Archive: 3 April 2019

3 Apr 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lungu dares UPND to raise winning threshold to 60% plus 1

President Edgar Lungu says if the UPND wants, they can raise the winning threshold to 60 per cent plus one in 2021, and Zambians will still vote for him overwhelmingly. And President Lungu says he […]

3 Apr 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

We’re not discouraged by Kafue loss – Mucheleka

UPND deputy secretary General Patrick Mucheleka says the opposition party is not discouraged by the loss of Kafue chairmanship, but will forge ahead despite the PF’s “underhand methods” of winning elections. And Mucheleka says the […]

3 Apr 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

PF will win Roan, Bahati without violence – Mwila

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says PF will win the Roan and Bahati seats the same way it emerged victorious in Kafue, without any violence or importation of cadres. And Mwila says UPND has […]

3 Apr 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Rising debt affecting funding to areas of need – Kanyama

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says Zambia is not doing enough in terms of reducing arrears and debt will keep on rising until government starts clearing the principle amounts in 2022. In an interview, Kanyama said Zambia’s […]

3 Apr 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

There’s a lack of leadership from govt in solving our challenges – UNZALARU

University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union (UNZALARU) president Dr Evans Lampi says there is lack of leadership in the Patriotic Front government when it comes to addressing challenges facing the institution. And UNZALARU general […]

3 Apr 2019 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Pay us then we can leave, CBU lecturers dare Luo

Copperbelt University Academics Union (CBUAU) general secretary Willie Ngosa has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to sack his Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo for failing to manage the higher education sector. Reacting to Prof […]

3 Apr 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

National Dialogue Bill critics are being mischievous – Kabimba

Rainbow Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says the reasons being advanced by those rejecting the National Dialogue Bill are purely academic, explaining that none of them has raised any issues with the actual contents of […]

3 Apr 2019 | John Chola

Zambia’s mining environment remains strained – Lumwana

Lumwana Mining Company Limited (LMC) has reiterated that Zambia’s operating environment in the mining industry has become immensely stained and placed the company in a challenging situation. LMC executive director Nathan Chishimba told North-Western Province […]

3 Apr 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Election loss is painful, PF must work hard to win 2021 – Kunda

Muchinga MMD member of parliament Howard Kunda says it is painful to lose elections so the Patriotic Front must work hard in order to secure victory in the 2021 elections. Speaking during a campaign meeting […]

3 Apr 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Properties belonging to Chimese, Chita Lodge are the same, DEC tells court

A chief investigations officer at the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has told the Lusaka High Court that properties belonging to former ZAF Commander Lt General Eric Chimese and that of Chita Lodge Limited are the […]