• 18 Mar 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

ACC nabs Choma 'Magistrate' for corruption

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Choma has arrested two judicial officers and a veterinary surgeon for corrupt practices involving K30,000 and over K29,000 in two separate incidences. In a statement, ACC corporate affairs officer Christopher Chibanku explained that a Subordinate Court Magistrate, Jacob Matate Mbolela, 60, had been charged with one count of corrupt acquisition...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

PF are dunderheads – Mucheleka

UPND deputy secretary general says the Patriotic Front is practicing politics which are alien to Zambia in order to disadvantage the opposition because they are dunderheads. In an interview, Mucheleka charged that because the PF "had a terrible candidate in Bahati", they tried to kidnap UPND's "popular" candidate, Jerry Bwalya. “The PF have reduced the...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

PMRC calls for enhanced private sector participation in youth empowerment

The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre says the private sector has a key role to play in empowering the youth by complementing government’s efforts in order to make it sustainable. In a statement, PMRC executive director Bernadette Deka Zulu, observed that having a youthful population gave the country an opportunity to create tangible and sustainable...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Daniel Chansa in Luanshya

PF cadres beat up their councillor for "supporting Kambwili"

Patriotic Front cadres have beaten up their Ngebe ward councillor Fabian Siwale for allegedly not revealing who the NDC candidate in Roan Constituency was. The PF cadres believe that Siwale, whom they accuse of being former Roan member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili's close ally, knew who the NDC candidate was but did not tell the...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

PF's actions contrary to Lungu's address on national values - Livune

Katombola UPND member of parliament Derick Livune says President Edgar Lungu's address to Parliament on national values is in contrast with how the Patriotic Front behaves. In an interview, Livune observed PF officials did not exude the values and principles which President Lungu asked Zambians to adopt. “In his address, he does recognize the importance...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Daniel Chansa

Musukwa dangles black mountain to Luanshya youths as Roan campaigns heats up

Mines Minister Richard Musukwa says as 'owner' and final authority on the slug dumps on the Copperbelt he will empower youths in Luanshya by allowing them to operate on the black mountains. And jerabos in Chingola held a mammoth procession to celebrate the assuring message from the PF leadership. Last week, Musukwa gave the provisional...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Daewoo halts Kazungula Bridge construction after Zambia fails to pay

Korean Multinational Corporation Daewoo Engineering and Construction has announced that has ceased its construction of the Kazungula Bridge on Monday due to lack of funds paid by the Zambian government. In an internal memo issued by the company’s administration manager Hong Seouk Park, Saturday, Daewoo announced that they have closed the site on the Zambian...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

PF has made people realize MMD performed well - Nakacinda

The Felix Mutati led MMD faction's national secretary Raphael Nakacinda says since the PF came into office in 2011, people are able to compare and see that the former ruling party performed better in many areas. And Nakacinda says his party will not campaign for the PF during by-elections because the ruling party hasn't invited...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

We need to actualize our Christianity - Sumaili

National Guidance and Religious Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili says as a Christian nation, Zambia needs to "actualize Christianity". Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says climate change is having a serious impact on the agriculture sector. The duo was reacting to President Edgar Lungu’s State of Nation address on national values, Friday. “The issues of...

• 18 Mar 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

It should be illegal for parents to keep children out of school - Nawakwi

FDD president Edith Nawakwi says government should make it an offence for parents to keep children out of school. Reacting to President Edgar Lungu’s State of Nation Address on the application of national values and principles, Nawakwi told ZNBC at Parliament building, Friday, that there was need for government to make it illegal for parents...