To imagine that the University of Zambia; flagship intellectual powerhouse relies on bank overdrafts to pay lecturers’ salaries is unsettling. According to Vice-Chancellor Prof Luke Mumba, the initiative has thrown the university into deeper debt through bank penalties, because government doesn’t remit funds on time. But the minister of Higher Education says universities must not...

People's Party President Mike Mulongoti says the money which PF ministers are dishing out during the ongoing early campaigns, belongs to the people, therefore, citizens must gladly accept it, but vote them out in 2021. And Mulongoti says President Edgar Lungu's statement in a circulating video where he is heard saying "even if you vote...

Police in Kitwe have arrested a 37-year-old man of Chimwemwe for calling President Edgar Lungu "wamafi fye". Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga said the suspect was arrested after a PF cadre reported him to the police. She identified the suspect as Jackson Mapanzi of house number 1909 Kamitondo in Kitwe. "We are holding a 37-year-old...

President Edgar Lungu has appointed an inter-ministerial steering committee to give guidance on the establishment of the Mantapala refugee camp in Nchelenge district of Luapula Province. President Lungu appointed Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo (chairperson), Defence Minister Davies Chama, Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya, Minister in the Office of the Vice-President Sylvia Chalikosa, Community Development...

Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) centre coordinator Chenai Mukumba has clarified that her organisation is in support of President Edgar Lungu’s advice to Zambians that they should minimise nshima dependency, despite it being among the affordable sources of starch. Mukumba explained that in order to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in the country, people needed...

The World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and partners on Wednesday launched drones for environmental monitoring. According to a statement released yesterday by WWF head of communications and marketing Eneya Phiri, the drones will also be used for detecting and responding to poaching and other threats in the country’s protected areas. “The World-Wide Fund for Nature...

Poverty forces young girls into prostitution because any girl can do it with the basic assets that they already possess, without having any business plan, says NAREP president Elias Chipimo. And Chipimo says majority of Zambian citizens are barely making enough money to survive. Speaking on 5Fm’s Kambani Radio programme where he promotes his party’s...