• 6 Feb 2020
• Julia Malunga

PF not conducting election campaigns in Chilubi but corruption, charges NDC

National Democratic Congress (NDC) national youth chairperson Charles Kabwita says the ruling Patriotic Front is not conducting election campaigns in Chilubi but corruption. On Tuesday, Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya said the construction of health posts in Chilubi were part of PF’s development agenda and not because of campaigns for this month’s parliamentary by-election. “We...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

I’m not aware Kampyongo banned political activities on C/belt - Bowman

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says he was not aware that Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo banned all political activities on the Copperbelt Province in view of the volatile security situation in the area when he met his constituents over the weekend. And Lusambo says PF, under President Edgar Lungu is too sweet. Reacting to...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Coronavirus threatens trade between Zambia and China – ZACCI

The Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) says the continued spread of the deadly Coronavirus has the potential to reduce trade between Zambia and China given the increased suspension of travel modalities between the two countries. The global death toll resulting from the virus has hit 427, with two reported dead outside...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Tenson Mkhala

Govt pleads for census funding from donors

Government is still seeking over K300 million to make up the shortfall in order to fund the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, which translates as 40 per cent of the total census budget. And Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says government has committed only K15.8 million of the budgeted K75 million required to finance...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Reduced imports a sign of subdued business climate, says economist

Zambia’s trade surplus of K422 million in December, 2019 owing to reduced imports is a sign of a subdued business climate, says economist Trevor Hambayi. According to Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA) data, Zambia recorded a trade surplus in December, 2019, of K422 million, which was a result of reduced imports. The trade surplus was the...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Natasha Sakala

ECZ’s stance not to fund political party monitors for Dubai ballot printing must apply to all – SACCORD

Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) executive director Boniface Cheembe says the ECZ should fairly implement its position that it will not fund observers for the printing of ballot papers in Dubai. And Cheembe says the Government Printers should inform the nation on whether or not they have managed to develop...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

ECZ has powers to punish perpetrators of electoral violence, says ConCourt

The Constitutional Court has strongly condemned all forms of electoral violence in the country and has further urged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) utilise its powers under the law to punish perpetrators. Constitutional Court judge Martin Musaluke noted that ECZ has wide powers under the law to punish perpetrators of electoral violence which include,...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Daniel Chansa

ZRA seizes base metals from Chinese man at Ndola airport

The Zambia Revenue Authority has seized suspected base metals with traces of Gold, palladium, nickel, manganese and precious stones weighing about 1.5 kilograms in Ndola. Zambia Revenue Authority Corporate Communications Manager Topsy Sikalinda disclosed at a media briefing in Ndola, Wednesday, that the Chinese man whom he did not name was arrested when he was...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Julia Malunga

U.S.A’s PEPFAR aid won’t last indefinitely, cautions Harrington

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State African Bureau Affairs Ambassador Mathew Harrington says there should not be assumptions that the huge level of investments into the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) will be able to continue indefinitely. Speaking to journalists after he toured the DREAMS Centre in Lusaka’s Kalingalinga compound, Ambassador Harrington said the...

• 6 Feb 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Prof Nalubamba was improperly installed as chief, insist family members

13 representatives of five families of the Mbeza Royal Establishment of Chief Nalubamba of the Ila people have insisted that Professor King Nalubamba, the newly installed Chief Nalubamba, is not eligible to ascend to the throne of the Mbeza Royal Establishment. The 13 have submitted that in the wrongful naming and selection of Professor Nalubamba...