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 Luo’s remarks that UNZA and CBU lecturers who feel neglected by government should resign and find better jobs, Ngosa stated...

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 the proposed Bill. Meanwhile, Kabimba says it would be criminal for any political party or any other organisation to stop...

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 Permanent Secretary Willies Manjimela recently that of particular concern was the 2019 mining fiscal regime changes to taxes and royalties,...

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 in Roan, Monday, Kunda, who was in Minister of Home Affairs Steven Kampyongo’s Roan campaign team, said President Lungu had...

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 same, adding that both are on Farm 2303/Q in Lusaka. This is the matter in which Chita Lodge Limited has...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has insisted that Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe is President Edgar Lungu's witchdoctor who only gets paid for laughing to appease the Head of State. And Kambwili has described President Lungu as the "Drunken Master". Speaking at a campaign rally to drum up support for NDC candidate in Roan, Joseph Chishala,...

Lawyers representing Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela in a matter where he’s charged with three others for concealing and being in possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime have said that they shall not hesitate to ask the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to call State witnesses on warrant if they are not...

There is need for long-lasting measures to combat the rising xenophobic attacks against foreign African nationals in South Africa, says Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba. Ambassador Mwamba said there was need for long-lasting measures to combat the growing frequency of xenophobic attacks against foreign African nationals in South Africa as it remained...

The Zambia State Insurance Company (ZSIC) says it has recorded a 50 per cent growth in premium income in 2018, which closed at K194 million up from K129 million recorded in 2017. And the company looks set to list on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) this year, marking a landmark achievement. Company head of marketing...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a former Zambian Breweries accountant to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour for corruption involving over K1 million. In this matter, Geoffrey Chanda, 36, was charged with 21 counts of fraudulent false accounting and 69 counts of theft by servant. In a statement issued yesterday, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) corporate...