Archive: 16 April 2019

16 Apr 2019 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Lungu is smelling defeat, he wants me out – CK

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu is smelling defeat and he wants him out of the way ahead of the 2021 elections. Yesterday, Luanshya police summoned Kambwili for questioning. According to the call […]

16 Apr 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Namwala man dies in police custody

A man identified as Sebastian Shomooko of Namwala district has died in police custody after allegedly being beaten by officers. The deceased died last week Wednesday at Namwala central police and his body was put […]

16 Apr 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

I wouldn’t be professor if I was as foolish as people say I am, boasts Luo

Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo says there is need to depoliticize universities in the country and make them reclaim their status of being institutions for intellectuals to share, acquire knowledge and skills. And Prof […]

16 Apr 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Marriages breaking because couples aren’t meeting their obligations due to hardships – HH

Marriages are breaking up because husbands and wives are not meeting their obligations in the house due to the economic hardships, UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has said. And Hichilema says there is no doubt anymore […]

16 Apr 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Increased cost of living forcing the poor to get poorer – JCTR

he Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has recorded an increase in the cost of basic needs in Lusaka for the month of March. In a statement, JCTR Social and Economic Development Officer Paul Chileshe […]

16 Apr 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

We registered NDC with Musenge using Kambwili’s money – Kabwita

NDC national youth chairman Charles Kabwita says it is shocking for party secretary general Mwenya Musenge to start masquerading as sole owner of the party when he has never contributed any money to support the […]

16 Apr 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mutati supporters want PF alliance terminated

Some headmen in Katete and Chipata Districts of Eastern Province have asked MMD president Felix Mutati to contest as an individual party in 2021 saying PF neglected them after getting to power. And the headmen […]

16 Apr 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

East Magistrates’ Courts convict 5 for wildlife offences

Five people have been convicted to five years imprisonment each for various wildlife-related offenses in the Chipata, Mambwe and Petauke Magistrate Courts in separate incidences. Ministry of Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer Sakabilo Kalembwe […]

16 Apr 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Chiteme urges World Bank to approve, expand Zambia’s climate, environmental projects

Minister of National Development Planning Alexander Chiteme has called on the World Bank to approve the implementation of the Transforming Landscapes for Resilient Development (TRALARD) to be implemented in Luapula, Muchinga and Northern Provinces of […]

16 Apr 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mwila calls for arrest of PF cadres who threatened to kill Kambwili

Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Mwila has condemned the video circulating on social media where some party youths were filmed insulting NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili and threatening to kill him. Meanwhile, NDC youths on […]