Vice-President Inonge Wina says it is regrettable that journalists who must be protected by the Constitution and the State Police become endangered species during election campaigns. And Wina says government-sponsored text messages being sent to members of the public relating to various awareness campaigns are not a waste of money as they are meant to...

Newly-appointed Bank of Zambia (BoZ) deputy governor for operations Dr Francis Chipimo says the central bank is still at the stage of consultation to refine the Depositors’ Insurance Bill to ensure that the challenges that arise from a failed financial institution are dealt with. And Dr Chipimo says the BoZ have come up with a...

Some international law associations have warned that Zambia's Constitution Amendment Bill will undermine the independence of the Judiciary if it is adopted. In a statement signed by Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA), International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Judges for Judges (J4J), Lawyers’ Rights...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says while it supports government's move to implement the National Health Insurance Scheme, so many things about it are unclear and this is making people reject it. In an interview, CSPR programmes coordinator Juliet Ilunga urged the Ministry of Health to embark on an information dissemination exercise to...

A Lusaka woman says her wish is for justice to prevail in the matter in which her 13-year-old juvenile daughter was allegedly defiled but died few days after giving birth. Madren Chipulu says her daughter who was in grade seven and leaves behind a two-months old baby, died after she allegedly suffered postnatal blood pressure....

The Livingstone Local Court has fined a 33-year-old man K40,000 for having an affair with a married woman. In this matter, Elliot Moomba, 27, of Molite Compound in Livingstone, had sued Marsho Chinga, 33, of the same area, claiming K50,000 compensation for adultery. Moomba told the Court that his wife confessed having an affair with...

Kalomo UPND member of parliament Harry Kamboni says his party is ready to block the Constitution Amendment Bill because it is dangerous in its current state. On Friday, Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo presented the Constitution Amendment Bill before the House on behalf of his Justice counterpart Given Lubinda. Speaker of the National Assembly Dr...

Minister of Finance Dr Bwalya Ng'andu says the rebasing of Zambia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) exercise has been postponed due to a lack of resources to execute the process. This came to light during a question for oral answer session posed by Kantashi Independent member of parliament Anthony Mumba in Parliament, Thursday, who wanted to...

A retired Zambia Army colonel has sued the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in the Lusaka High Court, seeking damages for false imprisonment and allegedly impounding and detaining his motor vehicle for over a year. Beau Chilongo is seeking a declaration that ZRA’s decision to impound his motor vehicle was illegal and beyond its authority and...

Veteran politician Simon Zukas says senior citizens like himself are concerned about uncontrolled corruption in Zambia and gerrymandering of the Constitution. And Zukas says some concerned citizens are planning to organize a public discussion forum that will seek to find solutions to the collapsing economy and the rise in corruption. Speaking at a press briefing...

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba says his party is of the view that the Anti-Corruption Commission has knowledge of the politically well-connected corrupt owner of the 48 houses and that the commission merely used the suspect as a front in this scum. In a letter to ACC acting Director General Rosemary Nkonde Nkuzwayo dated...