FOREIGN Affairs Minister Joe Malanji says he does not want to appear like he is bragging by coming to the media to disclose all his sources of wealth, insisting that he is able to account for all the donations he makes. On Sunday, a viral video showed Malanji looking for Copperbelt University hostel representatives and...

CHAPTER One Foundation (COF) has written to Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima asking her to institute a tribunal which can investigate why Cabinet Ministers and the Speaker of the National Assembly have failed to declare their annual assets, liabilities and income. COF has, however, commended Justice Minister Given Lubinda for being the only one who has...

KOOK College of International Studies Limited has sued Zambia-Somali Friendship Association national coordinator Ally Firin in the Lusaka High Court for allegedly accusing it of having been involved in human trafficking of some Somali trainees. According to a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, Monday, the College claimed that Firin on or...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says PF has exacerbated Konkola Copper Mines’ (KCM) challenges by splitting it into two entities. And Hichilema says a similar situation is evolving at Mopani Copper Mines where PF will create more problems instead of seeking lasting solutions. KCM acting chief executive officer Enock Mponda announced earlier this month that provisional...

BISHOP Donald Chirambo of Ndola’s Beacon of Hope Tabernacle Church has been sued for adultery. In this matter, Bishop Chirambo is alleged to have an adulterous relationship with a married congregant. This is according to a divorce petition filed in the Ndola High Court by Christopher Mulenga in which he wants his marriage to his...

HONEYBEE Pharmacy Limited says the company is a casualty of a "politically-motivated conflict" directed towards dismissed Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya by his rivals within and outside government. And Honeybee Pharmacy has insisted it has not supplied any defective drugs. In a statement, Wednesday, Honeybee Pharmacy Management charged that there was an attempt to "assassinate...

OPPOSITION Alliance chairperson Charles Milupi says the Alliance is finalising a mechanism that will enable it field single candidates on all elective positions in this year’s general election. In an interview, Milupi announced that the Alliance, consisting of the country's major opposition political parties, was on course to select single candidates for all elective positions...

INTERNATIONAL Drug Company (IDC) Limited says they have complied with a Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority’s (ZAMRA) directive by recalling aspirin which had a foul smell. In a letter dated, December 7, 2020, ZAMRA director general Bernice Mwale wrote to the IDC director directing them to initiate an urgent recall of the affected batch from circulation...

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says some glitches shouldn't cause citizens to lose faith in his ministry because health personnel are working tirelessly to save lives. And Dr Chanda says statutory bodies must not wait for the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to prompt them to recall defective drugs but act expeditiously because their duty...