The Public Health Association of Zambia (PHAZ) says President Edgar Lungu took a bold stance by declaring street vending illegal in areas affected by cholera because it facilitates indiscriminate disposal of waste. And PHAZ president Maimpa Mumba has observed that the cholera cases which as of Friday stood at 2,262, were alarming and most likely...

Police in Siavonga have apprehended two patients diagnosed with cholera who escaped from quarantine confinement at Siavonga District Hospital. Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama confirmed in a statement, Monday, that the married couple escaped in full view of hospital staff who did not attempt to stop them for fear of contracting the disease. “Cholera patients...

Police officers in Lusaka yesterday stormed into some churches and stopped prayer services before dispersing congregants of various denominations in a bid to curb the spread of cholera. Around 09:30 hours, officers entered St Pauls UCZ church in Kabwata area just before the service was concluded and advised the church leadership to release people. “The...

The PF needs to indulge in serious soul searching and set distinct ethical benchmarks to understand that there is more to life than material trappings, says former finance minister Alexander Chikwanda. And Chikwanda says Zambia is experiencing a moral and intellectual vacuum as it dwells on glamorous but recycled and worn out political slogans, clichés...

On 2 January 2018, Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba resigned his Cabinet position in protest against the ‘swelling levels of greed and corruption’ under President Edgar Lungu’s watch. Kalaba, 41, also criticised the government’s preference for outsiders over Zambians in relation to business opportunities and the growing marginalisation of the country’s youth and the...

North Western Provincial PF chairperson Jackson Kungo says Harry Kalaba’s resignation does not affect the ruling party in any way because his loyalty to President Edgar Lungu was compromised due to his presidential ambitions. Kungo said the PF would always remain intact with or without the former minister of Foreign Affairs because he was not...

We would be a very bad watchdog if we failed to acknowledge the impressive response that President Edgar Lungu has given the cholera outbreak in Lusaka and selected parts of the country. Others may choose to condemn him over the failure by his government to put in place preventive measures against the annual epidemic –...

President Edgar Lungu has appointed Nkana PF member of parliament Axander Chiteme as Minister of National Planning. The Head of State has also appointed Kwacha PF member of parliament Joseph Malanji as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The two have since been sworn in; replacing Lucky Mulusa and Harry Kalaba.

Police in Siavonga have apprehended two patients diagnosed with cholera who escaped from quarantine confinement at Siavonga District Hospital. Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama confirmed in a statement, Monday, that the married couple escaped in full view of hospital staff who did not attempt to stop them for fear of contracting the disease. “Cholera patients...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema on Saturday visited some cholera centres in order to understand the gravity of the epidemic. In a statement yesterday, Hichilema stated that he had encouraged cholera victims to remain strong. “Yesterday (Saturday), we visited selected Cholera centres in Lusaka to see for ourselves the devastation and ravages of this outbreak. With...