UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema yesterday visited NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili and resolved to mobilise other opposition political parties to demonstrate against “illegal” salary increments for ministers, among other things. And Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu only qualifies to contest the 2021 elections in Jupiter. Hichilema, who visited Kambwili at his Kabulonga house with his vice...

YALI president Andrew Ntewewe has called on all parties to respect the Constitutional Court's ruling in President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility case, failure to which the institution will institute contempt proceedings against anyone who will attack judges. And Ntewewe says YALI finds the ceaseless attacks being showered at the ConCourt shameful and unacceptable. In a statement,...

Sinda District Council chairperson Michael Phiri says traditional leaders in the area need to take more responsibility in sensitizing their subjects against cutting down trees, which is causing high rates of deforestation. Officiating a one-day workshop for traditional leaders in Sinda, Tuesday, under the theme: “Window of Hope in Sustainable Environmental Management,” Phiri said it...

PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says if those being demonised by Chishimba Kambwili wanted to politics, they could accuse him of being rich because his children make money by posting pornographic pictures on the internet. And Phiri has advised all those being accused of corruption by Kambwili to take the matters to court so...

The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has revealed that Zambia’s electricity demand will double by 2020 and triple in 2030 due to an increased population. And PMRC has observed that government requires private-sector investment into the energy sector to meet rising demand in the country. Speaking when he launched PMRC’s research paper in Lusaka,...

We are not going to blink until ZICTA and police take charge and clamp down on social media abuse, says Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo. And Kampyongo has warned that all police officers involved in spreading falsehoods will be disciplined. Meanwhile, newly-sworn in Zambia Correctional Facilities Commissioner General Dr Chisela Chileshe has promised to improve...

Community Development and Social Services Permanent Secretary Dr Liya Mutale says the Ministry will pay back the misappropriated Social Cash Transfer funds, which did not reach the intended beneficiaries. Speaking when she and her predecessor Dr Howard Sikwela appeared before the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Tuesday, Dr Mutale admitted that some funds vanished without...

A Lusaka businessman has admitted in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he has no independent evidence to prove that his story about court officials giving him cocaine to sell, is not concocted. And the defence lawyers have questioned the veracity of the witness’ evidence-in-chief saying he had previously told his lawyer that he was innocent...

Police in Mansa have arrested a 16-year-old mother, Silvia Lawrence of Chamalawa village, Chief Mabumba in Mansa District, for human trafficking and subsequently selling her one-month-old biological daughter to Abigail Chama, aged 25, a traditional healer of the same vicinity. The 16-year-old mother was arrested together with her brother Mulenga Lawrence, aged 26, of the...

Central African Cement Company Limited (CAC) has signed a financing agreement with CBMI Sinoma worth US$480 million to finance the construction of a two million tonnes per annum cement grinding plant in Lusaka, the biggest ever in Zambia. Speaking during the signing ceremony, ZCCM-IH chief executive officer Dr Pius Kasolo said the project exposes ZCCM-IH...