• 6 May 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Tighten your belts, the PF crisis is only starting - Kapiri MP

Kapiri-Mponshi UPND member of parliament Stanley Kakubo says it is unacceptable for the PF government to think that development can only be achieved by collapsing the country’s economy, starving citizens and devaluing the local currency. And Kakubo has wondered how Zambia's economy is still struggling after the PF government has put the country into so...

• 6 May 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Komaki is not fighting Mwila but Lungu - PF

Patriotic Front acting chairperson for Lusaka Paul Moonga says by calling for the removal of Secretary General Davies Mwila, Julius Komaki is disrespecting President Edgar Lungu who is the appointing authority. And Moonga says the renowned PF cadre is talking that way because he is broke after failing to keep his Zesco job. Last week,...

• 6 May 2019
• Mukosha Funga

It’s unnecessary to discuss unconstitutional POA – Ndulo

America-based Zambian law professor Muna Ndulo has wondered what is there to discuss about the “unconstitutional Public Order Act” save for repealing it. And Prof Ndulo says the only reason the POA has survived in Zambia is because the judiciary has failed to come out unequivocally to uphold the right to free Assembly embedded in...

• 6 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

It's unfair that 73% of ZNBC news is govt, PF content - VJ

Veteran Politician and five times Minister of Information Vernon Mwaanga says it is unfortunate that 73% of ZNBC news content covers the ruling party, according to a new independent study. And Mwaanga says journalists must be allowed to operate freely because their work help holding leaders accountable, hence promoting democracy. In a statement, Saturday, Mwaanga...

• 6 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

Kasongo's autopsy report a fabrication - NDC

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says Obed Kasongo's autopsy report, which shows that he died from hypertension and severe Malaria is a total fabrication which his party will strive to disprove. And Kambwili says it is sheer rhetoric for President Edgar Lungu to pretend not to understand why police cannot take action against PF cadres. In...

• 6 May 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Police release arrested PF officials who stormed Radio Maria

Police in Eastern Province have released two PF officials who were arrested for storming Catholic Church-run Radio Maria on claims that the church leadership had withdrawn the matter. But Chipata Diocese Chancellor Fr Dennis Phiri expressed surprise at the development, wondering how forgiving the PF youths for their unruly conduct would override the law that...

• 6 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

MISA, YALI, SACCORD defend NDF

Four Civil Society Organisations have formed a coalition organisation called Constitutional Reform and Education Coalition whose mandate is to defend and protect the resolutions of the National Dialogue Forum. And the coalition, which consists of the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA –Zambia), Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Southern Africa Centre for Resolution of Disputes...

• 6 May 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Exports will be exempted from Sales Tax, explains Mwanakatwe

Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has told the business community in Zambia not to expect VAT refunds owed to them to run their businesses. And Mwanakatwe has revealed that exports will be exempted from Sales Tax in order to make them competitive and earn the country much-needed foreign exchange. Mining companies, among several Zambian exporters, are...

• 6 May 2019
• Daniel Chansa

Kitwe police nab over 50 gang members

Police in Kitwe have arrested over 50 suspected notorious gang members from different groups. And Kitwe District Commissioner Binwell Mpundu says his office is closing in on the notorious gangs. Last year, police clamped down notorious gangs in Kitwe called Tokota Boys, The Hundreds, Real Niggers among others. However, the gangs have resurfaced and they...