Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president Sean Tembo says politicians must desist from using derogatory language which has potential to create conflict among citizens. And Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says police have formally charged United Progressive People (UPP) president Saviour Chishimba with Defamation of the President. In a statement today, Tembo regretted Chishimba’s arrest...

I am ambitious to come back in 2021, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu says businesses must operate the way politicians do by allowing competition to flourish. Meanwhile, President Lungu has warned State House officials against abusing their power to force contractors to employ unqualified people. The Head of State was when he officiated...

A Lusaka man has appeared in the Magistrates’ Court for having sex with his two biological daughters. William Zulu of Mtendere East, a bricklayer by profession, is facing two counts of incest contrary to section 159 of the Penal Code. In count one, it is alleged that between June 1 and 13 did have unlawful...

In this audio, Wynter Kabimba says he visited UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema because he is not among those in the UPND who attack him. In an interview after leaving Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison, Kabimba said he encouraged HH to be strong. “I visited him, he is looking well, I encouraged him and tried to strengthen...

ZESCO has entered a consent order with its former managing director Cyprian Chitundu over the 10,000 shares he held in the Kafue gorge lower project. This is in a matter in which ZESCO sued Cyprian Chitundu for holding on to the shares in Zesco's special purpose vehicle known as Kafue Gorge Lower power development corporation...

Dear Editor, I have read the article by Hon. Chishimba Kambwili that "Lungu is insecure" and it's very disheartening for him to talk about President Lungu like that. Hon.CK should calm down. Everyone has got his/her own time and therefore he should allow and respect President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to execute his duties. He is...

University of Zambia (UNZA) Vice Chancellor Professor Luke Mumba has insisted that the institution will not rescind its decision to bar owing from writing examinations. Prof Mumba told journalists in Lusaka yesterday that the university needed a lot of resources in order to run it according to expected standards. “We have over 27 thousand students...

President Edgar Lungu says there is no room for laziness in his government. Speaking to journalists when he toured some stands with his wife Esther at the Agricultural Show Grounds yesterday, President Lungu said he was steering the country in the right direction with the help of Cabinet and civil servants. President Lungu also said...

On 17 July 2017, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) issued a press statement on the legality and extent of the threatened state of emergency declared by President Edgar Lungu 12 days earlier and subsequently approved by Parliament for a period of 90 days. In the statement, LAZ made three important observations. One, the association...