UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says UPND members should not only extensively mobilise, but come up with strategies to take over government “next time they win elections”. Addressing National Management Committee members in Lusaka yesterday, Hichilema said it was unacceptable that the party had won the 2015 and 2016 elections without being allowed to take over...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says he will not allow any member of the executive to interfere in the operations of the judiciary. And Magistrates and Judges Association of Zambia (MAJAZ) president Fyises Hamaundu said the objective of her organisation was to promote the independence of the judiciary. Speaking when he met MAJAZ members, Lubinda said...

We have noticed that the opposition UPND has risen against our newspaper because on Wednesday we published an opinion that disagreed with the views expressed by their vice-president Mr Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM). Their media team cooked up and circulated some propaganda insinuating that we had turned against the UPND because President Edgar Lungu, using...

Local artistes are mourning the death of South African legendary jazz instrumentalist Hugh Masekela who died on Tuesday morning after a long battle with cancer. Masekela was a trumpeter, flugel hornist, cornetist, composer and singer. The Internationally acclaimed jazz composer is considered the “Father of South African Jazz”. He worked with a number of local...

Four Patriotic Front cadres cadres who intercepted a convoy of Mukula trucks have been dragged to court for theft. Venny Musonda, Augustine Mukuka, Robson Chipili and Fanny Zimba are alleged to have stolen, whilst acting together, K17,000, USD1,300 and a cellphone altogether valued at K36,000 the property of ZAFFICO. Musonda and his co-accused are expected...

Zambia Railways Limited Chief Executive Officer Christopher Musonda says there was no plan that existed on how the company was expected to use the US$120 million which was allocated to the sector from the Eurobond that government acquired. Musonda said the only plan which exists is the one on how the money was used after...

When Cholera hit Lusaka, it threw government into panic forcing President Edgar Lungu to invoke desperate measures of deploying soldiers to embark on a vigorous cleaning exercise. The combined defence forces, dragged streets vendors and some unsuspecting bystanders into the cleaning ‘drill’ until sanity was restored in the Central Business District. We have written so...

Celebrated songbird and performer Mampi is in beef with Hot FM breakfast show co-host Mutale Mwanza over remarks by the latter who said on live radio that she doesn't fancy the latest release "Nyula Yako" from the Chimo ni Chimo hit maker. “The ‘Nyula yako’ song by Mampi doesn’t make sense to many listeners like...

There are times when we are faced with political interference, but its what I do when I receive that instruction that matters,” says Zesco Managing Director Victor Mundende. And Mundende says close to half of the power that Zesco generates is consumed by the mines while the other half is consumed by Lusaka alone. Mundende...

Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Linda Kasonde says it is unfortunate to see how political party cadres have taken over responsibilities of official government functions in maintaining order in the country. And Kasonde says limiting the number of times a Presidential aspirant can contest elections would disadvantage high calibre candidates who are capable of...