Copperbelt University Academics Union (CBAU) secretary general Dr Derrick Ntalasha says mismanagement of funds at CBU has worsened the institutions standards, citing the purchase and setting up of a tent used as a library at a cost of K10 million as one of the examples of abuse of funds by the Professor Naison Ngoma-led management....

I have worked and walked with Chishimba Kambwili, if this gentleman was given the instruments of power to lead Zambia, there will be total war and confusion, Mwenya Musenge has warned. But Kambwili has charged that Musenge urgently needs mental help, offering to take him to Chainama. Speaking when he held a press briefing in...

United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) president Charles Chanda has withdrawn his participation from the ongoing National Dialogue Forum (NDF), citing biased superintendence on the part of NDF chairperson Professor Muyunda Mwanalushi. At about 10:15 hours during the Wednesday morning deliberations, Chanda stood up to Prof Mwanalushi, accusing him of side-lining him when he wanted...

A State witness has admitted in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the ‘seditious document', which was allegedly found in the possession of suspended Lusaka lawyer Martha Mushipe, was downloaded from the Zambian Watchdog. Arthur Shonga, a Zambia Police Senior Superintendent, who led a team that went to search Mushipe’s law firm, further admitted that the...

A Fire Investigative Officer has told the Coroners’ Court inquiring into Vespers Shimuzhila’s death that the fire, which gutted some student hostels at UNZA last year, was caused by teargas canisters fired by police officers. However, the officer added that the fire could have also been a result of arson because there were other sources...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says well-known PF cadres loyal to former UPND former vice president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) on Saturday forcefully entered into his lodge in Kasama, attacked people and damaged property. In an interview, Mucheleka complained that political violence which had been eradicated in Kasama, had now returned with GBM’s re-joining...

Chiengi FDD member of parliament Given Katuta has warned mayors to have respect for their area members of parliament, threatening that there is nothing the civic leaders can do if parliamentarians decided to revised their conditions of service. On Monday, during the Local Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ) 63rd annual conference, Kitwe Mayor Christopher Kang’ombe...

The Lusaka High Court has thrown out a matter in which a Chipata man had sued Paramount Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni and three other chiefs, for allegedly suspending and stopping him from discharging his duties as acting chief Kapatamoyo, a position which is already filled by Levy Jere. Lusaka High Court Judge Sharon Newa...

Former Health Professions Council of Zambia Registrar Dr Aaron Mujajati has sued the council in the Lusaka High Court demanding an order that his termination of employment was unlawful, null and void. Dr Mujajati is also seeking to be paid his full benefits in the sum of K2,690,458.56, salaries for the remainder of his term...

National Dialogue Forum secretary Patrick Chisanga says the NDF leadership will not prosecute members of parliament who are absent from the ongoing Constitutional making process, explaining that the forum does not have that mandate. And Chisanga has revealed that United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) leader Charles Chanda will be summoned by the Forum’s Standing...

Renowned PF cadre Julius Komaki says there is no way he is going to present himself before the provincial disciplinary committee headed by Paul Moonga when the same executive has denied him as their member. On Tuesday, the PF Lusaka Provincial executive wrote summon letters to both Komaki and Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) asking them...

Nkana coach Beston Chambeshi has attributed the team’s poor performance in the 2019 transitional FAZ/MTN league to the congested fixtures that the club has faced thus far. Nkana drew one all against Buildcon on Wednesday to put their chances of qualifying for continental football in disarray. The Kitwe based side has thus drawn as many...

Exodus Boxing Academy boxing promotion manager Antony Mwamba revealed yesterday that no money has been raise so far, a month before the world title championship fights that require a whooping K562, 400 to be staged. Speaking when he addressed the media in Lusaka, Wednesday, Mwamba however expressed optimism that the money would be raised in...

Four Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have formed a breakaway coalition with a wishful mandate of defending and protecting the outcome of the on-going National Dialogue Forum. The Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA –Zambia); the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI); Southern Africa Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) and another unheard-of called Chrizzina Democracy...