Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has condemned First lady Esther Lungu’s trip to the United States of America, where she travelled with a 24-member delegation to go and receive a donation of four fire trucks. In a statement, TIZ executive director Wesley Chibamba said the trip was a waste of public resources, as the fire trucks...

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says vendors aren't patriotic, that's why they would rather trade from the streets instead of operating from multiple available markets. And Lusambo has warned that those who want to politic in the streets will not succeed. Meanwhile, Lusambo says there will be no more demolition of mobile money booths because...

Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says there is need to find a way of defeating the ancient traditional culture that usually leads to young people getting involved in early sexual practices. Speaking when he featured on Hot FM’s Frank on Hot programme, Tuesday, Kasolo described the statistics of over 24,731 young girls who got...

Movement for Multi-Party Democracy faction leader Felix Mutati says quarrelling about who should or shouldn't attend the dialogue meeting is diverting focus from important issues like fixing the electoral system and constitutional reforms. And Mutati said the Church is a critical partner in dialogue as it plays a vital role in making sure that peace...

The Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) says there was a 100 per cent progression rate to grade eight for candidates who sat for the grade seven exams because of an abundance of space at secondary school level. In an interview, ECZ Director Dr Michael Chilala said it was inaccurate to say there was a 100...

Zambia’s new mining fiscal regime coupled with declining copper prices is likely to lead to reduced Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows this year, says financial market analyst Mambo Hamaundu. In an interview, Hamaundu predicted that the 2019 mining fiscal regime, which has led to planned job cuts in the mining sector, combined with falling copper...

UPND vice president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) has warned that First Lady Esther Lungu will face prosecution for abusing public funds through her lavish trip to the United States where she has gone with a 25-member delegation to receive a donation of four fire trucks. In a statement, GBM said time will come for Esther...

Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp says their CAF Confederation Cup defeat to ZESCO United last weekend exposed some of his team's weaknesses which will have to be mended before the squad can attempt to avenge. Chiefs travelled back from Ndola on Monday off the back of a 3-1 defeat to the Zambian champions in their...

A juvenile and her auntie have been slapped with a charge of malicious damage to property. The duo was on Monday discharged of the offence of idle and disorderly conduct, in connection with how the auntie allegedly responded to a police officer over her niece's 'indecent dressing'. The duo are alleged to have damaged two...

Department of National Registration, Passports and Citizenship Registrar-General Matthews Nyirongo says the unpaid officers who took part in the 2015-2016 mobile registration exercise will only get their dues when funds are available because the Treasury is currently stressed. About 700 officers who took part in phase three of the exercise have still not been paid...

President Edgar Lungu says with strategic international cooperation, Zambia will become a middle income country by 2030. And President Lungu says like-minded countries from every corner of the world must come together to champion the principles of freedom, fairness and democracy. In an article published by New Europe, a leading EU affairs newspaper, Monday, President...

Any critical observer of government actions in Zambia, like ourselves, would wonder why a political statement issued by State House on behalf of President Edgar Lungu, and on behalf of SADC countries, is being tactfully withdrawn. A day after President Lungu’s spokesperson Mr Amos Chanda signed and released a statement calling for a Government of...

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has condemned the arrest of Constable Edwin Kabasiya's wife. Kabasiya is the officer of Meanwood Kawema Police Post who is on the run after shooting his colleague, Constable Lennox Kapila, who died in hospital last week. Police arrested Kabasiya's wife on January 11 and traveled with her to Mongu to...

Democratic Party 2021 presidential candidate Harry Kalaba says his government will introduce a law that will allow for the prosecution of a sitting Head of State because he wants to reduce powers of a Republican President. And Kalaba says he will not attend this Friday's national dialogue meeting because he will be busy marketing himself...

The Lusaka City Council has closed Chamba Valley Primary School with immediate effect for operating without water and with closed toilets, leading to open defecation. In a statement, LCC assistant public relations manager Brenda Katongola said the school’s facilities posed a health hazard to pupil. “LCC has ordered for the closure of Chamba Valley Primary...

President Edgar Lungu has condemned the terrorist attack in Kenya that left 14 people dead. In a statement released by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda, President Lungu said there was no space for violence in Zambia and Kenya as the two countries were peaceful. President Lungu also renewed...

Lawyers for Vedanta Resources told England’s Supreme Court, Tuesday, that a case raised against the mining company by nearly 2,000 Zambian villagers should be heard in Zambia, not London. India-listed Vedanta, which delisted from London last year but maintains a legal base in Britain, is appealing a lower court ruling that a case in which...