FORMER health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says there is no President that has worked as much as President Edgar Lungu. And Dr Chilufya says he will give K50,000 each to four markets in Mansa from the Presidential Market Empowerment Fund. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya says it is up to the PF central committee to decide if...

PF national mobilisation chairperson Richard Musukwa says in the unlikely event UPND opposition president Hakainde Hichilema is elected into power, he will turn out to be Zambia’s worst dictator. In an interview, Musukwa charged that Hichilema would put the country on fire if elected Zambia's seventh Republican President due to his “dictatorial characteristics.” “To say...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it has recorded a warn and caution statement from former Ministry of Health permanent secretary in charge of administration Kakulubelwa Mulalelo and it will, in due course, transmit the case file to the National Prosecutions Authority for further action. And the ACC says a joint team comprising officers from the...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has appointed of the opposition party's former national chairperson Mutale Nalumango as his vice-president. And Hichilema says there will be no stealing once is in power, adding that people who work for their money do not dish it out the way PF officials are doing. During a press briefing, Tuesday, Hichilema...

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says the country has recorded 555 new COVID-19 cases out of 3,910 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. And Dr Chanda says nine people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Speaking during the routine COVID-19 update, Tuesday, Dr Chanda said the total number of confirmed cases...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is currently interrogating former Ministry of Health permanent secretary in charge of administration Mulalelo Kakulubelwa over tender irregularities. According to impeccable sources, Kakulubelwa has finally appeared before the law enforcement agency today. Last week, ACC pulled back after announcing that it was going to hold a press conference to update the...

ZNFU president Jervis Zimba says Zambia will remain food secure despite heavy floods being experienced in some parts of the country as the damage sustained on crop fields is not severe. In an interview, Zimba said recent flooding during the ongoing rainy season will not likely negatively impact this year’s crop harvest due to the...

CHINA has promised to continue being an all-weather friend to Zambia, as Chinese President Xi Jinping sends envoy to follow up on decisions made during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit. And speaking when he met Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and...

ZAMBIA police spokesperson Esther Katongo says the search conducted in Shibuyunji over the weekend should not be misconstrued as persecution because the officers were merely acting on intelligence information. Speaking during an interview on Hot FM, Katongo said police do not look at relationships with people when moving in to do their searches. “When they...

KAPOCHE PF member of parliament Dr Charles Banda has asked the electorate in the constituency to utilise their vote and re-elect the PF. And Dr Banda has dished out cash amounting to K13,700 to marketeers as a means of empowerment, while also distributing an estimated total of K15,000 to local residents he met on a...