Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) executive director Mwenge Chimfwembe says the 2021 general elections will be bloody and chaotic if political violence is not curtailed. In an interview, Chimfwembe said the political violence in Sesheke was an indictment on government as it had the responsibility to ensure that people were protected from any form of...

Lusaka Province UPND chairperson Obvious Mwaliteta says the Patriotic Front should not blame the opposition political party for infighting which has rocked the ruling party. On Monday, PF aspiring candidate for the Lusaka chairmanship Kennedy Kamba charged that the UPND had connived with investigative wings such as the ACC to scandalize influential ministers so that...

Lusaka High Court Judge Conceptor Zulu has recused herself from handling a matter in which PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has sued Chishimba Kambwili for defamation, on the basis that he has previously worked with the Roan PF member of parliament in Luanshya. In this matter, Mwila sued the NDC Consultant Chishimba Kambwili, demanding punitive...

Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) president Andrew Sakala says government should publish the Access to Information Bill so that stakeholders assist with identification of lacunas in order to speed up the enactment process. And MISA Zambia Chairperson Hellen Mwale says government's inertia to enact the ATI Bill shows lack of commitment towards facilitating citizens’ right...

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Former Copperbelt University Students' Union (COBUSU) president Gershom Phiri says scrapping off of students' meal allowances is wickedness meant to sentence students to maximum starvation. Many stakeholders have condemned the move by the PF government to abolish students' meal allowances, saying it was against the law. Commenting on the move, Phiri charged that Higher Education...

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The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced UPND Kanyama Ward 10 Councillor Brighton Bilumba to one year six months imprisonment with hard labour for theft involving K53,600. In this matter, Bilumba was facing one count of theft by servant contrary to section 272 and 277 of the penal code chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia...

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