Alliance for Development and Democracy president Charles Milupi says President Edgar Lungu’s directive to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to arrest people who brand his government as corrupt without evidence suggests that he is also involved in the vice. During a swearing-in ceremony of the ACC board of Commissioners, Thursday, President Lungu said it was...

A 43-year-old housemaid of Lusaka has been dragged to the Magistrates’ Court for allegedly administering poison to four slices of bread prepared for her female boss. In this matter, Naomi Muyemba is charged with one count of maliciously administering poison with intent to harm. Particular of the offence allege that on July 6, 2019, in...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says he is proud of the way his party performed in the just-ended local government by-elections in both Lubwa and Lwingishi wards of Kitwe and Mansa, respectively. And Kambwili has congratulated the UPND for retaining the Katuba parliamentary seat, while mocking the ruling Patriotic Front for losing, saying...

The Patriotic Front says the University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union (UNZALARU) should not issue threats on the resolutions of the National Dialogue Forum but must instead put their arguments forward for discussion. On Monday, UNZALARU threatened to galvanize support against the government if it does not withdraw the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill. However,...

Former Minister of Transport and Communications William Harrington has insisted that he has evidence to prove that Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini, Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima and Lands Minster Jean Kapata are among the top government officials with plots in Forest Reserve number 27. And Harrington says Zambia’s future will remain uncertain...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has boasted that the ruling party's Lubwa ward victory has re-affirmed that it is still the party of choice on the Copperbelt. And Mwila says the PF has gained gained tremendous ground in Katuba adding that there was a wind of change in Western Province. Meanwhile, Mwila said if members...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has warned Chishimba Kambwili against insulting President Edgar Lungu saying he is trading on “dangerous grounds”. According to a story published on Smart Eagles, Wednesday, Kampyongo said Kambwili’s continued use of abusive language against the Head of State was unacceptable. “Kambwili should be reminded that His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa...

Kansanshi Holdings Limited and Kansanshi Mining Plc have applied before the Lusaka High Court that a London court's final award against ZCCM Investments Holdings should be registered and enforced in Zambia. In this matter, Kansanshi Holdings Limited and Kansanshi Mining Plc as first and second applicants, respectively, have cited ZCCM-IH as respondent, seeking an order...

Veteran politician and acclaimed freedom fighter Simon Zukas has warned that politicians peddling tribal sentiments risk dividing Zambia and degenerating into gang warfare. And Zukas, who turns 94 years today, says he never thought in his life that a time would come in Zambia when he would be barred from speaking against corruption. In this...

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has told the Lusaka High Court that he will be prejudiced if it decides to set aside the default judgement entered against Matero PF member of parliament Loyd Kaziya in a matter where he has sued the parliamentarian for defaming him. In February this year, Sampa sued Kaziya in Lusaka High...

Newly-appointed Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Simon Miti is suitably-qualified despite the unfounded corruption allegations levelled against him in the past, Parliament has heard. In his debate in Parliament, Tuesday, Kantanshi Independent member of parliament Anthony Mumba insisted that Dr Miti was suitably qualified for the top civil servants’ post despite the controversy that surrounded...

A 43-year-old police officer from Copperbelt Division Head Quarters has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime and money laundering involving over K200,000. The officer, Elvis Haatila, has, however, denied the charges. Haatila of Jacaranda Villa in Ndola is jointly-charged with Double Q...

President Edgar Lungu has instructed Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo to ensure that the law enforcement agencies which fall under his ministry investigate the 'mysterious' 48 houses which the Anti-Corruption Commission gave up on after "failing to find the real owner". Speaking to journalists at State House today, Kampyongo said it was not possible for...

Trial in a case in which five Patriotic Front cadres are accused of assaulting and proposing violence against Minister of Justice Given Lubinda yesterday failed to take off as the complainant had reportedly traveled out of the country. Lubinda was supposed to testify as first State witness but was not present in court, which was...

When ZNBC’s Sunday Interview programme host Grevazio Zulu asked Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) acting Director General Rosemary Nkonde Khuzwayo to give an update on the 48 seized houses linked to a Ministry of Finance official, the ACC boss said the case has been closed because the Commission failed to find the real owner of the properties...