Newly-appointed Livestock and Fisheries Minister Professor Nkandu Luo will not be able to work well in the livestock sector because of her attitude, says National Union for Small-scale Farmers of Zambia (NUSFAZ) president Dr Frank Kayula. And Dr Kayula has alleged that workers at the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries have misapplied monies meant for...

Former Minister of Transport and Communication William Harrington has asked Lands Minister Jean Kapata to cancel all title deeds issued for the Lusaka East Local Forest Reserve 27, saying allocating plots in that area is illegal. And some correspondence has shown that Kapata was not being sincere when she told journalists that no one had...

Minister of Justice Given Lubinda says he has no powers to withdraw the Constitution Amendment Bill from Parliament. And Lubinda says it is an insult for Mazabuka UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo to allege that he is trying to sneak bills into Parliament without following procedure. Last Friday, Nkombo said the UPND would not...

Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) chairman Andrew Chintala says high mealie meal prices currently obtaining on the market are mainly because millers are accessing maize at much higher costs. But Chintala says he is optimistic that an increased supply of maize on the market may eventually lead to a reduction in mealie meal prices. The...

Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA) last week seized products worth over K300,000 from traders in various centers as part of a clampdown on the sale of substandard and banned products. ZCSA communications officer Caroline Kalombe stated in a press release, Wednesday, that the Agency received information from a brand protection agency representing Colgate Palmolive and...

Government has introduced a new antiretroviral HIV drug called Tenofovir Alafenamide, which reduces the viral load within 10 to 14 days, says Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya. And Dr Chilufya says Zambia is the first country in the developing world to use this medicine, adding that patients have already been enrolled on the new drug....

Zambia National Men’s Network for Gender and Development (ZNMNGD) national coordinator Nelson Banda says it is shocked and saddened with the over 35,000 child pregnancies recorded in the last six months in Eastern Province. In a statement, Banda stated that it was more saddening to realize that the child pregnancies were actually defilement cases. “As...

Lusaka lawyer Dickson Jere says government's appeal in the South African court is crucial because the arbitration can go on regardless of whether or not the Zambian courts agree as long as it is registered. Jere, who is a former presidential press aide in the MMD administration under Rupiah Banda, explained that unless the Ruling...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichiema says Vedanta should have gone a long time ago due to numerous breaches and violations of contractual agreements and obligations with the Zambian people. And Hichilema says the ongoing mishandling of KCM and other mining houses has wider and long term implications on generations to come. In a statement, Wednesday, Hichilema...

Canadian-based Zambian lawyer Elias Munshya says the South African High Court’s ruling on Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Plc has embarrassed the Zambian Judiciary. On Tuesday, the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg granted Vedanta Resources an urgent interim injunction against ZCCM Investment Holdings and KCM provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu. Reacting to the development, Munshya stated...

Government Printers gazette editor Philemon Kapukanya has testified in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that in 1986, President Edgar Lungu advertised for the change of his names to include "Chagwa". Meanwhile, a Registrar at the University of Zambia (UNZA) testified that President Lungu was a student at the institution from 1978 to 1981, adding that according...