UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema says Constitutional Court judges should remain professional and not allow President Edgar Lungu to intimidate them. Speaking in Solwezi yesterday, President Lungu warned Constitutional Court judges that if they emulate Kenyans and disqualify him from standing again in 2021, there will be chaos in the country. “To my colleagues in the...

Patriotic Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says the ruling party will use people defecting from the opposition UPND to identify the weaknesses of Hakainde Hichilema. Speaking when she received 85 defectors from the UPND at the PF secretariat in Lusaka yesterday, Phiri said Zambians no longer had confidence in Hichilema. “This spirit of not...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director Mandisa Mashologu says Africa is the most vulnerable in terms of climate change as adaptation will cost billions of dollars by 2030. Speaking when she gave a presentation at the 2017 Climate Diplomacy Day at Intercontinental Hotel in Lusaka yesterday, Mashologu said it was estimated that Africa’s adaptation...

Police in Ndola yesterday shot dead a suspected criminal who was on their wanted list, but the shootout left two innocent civilian nursing serious bullet wounds. A combined team of Lusaka and Ndola crack squad pursued a wanted criminal who was reported to be at Ndola’s Mulungushi Bus Station. Copperbelt police commissioner Charity Katanga said...

The African Forum for Former African Heads of State and governments has congratulated fourth republican president Rupiah Banda exhibited political maturity when he peacefully handed over power to Michael Sata. In a statement issued by First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at the Zambian High Commission in South Africa Naomi Nyawali yesterday, forum Chairperson...

Agriculture minister Dora Siliya says government has set aside one million hectares of land for the construction of farming blocks which are expected to accelerate development in rural areas and create opportunities for farmers. And South Africa’s Gauteng provincial minister in charge of economic development and trade Lobongang Maile says it is regrettable that Africa...

The Law Association of Zambia says President Edgar Lungu must retract his threats against Constitutional Court judges as they reflect the Executive’s interference with the Judiciary. Yesterday, President Lungu warned that there would be chaos in Zambia if ConCourt judges disqualified him from running for a third term in 2021. “To my colleagues in the...

We have read and heard many Zambians express their displeasure with the manner in which President Edgar Lungu is running government affairs and the ruling party. Several people, including ourselves have condemned his vengeful and dictatorial style of leadership; and in our case, we still insist that our Head of State is not the best...

Transparency International Zambia says it is annoying that amounts of revenue lost through avoidable mischief has skyrocketed within a year. Reacting to the Auditor General’s report for the year ended 2016, TIZ executive director Wesley Chibamba observed that lack of action by law enforcement agencies was perpetuating theft in public institutions. “Transparency International Zambia is...