will do so. In a statement,...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Zambia's unity under threat - Kasonde

Oasis Forum chairperson Linda Kasonde says unity is under threat in Zambia and people must do everything possible to ensure that it does not disintegrate. In a statement on behalf of Oasis Forum members; Council of Churches Zambia today, NGOCC, Law Association of Zambia and the Zambia Council of Catholic Bishops, Kasonde said there was...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

There is no budget for new State House - Chitotela

Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela says government has not approved any budget proposal for the construction of a new State House and any minister who makes such a statement would be speculating. On Sunday, his Works and Supply counterpart Matthew Nkhuwa told a PF interactive forum that government would spend US$20 million (around...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Joseph Mwenda

Police watch helplessly as City market burns to ashes

In this video, police officers watch helplessly as traders and shop owners scamper to safety leaving high density trading City Market burn down to ashes. The inferno started in the night, but police are yet to issue an official statement on what could have caused the fire. The market accommodated thousands of small holder traders...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

PF wants to intimidate chiefs opposing HH’s arrest – Mulongoti

People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti says Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo’s threats against a traditional leader are an indication of how morally bankrupt and divisive the Patriotic Front has become. On Sunday, Kampyongo warned that people should not be shocked when police pounce on a traditional leader because he has been funding unrest and shall...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Esther to represent SADC at OAFLA

First Lady Esther Lungu has been elected to represent SADC on the steering committee of the Organisation of African Ladies against HIV/AIDS for a period of two years. According to a statement issued by Zambia’s First Secretary to Ethiopia Inutu Mwanza yesterday, this was announced during a closed session of the 19th session of OAFLA...

• 4 Jul 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lusaka City Market burns

The Lusaka City Market is on fire and it is estimated that property worth millions has been destroyed. Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo confirmed this but could not give further details saying police were on their way to the scene. "Can't give details now. We are going there now. Yes it is on fire," she...