Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says Cabinet has passed a resolution to put in place measures that will prevent excessive intake of alcohol among citizens, following worrying statistics that indicate that 42 percent of Zambia women drink excessively. And Siliya says it cannot be that President Edgar Lungu knew about the Constitutional Court ruling on...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says with the church at the centre of the dialogue process, all key stakeholders must stop playing hide and seek, get on with it and do it properly in order to save Zambia’s credibility. And Hichilema says he did not feel moved to add his voice to the debate that ensued...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo is glorifying AVIC International because he is a kaponya who enjoys getting cuts from the firm. And Kambwili says the PF has taken advantage of Zambians for too long due to lack of a strong opposition political formation that can raise the real issue like...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has hailed Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo for providing alternative accommodation to assistant commissioner of police Charity Munganga Chanda, whose house was gutted on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Thursday, Lusambo has also provided financial assistance to the family. "Inspector General of...

Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia president David Banda has warned against the abuse of antibiotics in veterinary services because farm products that are consumed by humans are promoting antibiotic resistance. And Banda says there is need to closely strengthen and monitor the habit of prescribing antibiotics in public and private health facilities and establish an “anti-microbial...

Central Province Minister Sydney Mushanga has appealed to the Provincial Patriotic Front leadership to discipline its Kabwe Central member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube and Kabwe Mayor Prince Chileshe saying their infighting is hindering development. Speaking at Tuskers hotel in Kabwe when he met the business community, Tuesday, Mushanga said a number of business proposals that...

ZCCM-IH Plc has increased its shareholding in Investrust Bank Plc from 45.4 per cent to 71.4 per cent, becoming the majority shareholder following acceptance of the mandatory offer from the bank’s minority shareholders. According to a statement issued via sponsoring broker, Stockbrokers Zambia Limited, the mandatory offer by ZCCM-IH to Investrust’s minority shareholders was accepted...

British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet says UK investors’ number one concern is the country’s public debt situation. According to brief remarks posted on the British envoy’s Twitter feed, High Commissioner Cochrane-Dyet stated that UK investors’ number one concern was the country’s public debt situation, and how the Zambian government intended to dismantle it....

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has asked for donnations of over US$74.2 million from various stakeholders in the country to in order to address the critical needs of Congolese refugees in Zambia for 2018 alone. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Kampyongo was speaking when he launched the Regional Refugee...

The Parliamentary Committee on Local Government on Tuesday learnt how the Kitwe City Council (LCC) paid K1.2 million into a personal account of an employee at government valuation department who was engaged by the council to undertake evaluations. The committee, which was chaired by Ikelengi UPND member of parliament Elijah Muchima, argued that the amount...

Lusaka Magistrate Alice Walusiku was yesterday forced to relax New Labour Party leader Fresher Siwale's bail conditions after his lawyer lamented that it was impossible for any civil servant to bail out an opposition leader accused of defaming President Edgar Lungu. In this case, Siwale is accused of defaming President Lungu by branding him an...

Defence lawyers in a case in which a Lusaka resident allegedly stole ADD president Charles Milupi's maize have applied to have the matter transferred to Nkeyema district saying that is where the offence was committed. And Hendricks Nyambe's arresting officer inspector Dennis Mano of Kabwata police station has asked the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to revoke...

“I never thought I would hear anything like this; to have somebody openly admit that they were aware of the outcome of the decision that was going to be made by a court in this country. I never thought, even in my wildest dreams, and everything that is going on at the moment, that we...

The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has sentenced a former Zambeef employee to five years simple imprisonment for stealing over one million kwacha from her employer between October 17 and November 1, 2017. Carol Tembo, who was a cashier at Novatek; a subsidiary of Zambeef, was charged with six counts of theft by a servant. Tembo had...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) says it has taken measures to ensure that frequent power interruption in Livingstone, surrounding areas, and Western Province experienced last week are addressed. In a statement, ERB consumer and public affairs director Fred Hang’andu stated that the power interruptions were as a result of a fault on a power cable...