ZAMBIA is unlikely to benefit from the current low oil prices on the international market, which have reduced to a five-year low of $26 per barrel. As Zambia’s pump prices are determined by the cost of crude oil on the international market and the prevailing foreign exchange rate at the time the cargo is received,...

A HEALTH inspector at the Lusaka City Council (LCC) has testified that the Legana sausage that was tested was not found to have any foreign matter as results revealed that it was food casing instead. This is a matter in which Luyando Kopakopa, a clinical medicine student at Apex University, and her partner Eric Ng'andu,...

A SECURITY guard has testified how he found a container and some liquid which looked like petrol on the floor where MTN’s Finance Department is in the early hours of February 13, 2020. This is a matter in which two MTN employees, Kamanyanga Kaseele, 35, an accountant of Woodlands, and Chipasha Kamukwamba, 36, a businessman...

SECRETARY to the Cabinet Dr Simon Miti has directed all heads of government institutions to submit a schedule of staff who can be considered to work from home and indicate activities that need to be suspended in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. In a circular, issued Wednesday, Dr Miti stated that the schedules were expected...

THE opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) claim to be in possession of evidence showing how the Patriotic Front tried to bribe the party’s members of parliament to vote for the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019. They say this evidence which is in their possession in form of text messages and voice...

The National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) says the resolve by some institutions of higher learning to continue offering lessons through e-learning platforms may face challenges with internet connectivity as some students are in remote parts of the country. Last week, the University of Zambia (UNZA) Senate resolved that teaching and learning at...

THE American Bar Association Centre for Human rights has asked the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of Judges to urgently intervene the decision by the Zambian Judiciary to bar constitutional lawyer John Sangwa, State Counsel, from appearing before any court in the country. In a letter, Centre director Michael Pates requested the United...

THE Judiciary has cancelled the Court of Appeal Session which was scheduled to commence on Tuesday as a precautionary measure to avoid further spread of the COVID-19 virus. Chief Registrar of the Judiciary and Director of Court Operations Charles Kafunda stated in a public notice issued, Tuesday, that legal practitioners and litigants would be informed...

THE Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has instructed all its members of parliament to vote for the deferment of the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10, 2019 whenever it is re-introduced into Parliament for Second Reading. But nominated member of parliament Raphael Nakacinda says it is dictatorial for the former ruling party to impose a position...

ZAMBIA National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) country director Professor Victor Mukonka says the country has enough capacity to test people suspected to have contracted Coronavirus. On Tuesday, the Institute stated that there were 91 Coronavirus samples received at the University Teaching Hospital Virology Lab (UTHVL), out of which 75 were processed and three confirmed positive...

A Zambian student studying China's Hebei University has been chased from school after exhibiting Coronavirus symptoms. And students who sought anonymity studying in China have expressed disappointment that the Zambian Embassy in Beijing was not being helpful. The Business and Economics student, identified as Mulube, who is currently in transit to Zambia confirmed that he...

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have asked all bilateral creditors to suspend debt repayment from International Development Association (IDA) countries in order to allow them liquidity for tackling the Coronavirus. IDA countries are developing countries with low per capita incomes. "With immediate effect—and consistent with national laws of the creditor countries—the World...

The Auditor General, Dr. Dick Chellah Sichembe says his office has put in place a surveillance system to ensure that all resources, financial or otherwise meant for fighting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) are put to good use and are accounted for. According to a statement released by Head of Public Relations Ellen Chikale, Dr. Sichembe said...

President Edgar Lungu says Zambia now has 12 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus disease, and has since directed the shut down of all bars, night clubs, cinemas and restaurants. President Lungu has also directed that all international flights to and from Zambia will have to land and take off from Lusaka's Kenneth Kaunda International Airport...