Chishimba Kambwili says dismissed Community Development minister Emerine Kabanshi is a decent woman who can't even kill a fly, but she has been sacrificed to protect the real criminals in government. And Kambwili says a group of Cabinet ministers working with PF Secretary General Davies Mwila, calling itself Luapula United is mobilising to oust President...

My name is Chagwa, naliwa kale (I already fell), so I will not fall again by listening to stupid propaganda meant to distract me in my work, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu says his decision to fire Community Development Minister Emerine Kabanshi was not out of pressure from the opposition, but he personally...

Milenge PF member of parliament Mwansa Mbulakulima says reports that China plans to colonize Zambia are just propaganda because that country was there for us when the West wasn't. And Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says China has helped Zambia in many ways and citizens should give credit where it is due....

The full Supreme Court bench on Wednesday took SANAC executive director Gregory Chifire's lawyers to task for "insulting their intelligence" when the counsels insisted that they would not proceed until they were guided on whether or not their client was charged with a criminal or civil contempt case. And Chifire has denied ever giving an...

The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) says the 2019 budget should address how government will curtail further accumulation of debt and the operationalization strategies for the Sinking Fund. In a statement, Wednesday, PMRC executive director Bernadette Deka stated that PMRC was expecting to see a reduction on budget deficits towards the social sector and...

Bahati PF member of parliament Harry Kalaba says President Edgar Lungu’s speech at the opening of the third session of the 12th National Assembly was simplistic and failed to accurately connect with what was obtaining on the ground. And Kalaba, the former foreign affairs minister, has vowed to continue worshiping from various churches across the...

Lusaka Magistrate Brian Simachele has slapped a 23-year-old man of Lusaka's Chipata compound who stole underwear from Shorprite Zambia Limited valued K79.99 with a six months imprisonment with hard labour sentence. Particulars of the offence in this matter were Brian Bwalya, unemployed, on August 14, 2018 stole three underwear from Shoprite Zambia Limited valued at...

The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has sentenced a 31 year-old man of Lusaka's Kabanana Compound to five years imprisonment with hard labour for trafficking in over 600 Kilograms of Marijuana, without lawful authority. Meckson Zulu, a bricklayer, was found in possession of 11 50kg bags filled with the said drugs at his home. Zulu, who was...

Market access has a pull and push effect on livestock production. There is no doubt that the Saudi Arabian market expectation has already started pushing up the goat production in Zambia with the number of emerging farmers (middle-income earners) engaging in goat production. However, some questions still come up in farmers’ minds. Among other questions...

No one in this PF government is willing to admit that Zambia is in a debt crisis. They have found all sorts of fancy names for it, but not a crisis. The President, the Minister of Finance, the Chief Government Spokesperson, as well as the Patriotic Front leadership is being economical with the truth on...