The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) has confirmed seizing 48 flats, which have since been forfeited to the state, belonging to a Ministry of Finance official who is under investigation. And the commission has refuted reports that it has summoned Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya to the ACC head office. In a statement, Thursday, ACC spokesperson...

Newly-appointed Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says as austerity measures begin to produce results, the gap between the Zambian government and the IMF will begin to close which can hopefully lead to clinching a programme. And Dr Ng'andu says Zambia’s external debt has continued rising to a new high of US $10.23 billion for the...

Minister of National Development Alexander Chiteme says the government of Zambia is putting people at the centre of sustainable development as they are the most important and valuable resource. Chiteme, who is leading the Zambian delegation to the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development at UN Headquarters in New York, USA, said Zambia’s...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davis Mwila has told Kitwes District Commissioner Binwel Mpundu to resign from his position if he has any aspirations to stand as a member of Parliament for Nkana Constituency. During a press briefing held at PF Secretariat in Nkana West, Monday, Mwila said all civil servant who have interest in taking...

Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) president Bishop George Lungu says politics can become a means of oppression, marginalization and destruction if not regarded as a form of service to society. And Bishop Lungu says as ZCCB meets for its second plenary of the year this week, they will ndeavour to propose the way forward...

The UPND has lamented that Chinsali senior resident magistrate Julius Malata has set prohibitive bail conditions for 16 of members their officials and members from Kasama who continue to be in detention. This is a case in which Northern Province UPND Chairman Nathan Ilunga and 15 others are charged with Unlawful possession of offensive weapons...

A 38-year-old Air Traffic controller has been dragged to court for allegedly defaming President Edgar Lungu by way of saying "the Head of State should resign due to sickness or else he would die in two years time". In this matter, Trevor Mwila is charged with one count of defamation of the President contrary to...

A 37-year-old businessman of Kalingalinga Township on Tuesday pleaded guilty in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to tresspassing at Financial Intelligent Centre (FIC) offices with intent to annoy. Lusaka magistrate Nthandose Chabala, however, entered a plea of not guilty after the suspect explained that a security guard allowed him to enter the premises. In this matter,...

Four businessmen and a driver have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court for allegedly assaulting and proposing violence against Minister of Justice Given Lubinda on Friday. The five appeared before Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale and denied the charges. Meanwhile, magistrate Mwale has granted the accused persons cash bail of K5,000 each, with two working...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has suspended 136 of its clearing agents who were involved in illegal importation of about 460 heavy-duty trucks and earth moving machinery. And the authority says it will prosecute owners of the said trucks that were illegally imported into the country through misapplication of Value Added Tax (VAT) Deferment Scheme....