• 18 Jun 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Chiluba, RB made EL think he can steal without consequences - CK

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says Frederick Chiluba and Rupiah Banda made President Edgar Lungu believe he can steal and get away with it. And Kambwili says only a mad person can honor President Lungu with a good governance honorary doctorate. During the first-ever Frederick Chiluba memorial lecture, Sunday, Judge Phillip Musonda said the removal of...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Mukosha Funga

It's cruel to show off corruptly obtained wealth - Musa

Former Attorney General Musa Mwenye says it is cruel to show off corruptly obtained wealth in the name of not glorifying poverty. And Mwenye says leaders who only appear to become intelligent businessmen when they get into power are most likely engaged in corruption. In a statement, Monday, Mwenye insisted that citizens deserved to know...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Lift ban on livestock movement, it’s suicidal for farmers – CTPD

Government needs to lift the prolonged ban of the movement of livestock in some areas around the country because the status quo is suicidal for farmers who have no alternative viable source of income, says CTPD. And CTPD has condemned the indiscriminate slaughter of livestock belonging to a Pemba farmer by veterinary officials under the...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Islamic council president in court for aiding illegal immigrants

Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia president Suzgo Zimba and two Somalis have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court for allegedly giving false information to an Immigration officer and aiding and abetting entry of 11 Somalis in the country. The three are alleged to have procured immigration visas for 11 Somalis by purporting that they were...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Derrick Silimina

Perception that mines make huge profits flawed – Lumwana

Barrick’s Lumwana Mining Company says the perception that mining companies always make huge profits is flawed and unrealistic. And the mining giant says there is need to consider key factors that drive the operations of the industry in Zambia. Speaking during a panel discussion at the just-ended ninth Zambia International Mining and Energy Conference and...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Zambian prisons don't consider special needs of women - Commissioner General

Zambia Correctional Services (ZCS) Commissioner General Chisela Chileshe says women inmates face a lot of challenges in prisons because the facilities do not take into consideration their special needs. Speaking when the Forum for Zambia Women Accountants (FZWA) donated assorted items to female inmates at Kabwe’s Mukobeko Maximum Correctional Facility, Saturday, Dr Chileshe said the...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court acquits GBM in 'throat' case

The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has acquitted Patriotic Front member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba after finding him with no case to answer in a matter in which he was accused of threatening to go for President Edgar Lungu’s throat. When the matter came up for ruling, Tuesday, Magistrate Nthandose Chabala said the State had failed to provide...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Sandra Mulenga

Cop tells court how Tiger security guards were beaten by thieves

A-36-year-old police officer from Kamfinsa Police Camp has narrated before the Kitwe Magistrates' Court how he found two male security guards from a Tiger Security Company in Kitwe badly beaten by a group of suspected thieves. This is in a case in which 19-year-old Patrick Chisanga and 27-year-old Hassan Mwansa, all of Kitwe, are charged...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

US will donate $421m to Zambia for HIV control in 2020 - Foote

United States Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote and Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya have announced the U.S. government plans to contribute US$421 million next year in support of the joint goal of reaching HIV epidemic control in Zambia by 2020. This is according to a statement issued by US embassy public affairs office Sean...

• 18 Jun 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Women's movement expresses disgust over Luapula defiler

The Non-Governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has described the incident in Luapula Province where a father defiled his three-day-old biological daughter, leading to her death, as inhuman and evil. And the Young Women in Action (YWA) say the Luapula child defiler should never see the light of day again, insisting that there is need...