Veteran politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga has warned that any further delay and procrastination in the national dialogue process is a danger to peace. And Mwaanga says political leaders must be prepared to pay a very high price for peace, by putting aside their personal appetites for power with all the trappings which go with it....

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has told officials from the Lusaka City Council and provincial administration to stick to their "realms" as they discharge their duties. Speaking when he addressed the provincial permanent secretaries, the DC, the mayor and LCC councillors at his office in Lusaka, Monday, Lusambo advised them to be united but to...

The Constitutional Court has upheld Stanley Kakubo's election as Kapiri Mposhi UPND member of parliament and dismissed all the grounds of appeal by the PF losing candidate Chrispin Siingwa, saying they lacked merit. And the Lusaka High Court has adjourned a matter in which UPND president Hakainde Hichilema is alleging that his rights to be...

African Parliamentary Network against Corruption chairperson Cornelius Mweetwa says traffic police officers are only imitating what their bosses are doing. Last week, Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo ambushed some traffic police officers who had mounted an illegal road block along Mungwi road. Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja then immediately suspended four officers who were...

The Patriotic Front (PF) government has failed to walk the talk as a listening government, says Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) executive director Wesley Chibamba. Commenting on the 30 ngwee per day tariff on Internet calls, Chibamba said he did not understand why government had failed to be transparent in the decision-making process on matters of...

Government’s 30 ngwee a day tariff on Internet calls could lead to double-billing consumers, the Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has warned. Commenting on the Statutory Instrument (SI) that introduced a 30 ngwee a day tariff on Internet calls, ZACCI president Michael Nyirenda stated that the move could lead to double-billing owing to...

Nkana football club and Zanaco have already started breathing the unsettled air surrounding the 2018 Barclay's cup. Kalampa Boys say they will be spitting flames in this year's prestigious tournament while the bankers say they are not letting a coin escape their title confers. In an interview with Goal Diggers! the Red Devils' coach Bestone...

Chibuyu Finance Limited has been found to be the most expensive lender of loan facilities among the 33 non-bank financial institutions with a total effective annual interest rate of 262 per cent. According to a publication of charges, fees and commissions compiled and published by the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) as at June 30, 2018,...

The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has sentenced a 20-year-old Lusaka man to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting his friend. And a 23-year-old Namibian national, studying at Apex University, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of rape. Particulars of the offence are that Andrew Mweemba of Avondale, on May 10, 2018 in Lusaka,...

The Patriotic Front (PF) says the party will conduct internal consultations aimed at invigorating a conclusive position on the national dialogue and reconciliation process. In a statement, PF media director Sunday Chanda quoted Secretary General Davies Mwila as saying that the party noted the position taken by the Church and the Zambian Centre for Inter-Party...

The newly appointed Secretary General of Amnesty International says there a very few leaders on the African continent whom we can point at and say, “this is what a good leader looks like”, because nowadays, humble and selfless people turn against the poor upon assuming political office. “African leaders, especially in the SADC region think...

Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) Executive Director Zindaba Soko says the agency will not waive fines slapped on speeding motorists following the installation of speed cameras on selected roads but the payment period will be extended by a month. And Soko says the agency will re-register all vehicles before the end of the year,...

Week six of Midlands Basketball league games yesterday recorded very sweaty and hard-fought victories as teams showcased their best of abilities and those with longer-lasting endurance saw light at the end of the day and picked maximum points. Matero Magic beat Green Buffaloes 75-72, a result that should have gone in Buffaloes favour based on...

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