A 21-year-old woman of Lusaka’s Garden Compound has been dragged to court for allegedly abandoning her one year, six-month-old baby, in a manner likely to cause her suffering. In this matter, Violet Banda is charged with cruelty to a juvenile contrary to Section 46 (1) chapter 53 of the laws of Zambia. It is alleged...

Dr Sketchley Sacika has advised Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga to manage her emotions when dealing with political matters, reminding her that she is a public servant. On Sunday, Kambwili accused Katanga of letting President Edgar Lungu’s Political Advisor Kaizer Zulu get away with various atrocities, including gun violence and electoral malpractice. But in reaction,...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says he never promised to resign if NDC won the Roan parliamentary by-election. And Mwila has described the ruling party’s defeat in the just ended by-elections as a painful setback, adding that the opposition alliance strategy has worked. Meanwhile, President Lungu, through his spokesperson Amos Chanda, has congratulated Chishimba Kambwili...

Violence characterised voting in the Roan Parliamentary by elections yesterday. The fracas began around 02:00 hours when some NDC officials, who were reportedly in transit to deliver food for their poll agents, met some PF officials along the way and a fight ensued. In the process, PF cadres, whom NDC officials say were led by...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has won the Roan parliamentary seat for his candidate Joseph Chewe after single-handedly demolishing President Edgar Lungu's high powered campaign delegation that comprised two thirds of his Cabinet, musicians and comedians. With 41 our of the 43 polling stations counted by around 01:30 hours, Friday, official ECZ results put PF candidate...