Former UPND vice-president for politics Dr Canisius Banda says UPND's loss in Mangango constituency is evidence of diminishing fortunes for the opposition and a sign that though citizens might be facing difficulties, they still have confidence in PF. And Dr Banda says this is a wake up call for the opposition to relook at their...

Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe says the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has so far collected K10.3 million from individual properties in withholding tax on rental income between January and June this year. Mwanakatwe was responding to Nangoma Independent member of parliament Boyd Hamusonde during questions for oral answer in Parliament, Wednesday, who asked: “(i) how...

Some PF members in Sinda District say the party has lost its grip in the area because the current leadership is doing nothing to promote transparent intra-party elections yet they want to cling to power. In separate interviews, some party members, speaking anonymously, said the district party leadership is appointing some people to various positions...

Because of corruption, PF can win all the by-elections, but they will never win the general elections, says NDC Consultant Chishimba Kambwili. And Kambwili has warned the Daily Nation to stop messing up his name, warning that he will drag them to court. Meanwhile, Kambwili says NDC’s participation in elections is not for them to...

FAZ president Andrew Kamanga has advised soccer fans to take heart and not trash the female football national team following their 4-0 loss to Seven times African champions Nigeria, at the on-going African Women football championship in Ghana on Wednesday. Kamanga urged soccer fans and well wishers to keep supporting the ladies adding that their...

President Edgar Lungu says going forward, the law which mandates government to build houses for former Heads of State will be scrapped off. And former president Rupiah Banda says he hopes other former heads of state can adopt his model of getting money from government instead and building their own houses. Speaking when he handed...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a former Food and Beverages supervisor at Water Falls Hotel to two years imprisonment for stealing a Samsung LG plasma worth K3,900, property of her former employers. In this matter, Violet Moono, 25, of Lusaka’s Kaunda Square was charged with theft by servant. Particulars of the offence were that...

Lusaka province minister Bowman Lusambo has expressed disappointment at the dwindling fortunes of football in Zambia, and has lumped the blame on FAZ president Andrew Kamamga. Lusambo said that he had not come to terms with the senior national team’s failure to qualify for AFCON for the second time, consecutively. In a statement shared on...

Zambia Volleyball Association (ZAVA) vice president Kwasi Masole has appealed to respective clubs whose teams have qualified for Zone six games in South Africa to see to it that they all attend the prestigious tournament and possibly clinch professional deals of playing abroad. Masole said qualifying for Zone Six games was one of the conditions...

The results of the just ended Mangango parliamentary by election and other local government polls held on Tuesday November 20th countrywide are now in the public domain. The results have opened up a lot of speculation and debate among members of the public. As NDC, we conceed defeat and we shall soon  go back to...