A Zambia Police officer under the Solwezi Central Police Command has been dragged to court for allegedly shooting dead a man who attempted to bolt from police premises after he was arrested for impersonating someone during a driving test. In this matter, Geoffrey Kapaipi, an administrator of the estate of the late Christopher Mashawu, has...

Former UPND vice-president for politics Dr Canicias Banda has charged that former Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu is preventing his successor from being in charge of the Archdiocese because he still has a hold on power. But the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) says Dr Banda's allegations are a joke of the century. Speaking...

Action Aid Zambia Country Director Nalucha Ziba says there is no need to constitute an inquiry into the privatisation process as it would not yield any positive results. Speaking when she featured on Money Fm, Thursday, Ziba said instead of constituting an inquiry into the privatisation process, government should focus on managing state assets properly...

The Zambia Centre for Inter-party Dialogue (ZCID) has accused the three Church Mother Bodies of wanting to bulldoze the national dialogue process by proposing the inclusion of some insignificant church departments. And ZCID has also accused the Church of dictating that the account for the dialogue process be domiciled at the Church secretariat, instead of...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Lusaka has arrested a 46-year-old assistant accountant at the Chirundu District Education Office (DEO) for allegedly engaging in corrupt practices and abuse of authority. ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono disclosed in a statement that Josephat Zimba, on dates unknown but between 1st September, 2017, and 31st December, 2017, in...

A consortium of 31 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the umbrella, Zambia Alliance For Agroecology and Biodiversity (ZAAB), have rejected the African Biodiversity Network of Experts (ABNE)'s influence on the formulation of a National Policy process to allow Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) into the country. At a press briefing in Lusaka, Thursday, ZAAB Chairperson Emmanuel...

People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has challenged the Patriotic Front government to come up with aggressive policies to protect the girl child than focusing on retaining power in 2021. But Gender Minister Elizabeth Phiri says her ministry in conjunction with the Ministry of Education and Ministry Community Development were working at identifying...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested and jointly-charged two accounts assistants in Western Province for money laundering operations involving over K300,000.00. In a statement, DEC public relations officer Theresa Katongo stated that Bwalya Kellys Chetetashi, 31, an accounts assistant of Mbuyuwana Stage 3 in Mongu District, was arrested and jointly-charged with Kalaluka Mubiana, 35,...

We have read with keen interest the rules of the January 18 National Dialogue at which all political parties have been invited to participate. We are told that organisers have given each registered political party three slots of representatives to attend. This is a very simple and straightforward coordination directive, but those with degrees in...

Tourism and Arts Permanent Secretary Reverend Howard Sikwela says local communities countrywide should venture into game ranching to stimulate economic growth through tourism. In a statement availed by Tourism Ministry Public Relations Officer Sakabilo Kalembwe, Rev Sikwela advised communities and chiefdoms to reduce on supplying animals to the government during traditional ceremonies. He instead urged...