Minister of Agriculture Micheal Katambo says it is time to make tough decisions because the current mode of subsidising maize to selected millers is not sustainable. And Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) executive director Andrew Chintala has bemoaned the continued policy inconsistency by the government which is hampering growth in the sector. Meanwhile, the Zambia...

Businessman Nshinka Kaputo who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Precious Mangesana, a MultiChoice employee, has denied being a possessive and jealous lover, claiming in his defence that the deceased shot herself. Kaputo has further told the Lusaka High Court that on the material day, Precious told him that she was tired and wanted the...

United Party for National Development (UPND) secretary general Stephen Katuka has urged newly appointed Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano to restore the institution's credibility. And the National Democratic Congress has urged Nshindano to resist political influence. On Tuesday, ECZ finally announced that Nshindano was replacing Chomba Chella who separated from...

President Edgar Lungu says Zambia is anticipating a number of food security threats arising from the prolonged dry spells in the 2018/2019 farming season, which has affected crop and livestock production. And Lungu has called on farmers to quickly offload their maize to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to beef up the country’s food reserves....

The UPND has alleged that the PF is using hunger as a weapon of war so that they can have easily intimidated, hungry voters in 2021. The party has also questioned the country’s food security following restrictions being set by the FRA to have only one bag of maize purchased per household. In a statement,...

President Edgar Lungu’s former Ishuko Primary School teacher in Kitwe’s Chimwemwe Township has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the Head of State was among the brightest pupils in his class. This is the matter in which New Labour Party leader Fresher Siwale is charged with defamation of the President. Siwale is alleged to have...

A 19-year-old woman of Misisi Compound has denied stealing a plasma television worth over K3,000 in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court, from a man who allegedly refused to pay for her services after the two had sex. In this matter, Bupe Kasonde is charged with one count of house breaking and theft and another count of...

Government has appointed and inaugurated a board of directors of the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) and urged them to put Zambia first as they execute their roles. Speaking when he presided over the inauguration ceremony, Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya announced that the 13-member board would be chaired by Dr Cornelius Chipoma....

There is a growing need to improve market access for African goods and increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the continent, says Minister of Finance Dr Bwalya Ng’andu. And Dr Ngandu has reminded local economic players in Zambia to submit their tax and non-tax proposals for the 2020 national budget and the 2020-2021 Medium Term...

Two men have been dragged to court for allegedly stealing cattle worth K8,000 from Maria Zaloumis, popularly known as Zed Farmer. In this matter, Elvis Chilekwa, 21, and an 18-year-old, both of of Mboosa area are charged with stock theft contrary to Section 272 (1) of the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of...

Acting Commissioner of Lands George Sindila has confirmed that Lands Minister Jean Kapata has a plot in Forest 27 but says there is nothing wrong with that because she followed all procedure. And director of forestry at the Forestry Department Ignatius Makumba says there was no need to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment when...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has slapped a 74-year-old man with a three-year jail sentence with hard labour for forging an NRC and obtaining over K200,000 by pretending that he had a commercial plot for sale. In this matter, Peter Manda was charged with theft, obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and uttering a National Registration...

Late Vespers Shimunzhila’s father says despite the trauma of loosing his daughter, all he wants is for justice to prevail. And the Lusaka Subordinate Court will on September 30, this year, deliver its verdict in Vespers’ inquest hearing to ascertain how she came to her death in 2018. Meanwhile, a police officer who was in...

William Harrington has asked President Edgar Lungu to use his executive powers to revoke the Statutory Instruction which has allowed the degazetting of Forest 27. And Harrington says applying for a tribunal in the matter will be costly and difficult as it will have to be headed by Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima, whom he claims...

When LAZ president Eddie Mwitwa was elected to his current position, the Law Association of Zambia went dead silent on critical issues of national governance. In June last year, we wrote an opinion expressing concern that Mwitwa’s feet were too small to fit in Linda Kasonde’s shoes. Below is the excerpt from our editorial comment...