United Progressive People (UPP) president Saviour Chishimba says government must stop underpaying and abusing journalists. In a statement today, Chishimba said he had received information that journalists from Times of Zambia and Zambia Daily Mail were being underpaid and had accrued salary arrears. “We, in the United Progressive People (UPP), are in receipt of credible...

Two Siavonga juveniles have been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old school girl. According to a statement by Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo today, the boys lured the girl, who was on her way back to boarding school in the company of two friends, to their parents’ house where they took some alcohol. “A girl...

Minister of Finance Felix Mutati says government has paid over 4.2billion kwacha to contractors and suppliers of goods and services in order to stabilize the economy. According to a statement issued by Zambia’s First Secretary for Press Naomi Nyawali today, Mutati said the money had been paid for over a period of six months to...

Reeves Malambo’s alleged murderer, Tshabu Benos, has applied for constitutional bail pending the determination of her murder case. Benos is alleged to have stabbed her boyfriend, Malambo, who later died at Hilltop Hospital, with a dagger. Since her arrest in January, the accused has been detained at Lusaka Central Correctional Facility awaiting trial. But Benos...

MMD leader Nevers Mumba has asked Finance Minister Felix Mutati to tell the nation the exact debt which the country has contracted. In a letter to Mutati yesterday, Mumba said he searched for the truth after the latter gave two different figures in Parliament over how much Zambia was owing. “Arising from your address in...

There was laughter in the Lusaka Magistrate's court when  a 23 year old woman narrated how she was tricked by a prophet who promised to raise her husband from the dead. This is in a matter in which prophet Angel Sakala swindled Beatrice Kasonde k10,170 on pretext that he would bring back to life her...

University of Zambia public relations manager Damaseke Chibale says the institution is owed K58 million from 8,000 students. In a statement yesterday, Chibale explained that the payment structure was extremely flexible. “Generating revenue through tuition fees has been a challenging undertaking for the University despite the flexible arrangements accorded to our students. This is more...

Zesco United have disclosed that they didn't have a successful fishing trip on the domestic player transfer market that included an unsuccessful and ambitious bid to bring back midfielder Clatous Chama. Chama is one of four high-profile Zambia CHAN team players Zesco had targeted but failed to sign in the July local transfer window that...