Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says if the party had forced him to resign from his position as parliamentary whip because he was under investigation for murder, he would not be chairperson for elections. And Nkombo says Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe should have told the nation how the 2018 national budget performed...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has hiked the fuel pump prices effective Tuesday, October 2nd evening, citing international market prices and the falling Kwacha. But the public has expressed outrage at the development, with some citizens asking the whereabouts of the much talked about "Cheap Saudi Oil" which government announced. Meanwhile, former chief government spokesperson...

The Association of Mine Suppliers and Contractors (AMSC) says the 2019 budget is a progressive document which will ensure that citizens benefit from the extractive industry through policy changes pronounced. In a statement, Association president Augustine Mubanga expressed joy at the upward adjustment to the mineral royalty tax, transfer pricing and the introduction of sales...

PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says Kenyan law professor Patrick Lumumba is a disgrace to educated people because whilst claiming to be an intellectual, he plagiarised someone else's academic work last year. Prof Lumumba was denied entry into Zambia last Saturday on national security grounds, but the Kenyan described the barring as an act...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema yesterday got pissed off when he featured on Radio Phoenix’s ‘Let the people talk’ programme after one of the callers repeatedly accused him of selling the Mines. And Hichilema has warned PF media director Sunday Chanda that he will run away from his own country once PF gets voted out of...

A suspended Lusaka magistrate, Maggie Tantameni Kunda has asked the court to refer her case to the Constitutional Court in order for it to determine whether she can be tried by a court of equal jurisdiction. In this matter, Tantameni is jointly charged with Felix Mkandawire a court interpreter, Francis Mphanza, a senior public prosecutor...

President Edgar Lungu has with immediate effect appointed Southern Province Police Commissioner Bonny Kapeso as Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of operations. Kapeso is taking over from Malcom Mulenga whose contract has not been renewed. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda announced this at a media briefing,...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a deputy council secretary in Chirundu for corruptly employing his son to be part of the poll staff during the 2016 general election without declaring interest. According to a statement issued by ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono, the suspect has been identified as Derick Chongo, aged 53, of...

When a nation gets to a point where it’s not only what citizens say that has to be censored, but also what they must hear, then you know that your country has hit rock-bottom. Unfortunately, this is not the case in Zambia; when we think there is nothing worse that can happen, we are proved...

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