State prosecutors today expressed concern that Hakainde Hichilema’s lawyers were asking a witness questions pertaining to the treason case which is before a different court. This is in a case where the UPND leader is charged with the offence of using insulting language, and the concern was raised after the defence continued to cross-examine the...

Zambia Under-20 coach Beston Chambeshi is delighted to have kicked off his Spain training camp with a friendly win. The U20 AFCON champions beat Spanish lower tier side CD Tenerife 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon in their first warm-up match since arriving in Europe last Saturday. Zambia have set up a two-week training camp in Spain...

A determined crowd this morning overpowered police officers at the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court who were blocking people from entering a courtroom where Hakainde Hichilema was scheduled to appear for continued trial in the case of “using insulting language”. The drama, which lasted for about 10 minutes, started when police changed their security screening mechanism at...

Presidential Empowerment Scheme patron Chanda Kabwe says it is regrettable that people who obtained loans from President Edgar Lungu’s Presidential Initiative Fund are not paying back the money. And Kabwe says people claiming that the Presidential initiative fund was a gimmick by the PF to bribe voters, are enemies of progress. In a statement yesterday,...

The Zambia Revenue Authority has written to Finance and Barclays Bank, ordering the financial institutions to freeze the accounts of Lamasat International Ltd over unpaid taxes amounting to K14 million. According to a garnishee order signed by director for treasury Benjamin Simpungwe, ZRA wants the banks to remit any monies in the company accounts to...