National Democratic Congress president Chishimba Kambwili says government is just trying to keep up appearances by announcing austerity measures which it doesn't intend to implement. And Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu acts like a "know it all person and yet he is simply a drunkard". Speaking to journalists at the Lusaka Magistrates' Court, Thursday, Kambwili...

University of Zambia Registrar Sitali Wamundila has announced that May salaries will be delayed until the institution receives a grant from government. In an internal memo circulated Thursday, Wamundila said the inconvenience was regretted. "This serves to inform all members of staff of the University of Zambia that the May 2019 salaries will be delayed...

Vice-President Inonge Wina has called for more space for Zambian products in chain stores operating in Zambia as a way of empowering local producers and enterprises that thrive on agricultural and manufacturing value chains. This is according to a statement issued by Permanent Secretary in charge of administration in the Vice-President’s office Stephen Mwansa, Thursday....

Patriotic Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has withdrawn her allegations against some Cabinet Ministers whom she accused of sponsoring controversial party youth Julius Komaki to oust party secretary general Davies Mwila and undermining President Edgar Lungu. Earlier this month, Phiri, who is also a nominated member of parliament, threatened to name the said ministers...

Emmanuel Mwamba has presented his credentials to Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde as Zambia’s new Ambassador to that country. In a statement, Thursday, First Secretary for Press and Tourism at the Zambian Mission in Addis Ababa Inutu Mwanza said Mwamba told President Zwede that Zambia had embarked on a program to have the AU honour Zambia's...

The World Bank has banned a Chinese firm named Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Ltd (ZTT), a company that manufactures and distributes fiber optic cable, in connection with fraudulent practices under the Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation Project in Zambia. The 20 months ban means ZTT is now ineligible to participate in World Bank-financed projects and cannot...

A lawyer who represented Mary Lubinga during the sale of her house in Makeni, has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that there was nothing wrong with the contract of sale of the property for which Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela is accused of concealing. The State witness further testified that Chitotela’s wife was...

Central Province NAREP Information and Publicity Secretary Frank Sichone says his party has received with shock the cancellation of Agricultural and Commercial shows in Lusaka, Southern and Western provinces on claims that farmers have nothing to exhibit due to crop failure caused by droughts. And Sichone has challenged government to inform the public if it...

Transparency International Zambia says much as it respects the Chishinga Royal Establishment's right to offer tribal solidarity, calls for Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela's dismissal are backed by the law and it would only be morally right for the minister to step down on his own volition. On Tuesday, Chishinga Royal Establishment chairperson Musonda Mushota...

Works and Supply Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says government did not buy any new vehicles for ministers in November 2018 but Toyota Zambia released some vehicles it had withheld for delayed payment in 2016. And Kafwaya says the Zambia Air Force's decision to purchase a presidential jet was done in the best interest of the nation....