State House press aide Amos Chanda says government is fighting the worst form of UPND propaganda. In his reaction to a circulating video clip where a police officer is seen having an altercation with Mazabuka MP Garry Nkombo, Chanda commended the police for protecting the gun wielding officer. The President’s spokesperson observed that Constable Spider...

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says pulling out of ICC is an escape plan for President Edgar Lungu. At a media briefing yesterday, GBM wondered what President Lungu was scared of. “First of all Edgar should ask himself how many years have we been members of the ICC as Zambia? Why does he want to...

Smuggling of mealie meal from Zambia to neighboring countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo has continued despite an export ban. But Center for Trade Policy and Development acting executive director Isaac Mwaipopo says the DRC is a missed market which government needs to exploit. Speaking during a tour of the Mokambo boarder post yesterday,...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kamoyongo yesterday afternoon told Parliament through a point of order that UPND cadres stripped naked some journalists during a press briefing at the opposition party’s secretariat. But Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini ruled it was an irrelevant point of order. “As I stand here, this UPND party is...