Archive: 10 December 2018

10 Dec 2018 | Linda Kasonde

Why women leaders need protection from Cyberbullying

A few years ago, I heard a podcast in which the Swedish Foreign Minister was explaining why it is important to have more women in leadership. She told a story about a fight between two […]

10 Dec 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Lungu’s first term will finish in 2021 – Makebi

Eastern Province Minister Makebi Zulu says President Edgar Lungu will be going for his second term of office in 2021 and not a third as purported by UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. Conducting a post-eligibility case […]

10 Dec 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Chill Edgar, forcing yourself on people will invite revolution – Shakas

Former Katuba UPND member of parliament Jonas Shakafuswa says President Edgar Lungu should chill because forcing himself on the people would invite a revolution. On Friday, the Constitutional Court ruled that the period which President […]

10 Dec 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Police warn, caution Kay Figo over ‘pornographic’ image

Zambia Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says police have warned and cautioned singer Cynthia Bwalya alias Kay Figo for the offense of prohibition of pornography. This is in relation to an image which Figo circulated […]

10 Dec 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Germany exposes forgery in €3m fund for Zambia’s water sector

A letter has surfaced in which the German government is accusing the Zambian government, through the Ministry of Local Government and Housing, of forging a bank statement to illegally obtain about €3 million from the […]

10 Dec 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Chanoda misses court due to “sudden illness”

PF sympathiser Chanoda Ngwira yesterday failed to turn up in the Constitutional Court for a matter where former DPP Muntembo Nchinto wants to commence contempt proceedings against him, due to a sudden illness. But Mutembo […]

10 Dec 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Msiska justifies Lungu’s perks

Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Roland Msiska has justified President Edgar Lungu’s hiked salary and other allowances, saying the Head of State’s conditions of service are “totally different”. He has, however, appealed to civil servants […]

10 Dec 2018 | Stuart Lisulo

Zambia Airways relaunch should be shelved – CTPD

Government should shelve plans to relaunch the forthcoming Zambia Airways in 2019 because the chances of success are slim, the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has insisted. According to research compiled by the […]

10 Dec 2018 | Zindikilani Banda

E-voucher has failed us, say Sinda farmers

Sinda District Agricultural Committee chairperson Masauso Zulu says farmers in Sinda are regretting using the E-voucher system because it has failed them. But District Agriculture Coordinating Officer Henry Mkulumoya has claimed that his district is […]

10 Dec 2018 | Stuart Lisulo and Sandra Mulenga

ZNFU seeks Lungu’s intervention on GMOs

President Edgar Lungu must intervene to state government’s position on the decision taken by the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) to allow Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) into Zambia, says the ZNFU. And the African Consumer Union […]