Archive: 8 May 2019

8 May 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

EU explains upcoming Euro-Zambia Art festival

European Union Ambassador to Zambia and COMESA Alessandro Mariani says the union will on the 17th of this month hold the “Euro-Zambia Art Festival”, whose aim is to promote a cultural exchange between Zambia and […]

8 May 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Musenge seeks injunction to refrain CK from acting as NDC president

Estranged NDC secretary general Mwenya Musenge, who was dropped from his position by Chishimba Kambwili, has sued the latter in the Lusaka High Court, seeking an injunction restraining the former Roan member of parliament from […]

8 May 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Postmortem results proved Lusambo’s innocence – Mumbi

PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says it is wrong for some people to accuse Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo of killing Lusaka Province NDC youth chairman Obed Kasongo because the post-mortem results prove his […]

8 May 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mulongoti resurrects MMD bigwigs

The requiem mass of the late People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti yesterday brought to life old MMD bigwigs who gathered to send off one of their compatriots. Among those who paid their last respects to […]

8 May 2019 | Daniel Chansa

Ndola PF rival camps in early campaign punch-up over parliamentary seat

Patriotic Front rival camps on Monday evening clashed and exchanged punches in Bwana Mkubwa constituency of Ndola after youths supporting area member of parliament Jonas Chanda found those supporting a businessman and would be parliamentary […]

8 May 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Atlas Mara’s equity sale won’t lead to job losses in Zambia – Koni

Atlas Mara Ltd plans to sell its stake in Zambia and 3 other African countries in exchange for a 6.27 per cent stake in Nairobi-based commercial bank Equity Group Holdings Plc (EGH), a move aimed […]

8 May 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Petersen ditches Andy’s PAC

Musician Mundia Mukubesa alias Petersen has left the Andyford Banda-led Peoples’ Alliance for Change. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Mukubesa who was the party’s candidate in the 2018 Lusaka mayoral by-election said […]

8 May 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

EAZ proposes forex controls to prop up kwacha

The kwacha’s depreciation where it hit K13 per dollar is partly due to lapses in the current Balance of Payment (BoP) monitoring mechanism system, the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has observed. And the EAZ […]

8 May 2019 | Joseph Mwenya in Kabwe

Kabwe police nab 8 PF officials, cadres for storming Power FM

Police in Kabwe have arrested eight Patriotic Front officials and cadres who stormed Power FM on April 30 and stopped a radio programme which was featuring NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili. Among those arrested are immediate […]

8 May 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Petauke Court jails interpreter, prosecutor 4 years for corruption

The Petauke Magistrates’ Court has sentenced Nyambe Mutwamo, 42, a senior public prosecutor at the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) and Pitman Banda, a court interpreter, to four years imprisonment for corruption involving K10,000. In a […]