Acting ACC director general Rosemary Khuzwayo says there has been a drop in the number of people reporting corruption cases to the institution, and the commission does not understand why. And Transparency International Zambia chapter president Rueben Lifuka has launched the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), revealing that Zambia has become one of the worst...

Shangombo UPND member of parliament Mubika Mubika says the PF-led government has neglected his constituency as they continuously ignore his appeal to construct the Sioma-Shangombo Road. Mubika complained that while government was constructing roads in other parts of the country, it had neglected his constituency. In an interview, Mubika said Minster of Housing and Infrastructure...

MMD faction president Nevers Mumba says former Republican vice presidents are subjected to poverty after leaving office as there is no retirement package for them. In a statement, Tuesday, Mumba observed that the life that late former vice president Lupando Mwape was subjected to was heartbreaking and it raised a moral debate as to why...

Democratic Party president Harry Kalaba says he will not challenge the Patriotic Front's decision to expel him from the party. And Kalaba says his party will not participate in the Bahati by-election but focus on mobilizing for the 2021 general elections. The former foreign affairs minister who resigned from government, citing rampant corruption, further revealed...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Livingstone UPND member of parliament Mathews Jere for abuse of authority of office. ACC spokesperson Timothy Moono revealed in a statement that Jere, between 1st August, 2013 and 31st October, 2014, whilst serving as a councilor, jointly and whilst acting together with other persons unknown, illegally allocated plots to...

PF media director Sunday Chanda says Hakainde Hichilema wants to occupy State House at all costs because the opposition leader feels like Zambia owes him the Republican Presidency. And Chanda has wondered if the UPND leader delights in the misfortune of other people, questioning why he is not rejoicing over the saving of about 21,000...

A University of Zambia (UNZA) security officer has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how a student accused of trafficking in psychotropic substances allegedly hacked him with a machete and hit him with a stick when he tried to apprehend him to the extent that he blacked out. In this matter, Allan Muvundo, a special...

About 100 irate Kabwe traders yesterday condemned the Kabwe Municipal Council for bringing down their booths in the Central Business District (CBD) in a joint operation with state police, describing the act as inhumane. The booth agents, who stormed the civic centre demanding to be addressed by the Town Clerk, lamented that they woke up...

Prime Television Director Gerald Shawa says the manner in which PF Secretary General Davies Mwila chased two Prime TV reporters from covering his briefing on Saturday was un-procedural, undemocratic and totalitarian. In a letter addressed to Mwila and dated January 28, 2018, Shawa said the PF chief executive officer's conduct had potential to subject his...

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has announced that the 2019 mining fiscal regime will not lead to any job losses at any of its operations. In a statement jointly-issued by Ministry of Finance spokesperson Chileshe Kandeta and KCM’s general manager for corporate affairs Eugene Chungu, Tuesday, KCM announced no job cuts would happen following the 2019...