• 16 Mar 2021
• Natasha Sakala

Bowman denies donating fuel to Ndola cab drivers

LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says he will commence legal proceedings against the filling station owner over a claim that he bought fuel for taxi drivers in Ndola’s Masala area on Sunday. A video emerged on social media in which a person in the background was claiming that Lusambo gave taxi drivers in the area...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Julia Malunga

RTSA dodges questions on ‘ECL 2021’ number plates

THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has failed to clarify whether vehicles with “ECL 2021” number plates have been registered, but says special number plates can only be specifically assigned to one vehicle. And PF chairman for elections Yamfwa Mukanga says he has only seen one car with the registration number “ECL 2021.” In...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

Continued PF cadres' attacks on radio stations a time bomb, warns CCZ

THE Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has condemned PF cadres' attack on Chete FM in Nakonde. In a statement, Monday, CCZ general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya said if left unchecked, the continued shrinking media space in the country was a time bomb that may explode out of control. "The Council of Churches in Zambia...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Daniel Chansa

Ndola man gets 18 years for indecently assaulting 2 girls below 5

NDOLA High Court Judge Yvonne Chembe has sentenced a 23-year-old man to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour for indecently assaulting two girls below the age of five. This is in a matter in which Shadreck Phiri was charged with two counts of defilement but was convicted on charges of indecent assault. Phiri, on January...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Natasha Sakala

Never succumb to lawlessness, Kampyongo tells police

MINISTER of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has ordered police officers never to succumb to lawlessness. Meanwhile, Kampyongo has insisted that the only people who should be scared of the Cyber Security Bill are criminals. At a press briefing, Monday, Kampyongo said daring police would not be tolerated. “When a police officer is in a combat,...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

HH will go mad after August polls – Musukwa

PF NATIONAL mobilisation committee chairperson Richard Musukwa says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s illusion that he's winning the August 12 general election will make him go mad. Commenting on Hichilema’s remarks that whether President Edgar Lungu liked it or not he would be removed from government this year, Musukwa argued that Hichilema was “living an illusion”...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Julia Malunga

The donations are biblical - Sumaili

RELIGIOUS Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili the huge donations being made by members of the ruling party are biblical and it is not up to the recipients to question the source of their finances. And Rev Sumaili says Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu should learn to be balanced by also pointing out the good things which government...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Nigerian man in court for getting green NRC

A 32-YEAR-OLD Nigerian man has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly concealing his personal identity and citizenship by obtaining a green National Registration Card (NRC) using a Zambian name. In this matter Kolapo Bello Afeez, a designer, is charged with concealing of true identity contrary to section 52(2) read with 56(1) of...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Julia Malunga

LAZ has no appetite to petition Lungu's nomination, but that won't stop me - Sangwa

THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it still stands by its position that the Constitutional Court did not make any ruling on President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility for this year's election. But Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa says it is clear that LAZ has no appetite to challenge President Edgar Lungu's nomination, a development he says...

• 16 Mar 2021
• Julia Malunga

PF sets April 10-11 for general conference

PATRIOTIC Front Davies Mwila says President Edgar Lungu will this Thursday open the Lusaka Provincial elections at Mulungushi International Conference Centre. And Mwila says the PF general conference will be held on April 10 to 11. Meanwhile, Mwila says the party is dealing with Lusaka Province PF chairman Paul Moonga's "opposition are trying to bribe...