Minister of Infrastructure Development Ronald Chitotela on Wednesday diverted from departing the labour ministry's budget to taking jabs at UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, whom he accused of attacking the Chinese during the day but working with them at night. And Chitotela says the opposition has resorted to inciting citizens because they know that their chances...

Chaos has rocked Kafue General Hospital since a medicine theft scandal was exposed in June this year, in which the hospital medical superintendent and other laboratory managers instructed junior officers to manipulate stocks and cover up theft of HIV test kits. The managers accused of stealing and covering up the theft of medical supplies have...

The Zambia Police Service has recorded 6,114 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases countrywide during the third quarter of 2018, indicating an increase of 1,018 cases from last year. Last year, 5,096 cases were recorded during the same period. In a statement issued, Thursday, police public relations officer Esther Katongo stated that a total of...

Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji has overturned the decision of the Chongwe Municipal Council to order a stop to the construction of a Chinese memorial site in Silverest area saying the land was legitimately given to them in 2015. Last week, the Chongwe Municipal Council had ordered an immediate stop to the construction of a...

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday sent away controlling officers from Western Province after failure to attach supporting documents for various expenditures. Speaking when he and his team appeared before PAC to respond to audit queries cited in the Auditor General’s report for the financial year ended 31st December 2017, Western Province Permanent Secretary...

The Opposition United Party for National Development in Kafue has suspended their Kafue Town Council Chairman Thomas Zulu for conduct likely to bring the name of the party into contempt, ridicule and disrepute. UPND Kafue Constituency Chairman Albert Hadunka confirmed the suspension but declined to give further details as Zulu's suspension was done by the...

NAREP president Elias Chipimo has written to President Edgar Lungu demanding justice for the late Vespers Shimunzhila’s death. In a letter dated, November 9, Chipimo observed that it was now more than a month since Vespers’ life was cruelly taken away by a man who may well be a father. Chipimo stated that President Lungu...

President Edgar Lungu could lose the 2021 general election if opposition political parties decide to form a broad-based coalition, says the latest Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Report. And the EIU has predicted that Zambian government will fail to clinch the much-needed International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic bailout package due to continued heavy borrowing and weak...

Chingola Mayor Titus Tembo has ordered the removal of all traditional doctors' adverts in the district. Tembo said the banners and stickers were not only making the district dirty but contributing to moral decay. The Chingola Mayor said this when he met the traditional doctors at his office and gave them a seven day ultimatum....

The Health Professionals Council of Zambia has asked Copperbelt University to immediately stop offering two programmes at its School of Medicine saying the institution has no capacity to offer the said courses. In a statement today, HPCZ registrar Dr Aaron Mujajati announced that the council had withdrawn recognition and approval of Bachelor of Medicine and...