Angry villagers of Shaputu in Shibuyunji District have objected to the alleged sale of 7,650 hectors of land to some Indians by senior chief Shakumbila. And headman Charles Shaputu says senior chief Shakumbila must be replaced because he is more into real estate business than leading his subjects. Shaputu village representative Saputo Shikabwali said the...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala says the death of Vespers Shimuzhila last week was the ordination of newly-appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of operations Bonny Kapeso. Shimuzhila, a fourth year student at the University of Zambia, died of suffocation last Thursday, after police burnt one of the hostels using teargas during a...

ActionAid Zambia executive director Nalucha Ziba has asked government to take responsibility for the delayed meal allowances that led to protests and the subsequent death of a student at the University of Zambia (UNZA). UNZA student Vespers Shimuzhila, who was studying Adult Education, died due to suffocation after police officers threw tear gas canisters in...

SANAC executive director Gregory Chifire says President Edgar Lungu should never wait for donors to raise a red flag before he acts because Zambians are looking to him to take a leading role in the fight against corruption. And Chifire says in order to retain confidence in Zambians, the PF government must endeavour to adopt...

UPND members of parliament yesterday walked out of the House after Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo charged that the opposition party caused the riots at UNZA which subsequently led to the death of fourth year student Vespers Shimuzhila. And some PF members of parliament, led by Lands Minister Jean Kapata, hurled insults on their...

A 49-year-old businessman of Lusaka's Kamwala area identified as Daniel Kapakala has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for fraudulently altering his age on the NRC to 50 years to qualify for getting his benefits ahead of time. However, Magistrate Nsunge Chanda has ordered that the accused be remanded in custody, and has further enhanced...

The Ministry of Agriculture’s delay in the distribution of farming inputs for 2018/2019 farming season is disturbing and unacceptable, says the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD). And CTPD head of programmes and research Brian Mwiinga has blamed parliamentarians for government’s delay to distribute inputs, accusing them of having failed to put the PF...

The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) has condemned UNZA students who insulted Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya on Monday when she joined the institution in a requiem mass organised for Vespers Shimuzhila. And NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale fears that the conduct by UNZA students towards the minster would further reinforce the discrimination which discourages...

The State has asked the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to throw out two applications by lawyers representing three men who originally trafficked in 24 kilograms of cocaine which is now missing, arguing that they are frivolous and lack merit. Defence counsels Keith Mweemba and Shadreck Mbewe had in the last sitting made an application to the...

In this audio, Public Service Management Division (PSMD) Permanent Secretary Boniface Chimbwali is heard blasting Northern Province Permanent Secretary Elias Kamanga for suspending his deputy without permission from him. In the recorded phone conversation, Chimbwali reveals that he is under pressure from Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe, President Edgar Lungu's political advisor Kaizer Zulu and...

It’s unfortunate that President Edgar Lungu was not around on October 8 when the University of Zambia students swarmed the Great East Road to give late Vespers Shimuzhila a mammoth and memorable send off. We hope he saw the pictures on social media, because that was a very strong statement from a united group of...

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