Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has announced that the National Registration, Passport and Citizenship offices (NRPC) in Lusaka will be closed to the public until further notice to avoid the spread of cholera. Kampyongo says only travel emergencies will be attended to. Meanwhile Kampyongo says drunkards who want to be in drinking places have...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) says it is saddened by the increase of drunk driving and unlicensed drivers, among others related traffic offences, which are the leading cause of accidents in Zambia. And RTSA has warned that it will not relent in its efforts to enforce the law to ensure that road users...

Youth activist Gregory Chifire says he is ready to go to court and prove his corruption accusations against Housing and Infrastructure minister Ronald Chitotela, saying the court process will vindicate the minister if he is innocent. On Saturday Chitotela used Facebook to issue a 24 hours ultimatum to Chifire, demanding an apology and retraction of...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says corruption under PF has reached unacceptable levels. And Hichilema has reiterated his commitment to dialogue. In a statement welcoming remarks by the three church mother bodies, Tuesday, Hichilema stated that PF officials were looting in broad daylight. “We take note of the statement issued by the three church mother bodies...

There is nothing to defend anymore, the council and the ministry went to sleep, says Local Government Minister Vincent Mwale. And Mwale says bars have been allowed limited time to operate to enable them pay required taxes to the Zambia Revenue Authority. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday interview, Mwale said for a long...

I saw the mayor and I am very happy that he is now awake, President Edgar Lungu said Tuesday after visiting cholera patients at Heroes Stadium. President Lungu also assured the traders that they would soon be allowed back in the markets once hygienic conditions had been met. Hundreds of cholera patients are being treated...

The Zambia National Farmers Union( ZNFU) has been dragged to court for failing to pay statutory monthly pension contributions to the National pension scheme authority (NAPSA) amounting to K5,546,896,48. Particulars of the offence are that ZNFU, between October 19 and November 9, 2017, being a registered employer, without lawful excuse failed pay the sum of...

Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says it is possible that illegal mukula could have been smuggled out of the country and intercepted at Beitbridge because police officers in Zambia do not open containerised trucks for inspection. And Katongo says officers that brutalised Copperbelt University Students will be disciplined because they used too much force. Meanwhile,...

There must be a very strange spirit that possesses our leaders when they are in government. It seems this spirit has a special way of synchronising the brain with the stomach, such that before the mouth speaks, it gets a message from the belly. But immediately a person leaves government, this spirit vanishes and suddenly...

Police in Kitwe have arrested three officers serving under Community Crime Prevention Unit for allegedly beating a hand-cuffed suspect to death.   Copperbelt Province Police commissioner Charity Katanga the three were detained for murder. Katanga explained that the deceased suspect, Fackson Mwanza, was apprehended for assault. “We had a case of murder which occurred on...