LUNDAZI Central Independent member of parliament Lawrence Nyirenda who is accused of not having a full a Grade 12 certificate has insisted that he was allowed to contest the 2016 parliamentary elections because the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) was satisfied with his qualifications. Nyirenda submitted to the Constitutional Court that the law does not...

News Diggers Media Limited and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) have submitted that they will be pleading the defence of justification and fair comment on a matter of public interest when they file their defence in the Mukula smuggling case. The two have further opposed to an application for an order of interim injunction in...

HIGHER Education Minister Dr Brian Mushimba says institutions of higher learning should grow their own revenue streams through their assets. Speaking in Parliament, Thursday, leader of the Opposition in Parliament Jack Mwiimbu said government had failed to manage public learning institutions and asked Dr Mushimba if the downing of tools by UNZA lecturers would not...

LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo is too excited about the Ministerial position he holds and his utterances against Hakainde Hichilema are exposing his abnormality, says UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka. Commenting on Lusambo’s attacks against Hichilema during a PF interactive discussion forum, Monday, where the former lashed out at Hichilema, describing him as a...

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Deputy Chief Whip Tutwa Ngulube says the Opposition Alliance has blocked all its chances of ever forming government by rejecting Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019. In an interview, Ngulube said the Opposition Alliance could not form government next year after rejecting Bill 10 because the formation of a coalition government...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has disclosed that over K390 million was taken off Zamtel’s balance sheet after restructuring through a debt to equity swap with its subsidiary, Infratel. And Dr Ng’andu says ZSIC General Insurance, Nitrogen Chemicals Zambia and Zesco are also scheduled for balance sheet restructuring. Meanwhile, the minister says loss making public...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says he is extremely disappointed by Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya's remarks justifying extra judicial killings by the police. On Wednesday, Siliya, who is also Information Minister, told a media briefing that Zambians should be comforted if police shoot at someone in trying to restore order. When journalists asked for government’s...

FORMER Secretary to Cabinet Dr Sketchely Sacika says the ongoing gassing incidences in some parts of the country are a PF project aimed at destabilizing the UPND ahead of the 2021 general election. And Dr Sacika says the prayers that the Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs held last week in collaboration with some...

A multitude of University of Zambia students yesterday protested over government’s failure to pay lecturers their January and February 2020 salary arrears. Angry students started by disrupting some of the lectures which were ongoing and gathered at the graduation square, demanding that the Vice Chancellor Professor Luke Mumba addresses them on the state of affairs....

ELEVEN more men arrested for rioting following reported gassing incidents in Lusaka have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. The 11 Lusaka residents have, however, denied the charges of rioting contrary to the Laws of Zambia. The suspects appeared before Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale on two different indictments. In the first indictment, the accused,...