Delegates at the ongoing National Dialogue Forum have voted that civil servants wishing to join politics must first resign and wait two years before getting actively partisan or contesting any elections. During the Monday evening session, NDF delegates debated Article 186 of the National Constitution, but failed to reach consensus regarding when a civil servant...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says international financial institutions like IMF cannot trust Zambia with their funds because the country is under a drunken leadership managing fiscal policy. On Monday, Operation Young Vote (OYV) executive director Guess Nyirenda rose on a point of order at the on-going National Dialogue Forum, asking the chair to rule whether...

Mpulungu Ward 23 PF Councilor Christopher Shakafuswa yesterday appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for assaulting a woman, but denied the charge. And Lusaka Magistrate Thandose Chabala has enhanced Shakafuswa’s bond after noting that he was given bond without sureties. She ordered the accused to provide two working sureties from reputable organisation bound in the...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should emulate South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) which conducted free and fair elections last week. In a statement, Monday, Mucheleka said ECZ chairman Esau Chulu should not shield his organisation from being transparent through giving information to the public, by blaming...

Two juveniles who allegedly stabbed a 20-year-old man to death at JCS bar in Lusaka's Long Acres area, have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for explanation of the charge. The juveniles, aged 16 and 18, were arrested by the police early last month for allegedly murdering Sebastian Lungu. According to the police, the incident...

Suspended Lusaka lawyer Martha Mushipe has sued a company she represented before her practicing licence was suspended, demanding K30,000 unpaid legal fees. Mushipe has sued Jasp Enterprises Limited, it's directors James Yasini Phiri and Rita Chalwe Bwalya, in the Lusaka High Court seeking an order for immediate payment of the money owed to her. She...

Veteran Politician Vernon Mwaanga says South Africa has shown the world that it is possible for free, fair and peaceful elections to be conducted in Africa, urging other countries on the continent to emulate. And Mwaanga has saluted the South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) for offering balanced and fair coverage to all participating political parties...

University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union (UNZALARU) secretary general Dr Kelvin Mambwe has charged that Higher Education Minister Prof Nkandu Luo has destroyed institutions of higher learning in the country because of her disregard for public institutions. And Dr Mambwe has called on President Edgar Lungu to consider replacing Prof Luo with PF deputy...

Lusaka High Court judge Mwila Chitabo has dismissed Chirundu UPND member of parliament Douglas Syakalima’s petition in which he wanted a declaration that certain sections of the National Dialogue Act were in violation of his rights and freedoms. Judge Chitabo observed that Syakalima failed to discharge his burden of proof, which was required in a...

Chieftainess Kawaza of the Chewa people in Sinda and Katete districts has appreciated the development spirit exhibited by president Edgar Lungu in her chiefdom. Speaking through an induna during the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a first level hospital at Sheketeni village, Monday, the traditional leader observed that former presidents did not consider...