Veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga says although he does not fully support the National Dialogue Forum, it may help to resolve critical outstanding issues that have caused challenges for the nation. And Mwaanga says the NDF can be helpful in resolving the conflict of jurisdiction between the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Mwaanga says...

Four Hot FM Radio presenters yesterday pissed off Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja after they called him incompetent unfit for his position. This came in the wake of an attack on Radio Maria in Chipata and Power FM in Kabwe, orchestrated by notorious PF cadres who were not arrested until State House Press Aide...

The Sales Tax Bill will give Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe too much discretionary power to decide who gets taxed compared to who will be exempted, says Deloitte Zambia. But Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner-General Kingsley Chanda has complained that government is grappling with huge VAT refunds, averaging around K1.4 billion payable per month, hence one...

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba says the electorate, not government, must punish UPND members of parliament who absent themselves at the ongoing National Dialogue Forum. NDF legal counsel Tutwa Ngulube has warned that UPND MPs who opted out of the forum could face up to six months in jail. But speaking when he featured...

The Patriotic Front Lusaka Province committee has asked Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube and its cadre Julius Komaki to exculpate themselves within seven days or it will recommend their expulsion from the party. The two have since been served with letters to this effect, signed by provincial committee chairperson Paul Moonga and provincial secretary Kennedy...

A 42-year-old Monze businessman is appearing in the Choma Magistrates' Court for allegedly impregnating his biological daughter and later supplying a poisonous chemical to have the pregnancy terminated. This is in a matter where Ricky Kaanga Munkonze is facing two counts of Incest contrary to section 159(1) as amended by Act No.15 of the Penal...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 24-year-old hair dresser of Lusaka’s Chilenje South to three years’ simple imprisonment for stealing a baby after she admitted committing the offence. Mary Sakala, who was charged with child stealing, is said to have lied to her husband that she was pregnant and gave birth to a baby...

British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet has hailed government for condemning harassment of journalists, saying it is unacceptable because it threatens media freedoms and the ultimate freedom of expression. Speaking when he and his Canadian counterpart Pamela O’Donnell paid a courtesy call on Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya at her office in...

The Drug Enforcement Commission in Eastern Province has arrested a 26-year-old businessman who has been producing and selling petroleum jelly laced with cannabis powder to some women in Chipata as a hair growth cream. According to a statement issued by DEC public relations officer Theresa Katongo, Samson Tembo has been charged with trafficking in 29...

Late Vespers Shimunzhila's mother yesterday wept uncontrollably at the Lusaka Magistrates' Court as she demanded for a speedy inquest hearing to ascertain how her daughter came to her death last year. This was after the Coroners' Court adjourned the matter to today to enable a ballistic expert, a fire investigator, a doctor from Levy Mwanawasa...