Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has wondered how anyone with a brain can construct a bus stop shelter on top of an open drainage, saying investigations have been instituted within the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to ascertain the responsible culprits. And Sampa has cautioned that if levels of negligence are discovered the culprits responsible will be...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala has charged that the ruling Patriotic Front shouldn’t have continued in power after the death of its founding leader, Michael Sata, sating it has proven to be a curse to Zambia. And Changala says President Edgar Lungu’s PF is a direct opposite of Sata’s party that won the 2011 elections...

The Zambian National Students Union (ZANASU) has urged government to invest more into the education sector following a reduction in the budgetary allocation over the last three years. In a statement, ZANASU Information and Publicity Secretary Assa Williey stated that the reduced pass rate in the grade nine examination results should be a signal to...

Those in government must prepare to undergo a lifestyle audit after national dialogue so that we can check if their wealth is commensurate to their earnings, says National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili. Kambwili, who is also Roan PF member of parliament, has insisted that he will attend the dialogue meeting slated for January...

A 13-year-old mentally-challenged juvenile who was allegedly defiled by a 29-year-old man of John Laing Compound last year failed to give her testimony before the Lusaka Magistrates' Court. But the Court put the accused on his defence after noting that a prima facie case had been established against him. This is due to the fact...

Financial market analyst Mambo Hamaundu says the kwacha is likely to depreciate further following the slowdown in China’s economy that will demand less of Zambia’s copper exports. And Hamaundu says sustained pressure from Zambia’s mounting public debts will contribute to the kwacha’s depreciation as 2019 ends. China’s slowed economic growth comes in part from tariff...

Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo says Tourism Minister Charles Banda’s statement that the upcoming national dialogue should not be used to embarrass President Edgar Lungu are excuses by the PF to shun the talks. In a statement, Tembo stated that the PF were not interested in the dialogue process because the agenda...

UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and other parties are free to choose representatives attending the upcoming Church-led national dialogue. And Kakoma says debates on who should attend the Church-led dialogue are irrelevant since issues discussed in the dialogue include all Zambians. “If that party (NDC) wishes that its consultant Chishimba...

The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has urged the public to report health practitioners that are not complying with ethical standards to help improve service provision in the country. Reacting to the suspended Kalomo male nurse who denied services to a woman's child at a health facility in Southern Province in footage that went...

A 38-year-old man of George Compound who is alleged to have had carnal knowledge of his seven-year-old son against the order of nature, has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that there’s no way he can sleep with his child with so many women in the area. But a police officer has testified that he found...