United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema says once voted into office, he will revisit the sale of NRDC among other scandalous deals. In a statement distributed by the UPND media team, Wednesday, Hichilema wondered why government sold land around the Natural Resources Development College to a construction company when the college had...

State House Press Aide Amos Chanda has written to his lawyers instructing them to enter the defence of fair comment on a matter where he called Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili "a downright straight thief". This is in a matter where Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili filed a summon letter against...

Former Lusaka Mayor Mike Mposha has asked the Patriotic Front leadership to tame its cadres and allow people to freely express their opinions about government policies without subjecting them to fear or intimidation. And Mposha says the only way government can gauge its relevance in a democracy is by controlling the high levels of intolerance...

I know that we have promised a lot of things but as politicians, we do not have the power of God to deliver overnight, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu says chiefs who do not support him should just work with him as it will be up to their subjects to decide if he...

Patriots for Economic Progress president Sean Tembo says political violence thrives in the country because it is allowed by the President. Meanwhile, Tembo says Zambians would be jumping from the frying pan to the fire by voting the UPND into office. Speaking when he appeared on UNZA Radio’s Lusaka Star Program, Tuesday, Tembo observed that...

Chipata Mayor Sinoya Mwale has challenged the Eastern Provincial administration to desist from interfering with the operations of City Council, saying the two have different responsibilities. Last week, Eastern province Permanent Secretary, Chanda Kasolo took a swipe at the local authority in the district, saying the council was an irresponsible entity that had failed to...

The Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) has asked government to review the recently signed Statutory Instrument forcing transporters to move 30 per cent of their heavy cargo from road to rail. The Chamber argues that the Mining Industry’s position was ignored and the move was potentially retrogressive to commerce, trade and industry in Zambia due...

A Chinese national has been dragged to court for selling replica jerseys of the Zambia national soccer team bearing a false trademark. Huang Bing of Lusaka's Makeni area pleaded guilty before magistrate Greenwell Malumani. Bing is facing one count of sale of goods bearing false description contrary to section 6 (1)(a) and 23 of the...

Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili has warned that if the National Democratic Congress joins hands with other opposition leaders to fight PF, the ruling party will be obliterated. And Kambwili claimed that PF Secretary General Davies Mwila, Media Director Sunday Chanda and his deputy Antonio Mwanza paid a PF thug nicknamed "Commando" to...

Zambia’s fourth president Rupiah Banda says it is very unfortunate that Kenya is still undergoing political turmoil with that country's opposition leader Ralia Odinga inaugurating himself as president. According to a statement issued by First Secretary for Press and Tourism at the Zambian Embassy in Ethiopia, Banda was speaking, Wednesday, in Addis Ababa where he...

Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo says she was enjoying the insults from students when she announced that the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University would not be reopened. And Professor Luo has announced that her Ministry has granted loans and scholarships to students across the country for the academic year 2017/2018. At a media...

Ministry of Defence permanent secretary Stardy Mwale says people must provide evidence of any military officer harassing civilians in Lusaka. And Mwale says military personnel will remain in the streets until cholera epidemic is completely eradicated and the central business districts are thoroughly clean. Speaking to journalists at his office, Wednesday, Mwale encouraged victims to...

Patriotic Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says the ruling party is still intact but is going through a “self-cleansing” phase which is getting rid of those with unhealthy presidential ambitions. And Phiri, who was recently nominated as member of parliament, has insisted that President Edgar Lungu is the ruling party’s sole candidate for 2021....

Lusaka magistrate Greenwell Malumani has sentenced Zambia Association of Musicians president Njoya Tembo's wife Brenda to five years simple imprisonment for assaulting her 13-year-old niece. Facts before the court were that Brenda beat up her niece for using a pressing iron which she was prohibited from touching. Magistrate Malumani convicted Brenda on Tuesday after finding...