KABWATA PF member of parliament Given Lubinda has dragged the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to court over its decision to postpone the implementation of its resolution to bestow upon him the status of Alderman. (Alderman is a status or title granted by the council to an elected member of a city council). Lubinda states that...

LUSAKA Provincial Minister Bowman Lusambo says not only does he have a a grade 12 certificate, he is also currently studying for a Masters in Leadership and Strategy at the University of Zambia. And Lusambo says he follows the COVID-19 guidelines but that people follow him because they are attracted to him. Meanwhile, Lusambo says...

UNIVERSITY of Zambia Vice-Chancellor Professor Luke Mumba says the institution has produced a restructuring plan which will entail downsizing the number of employees from 2,200 to 1,300 over a period of four to five years. During a state of the institution address, Wednesday, Prof Mumba who lamented UNZA’s K4.4 billion kwacha debt, attributed the university's...

UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says he has already hit the ground running on a mobilisation tour across the country because it is not time to sit in the office. And Imenda says this time around, UPND will not impose candidates on the people just because they are affiliated to some big names, but will...

THE Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC) has written to Mpulungu Harbour Corporation Limited requesting for a K5 million loan. But IDC Group Chief Executive Officer Mateyo Kaluba says the money is meant to help out other companies that have struggled financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter dated January 6, 2021, addressed to Mpulungu...

A GARDENER has testified that the deceased Kabulonga Boys Secondary School pupil told him that "I will die", after he rescued him from some Twin Palm Secondary School pupils who beat him up using golf sticks. This is a matter in which four former Twin Palm Secondary School pupils aged between 16 and 19, are...

TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says it is difficult for government to determine when Zambia Airways 2014 limited will be launched. And Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) director general Gabriel Lesa says the Authority lost about $5 million in 2020 due to COVID-19. Speaking when he toured CAA offices, Kafwaya said the Zambia Airways 2014...

HONEYBEE Pharmacy Limited has asked the Lusaka High Court to ignore the invitation by the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) to have its suit against the authority dismissed. It has argued that its case against ZAMRA boarders on public interest and that striking out the same would deprive the innocent 17 million Zambians who would...

MMD president Nevers Mumba says alliances in Zambia fail to work because they are about power sharing and there is also lack of honesty among members. Speaking when he appeared on Crown TV's Truth Be Told program, Mumba said alliances became very vulnerable if they were about power “If it is all about power, it...

TOURISM Minister Ronald Chitotela says he is now walking with his head high after suffering public ridicule on allegations that he was a corrupt man. And Chitotela says the insults that people throw in President Edgar Lungu have a damaging effect on his family. Meanwhile, Chitotela, who is also Pambashe PF member of parliament, says...