PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is not running for a third term of office at the 2021 general election, which means he remains eligible to contest, says PF chairperson for elections Yamfwa Mukanga. In an interview, Mukanga argued that President Lungu would re-contest next year’s general election because he remained eligible, adding that it was a pity...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says there is need for government to have a proper strategy in place on what it will do once creditors grant the much-needed moratorium on interest payments to avoid the risk of a debt repayment freeze not benefiting the country. Ahead of a crucial vote from Eurobond holders set to decide on...

ZAMBIA Police Service spokesperson Esther Katongo says they have not received any record of an increase in the number of missing children, contrary to social media reports. A number of posts of missing children continue to trend on social media, with many people questioning what the causes could be. In an interview, Katongo, however, said...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says voter registration for prisoners in correctional facilities will be conducted in the last phase of the mobile voter registration exercise. In an interview, ECZ chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano said the guidelines and legal drafting for prison voting was concluded and had since been presented to various stakeholders....

NATIONAL Democratic Congress Roan member of parliament Joseph Chishala says the continued dishing out of money by some PF officials will affect the country's chances of being exempted from interest payments to the bondholders. Commenting on the recent donation of K400,000 cash to Mpongwe marketeers by Mpongwe PF aspiring candidate Emmanuel Kasambo, Chishala in an...

THE Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) has condemned the abuse and misapplication of funds donated by various stakeholders to the Ministry of Health in the fight against COVID-19, saying anyone found wanting should be dismissed to restore the Ministry's integrity. In a statement, MQHZ director general Dr Quince Mwabu said it was disheartening...

FORMER Women for Change (WfC) executive Director Dr Emily Sikazwe has sued the organisation’s trustees for unpaid gratuity, salaries and allowances totalling K699,119.18. According to a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, WfC had not settled gratuity from 2007 to 2014 and was also owing the plaintiff salaries and allowances for 2013...

THE Auditor General’s Report has revealed that the Ministry of Defence paid US$56,480.20 to a South African Company to install an oxygen plant at Maina Soko Hospital, but it was not delivered. The Report also disclosed that the Ministry of Defence failed to avail information for auditing purposes on the rehabilitation and upgrading of Maina...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says Zambians will only see and appreciate what he has done for the country after he has left office. Speaking when he addressed chiefs in Chitambo District, Tuesday, President Lungu said that Zambians would only appreciate him after he left office as that had been the trend since the first Republican president...

STATE House police divisional assistant commissioner Michael Malambo has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that anyone who refers to Valden Findlay’s dealings refers to President Edgar Lungu. He was testifying in a matter in which National Democratic Congress (NDC) party leader Chishimba Kambwili is charged with defamation of the President following a complaint filed in...