Human rights activist and reggae star Maiko Zulu says Zambia is currently experiencing a system breakdown, adding that citizens should speak out against the mismanagement of State affairs. And Zulu says regime change can only benefit people if leaders who are committed to improving peoples’ living standards are ushered into public office. In an interview,...

The Lamba-Lima Royal Establishment has written President Edgar Lungu expressing concern over government's failure to fulfil PF campaign promises. In a letter dated April 2, 2019 addressed to the Head of State, the Lamba-Lima Royal Council is complaining that the youths in rural lamba land have not benefited from any of the campaign promises. "The...

The five Lusaka bus drivers who recently sued an alleged illegal committee comprising nine PF cadres based at City Market for illegally collecting levy from them, have applied for leave to issue contempt proceedings against the cadres for stopping them from operating at the station. On April 12, this year, the Lusaka High Court granted...

A Mansa based Tax Expert Emmanuel Musanje has called on President Edgar Lungu to fire Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo for misleading him into reversing the mealie meal export ban. Musanje said Katambo had not been giving President Lungu accurate information. “I think the President should be advised to reshuffle because this inconsistency is very embarrassing...

Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare Olipa Phiri says disabled beneficiaries should receive K360 per month instead of K180 which other vulnerable groups get. Speaking to beneficiaries in Sinda’s Kapungwe area, Wednesday, Phiri said she was saddened that disabled social cash transfer beneficiaries in Sinda were receiving the same amount of money as others....

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says the youths who are calling for PF Secretary General Davies Mwila’s removal are just some disgruntled individuals, sending meaningless threats, when they do not belong to the ruling party. And Lusambo says Zambia will never have a better President than Edgar Lungu. Meanwhile, Lusambo has advised newly elections NDC...

Lumwana Mining Company Limited (LMC) is targeting to hit at least 107,000 metric tonnes of copper this year following its record-breaking output achieved in the first quarter of 2019. Speaking during the mining company’s maiden quarterly press briefing at the mine site, Tuesday, LMC process manager Robert Kanyika told journalists that the mining giant was...

This weekend marks the holiest on the sacred Christian calendar. Although for many of us, it simply represents another long weekend for merrymaking and leisure. Regardless of which side of the religious dimension one sits, and even if this weekend may not resonate as fully, there’s still a lot in the Easter story upon which...

The ruling Patriotic Front in Kafue has suspended its district youth chairman Wellington Mwansa for allegedly squandering 35kg of beef which he was asked to deliver to the command centre in Chiawa during campaigns for the Kafue Council Chairperson by-election. According to a letter of suspension addressed to Mwansa which was signed by PF District...

Zesco spokesperson Henry Kapata says the suspension of the Cost of Service study, pending the appointment of a new consultant to complete it, has resulted into Zesco making a tariff application in order to enable the company to mitigate the rising costs of its operations. Kapata, who was reacting to calls from the general public...