The Chipata High Court has ruled that the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) must suspend driver’s licenses for three motorists who it convicted for causing death by dangerous driving. According to a statement issued by RTSA public relations head Fredrick Mubanga today, the three drivers are Hastings Banda, Joseph Sichibaye, and Andrew Chimbila. “The...

Chief government spokesperson Kampamba Mulenga says it should not surprise people when they hear that President Edgar Lungu has a number or properties because the Head of State was not poor before going to State House. And Mulenga says government will not allow President Lungu to travel with two people on his entourage in the...

Zambia captain and goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene has described next month's 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B qualifier showdown against Nigeria as a do-or-die affair. Second placed Chipolopolo will visit leaders Nigeria in a penultimate Group B clash in Uyo on October 7. An away win over the Super Eagles next month would put Zambia in...

The Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) International says mining companies must pay cost reflective tariffs if Zambia’s economy is to be revived because the country has no money to continue subsidizing energy. In a statement, Zambia Centre Coordinator Chenai Mukumba said it was disappointing that government had decided to restore power to Mopani Copper...

Forum for Democracy and Development Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says the ruling party wants to chase Finance Minister Felix Mutati because of his fiscal discipline which they are not used to. And Mwanza says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s remarks in South Africa do not amount to denting the country’s image. Speaking when he featured on UNZA...

Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) national Spokesperson for the Felix Mutati led faction, Rapheal Nakacinda says his party prepared the bed for the Patriotic Front (PF) and the two parties will lie in it together. And Nakacinda says Mutati is not answerable to PF or the PF president but to the Republican President only....

Lusaka High Court judge Susan Wanjelani has sentenced a 21-year-old Lusaka woman to five years simple imprisonment for killing her boyfriend. On Monday, Meya Namfukwe pleaded not guilty to a murder charge but when the case came up yesterday, the state reduced the charge to manslaughter, which she admitted. Namfukwe stabbed Zambian musician Francis Zimba...