State House Special Assistant to the President for Political Affairs Kaizer Zulu says he moves with a gun to protect himself because no one wants him alive after he successfully managed the 2015 elections in favour of President Edgar Lungu. And Zulu has denied causing an accident when he “carelessly” overtook a school bus over...

Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) Plc chief executive officer Owen Silavwe says talks are underway with Zesco Limited to renew the Bulk Supply Agreement (BSA) ahead of the expiry of the existing one, which lapses next year. And Silavwe says the decision to not load shed mining companies in Zambia is more “economical” and not an...

There is nothing in Article 128 or any other provision in the Constitution that gives this court jurisdiction to question the contents of a Bill or to declare it unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court has ruled. The court has therefore thrown out the petitions by the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) and Chapter One Foundation Limited...

The State is in limbo over the pending prosecution of former State House Press Aide Amos Chanda, as he was stopped from appearing in court yesterday. The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) arrested Chanda on November 14, and charged him with corrupt practices by a public officer and receiving property suspected to be proceeds of crime....

Minister Transports and Communications Mutotwe Kafwaya says his ministry is aware that some opposition leaders are enticing TAZARA workers to protest over delayed payment of salaries. Speaking in parliament, Wednesday, when Kapiri Mposhi UPND member of parliament Stanley Kakubo moved a private member’s motion to enable government intervene in the non-payment of all salary arrears...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili with a case to answer in a matter he is charged with forgery and giving false information to a public officer in relation to the registration of Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services. Principle Resident Magistrate David Simusamba noted that the prosecution had established a prima...

Lusaka Provincial Minister Bowman Lusambo says he operates like the President in the province. And Lusambo says he will soon submit a report to President Edgar Lungu from some Luangwa chiefs on the need for government to allow mining in the area. Speaking on Hot FM, Thursday, Lusambo bragged that the Lusaka Provincial Administration were...

The annual rate of inflation has marginally increased to 10.8 per cent in November, up from 10.7 per cent recorded in October, the highest on record since October, 2016, according to Central Statistical Office (CSO) data. Announcing Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for the month of November, CSO Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa said the...

United States Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote says it is inconceivable that two men can be sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for having a consensual relationship, which does not hurt anyone, while government officials can steal millions of public funds without consequences. In a statement today, Ambassador Foote said he understood that Zambia was a...

Zambia's age of criminal responsibility must be revised from eight to 14 in order to improve Zambia's ratings when it comes to child justice, says Parliamentary Committee on Youth, Sports and Child Matters chairperson Chinga Miyutu. Miyutu, who is also Kalabo Central UPND member of parliament, said this when he submitted for adoption his committee's...

The four Lusaka men who have sued Special assistant to the President for Political affairs Kaizer Zulu and others for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting them, have submitted that the purported omission in endorsing their addresses on the writ of summons does not in any way affect the matter. The four have further submitted to the...

Kabompo UPND member of parliament Ambrose Lufuma says the K1.2 billion 2020 budgetary allocation to Smart Zambia is too high. Debating in Parliament, Tuesday, Lufuma said Smart Zambia was too small a unit for such a huge allocation, further lamenting that part of that money was borrowed. “The budget which this unit has been given,...

Vice-President Inonge Wina has advised farmers to engage in value addition practices like food processing in order to achieve food security. According to a statement issued by Permanent Secretary, Administration in the Office of the Vice President Stephen Mwansa, Thursday, Vice President Wina has since invited farmers to attend a "women farmers and food processors...

The Lusaka High Court has ordered that the matter in which Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) has sued Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji and others over a loan facility be referred to the Deputy Registrar for assessment of the sums claimed by the bank. High Court judge Kazembe Chenda has ruled that DBZ has proven...

Economist Francis Ziba has warned that Zambia’s economic outlook is currently “pitch black” resulting from a very toxic mix of power shortages, low currency reserves, high inflation and poor policies for managing sovereign debt. And Ziba, the Executive Director of the Institute of Risk Management Zambia (IRMZA), has disclosed that the International Monetary Fund sees...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has warned the State not to be casual in the way it is handling the matter where five Patriotic Front supporters are accused of assaulting and proposing violence on Minister of Justice Given Lubinda. The warning came after the State asked for an adjournment on grounds that the prosecutor handling the...

The Ministry of Religious Affairs and National Guidance says news stories about the misbehaviour of President Edgar Lungu’s Political Advisor Kaizer Zulu cannot be validated to warrant their comment. Meanwhile, National Democratic Congress (NDC) national youth chairperson Charles Kabwita says Zulu has embarrassed the Office of the President and has questioned President Lungu’s silence on...

The State, through the Attorney General, has asked the Constitutional Court to clarify which money former ministers are supposed to pay back for their illegal stay in office after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016. We find this very ironic and unfair to the Chief Government Legal Advisor because this mess could have been avoided...

Patriots for Economic Progress leader Sean Tembo has charged that acting Lusaka Province PF chairman Paul Moonga was one of the three men that attacked him yesterday and went away with his valuables. In a statement narrating what transpired as he led a peaceful protest against the 42 fire engines yesterday, Tembo said he was...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) executive director Wesley Chibamba has said Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja should protect citizens that intend to hold peaceful protests over challenges affecting the country instead of threatening them as that is a threat to human rights. Kanganja, Tuesday, issued a strong warning to opposition political parties and NGOs that...

Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) chief executive officer Owen Silavwe has expressed concern over Konkola Copper Mines' failure to pay for its electricity offtake for about a year now. In an interview after a tour of some of the company’s assets in Kitwe, Tuesday, Silavwe noted that failure by the mine to meet its obligations would...

If we have to changed governments every time we have load shedding, then it means the people of Zambia will have no government at all, says Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube. Commenting UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka's remarks that UPND would win the 2021 general elections by over 60 per cent due...

The State has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that murder convict Keith Mukata’s former co-accused Charmaine Musonda, is not entitled to the damages she’s claiming for false imprisonment because she was an accused, who was subject to the due process of the law. Attorney General Likando Kalaluka has stated that Musonda’s detention was justified...