Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka says he will not allow government to take the labour movement back to the days when retirees died of stress and desperation while waiting for their retirement benefits. And Mukuka says once the Constitution Amendment Bill No. 10 of 2019 is passed, the congress fears...

Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) centre coordinator Chenai Mukumba says Zesco’s erratic load-shedding schedule will force small-scale businesses to shut down owing to heightened costs of production. And Mukumba says Zesco must come up with a fixed load shedding schedule, explaining that the unpredictable power cuts are hurting small-scale business, which do not have alternative...

Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) faction national secretary Raphael Nakacinda says he hopes the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) resolutions will be adopted by Parliament because there are a number of "very progressive resolutions" that can sanitise the Zambian political landscape. And Nakacinda says the UPND is irrelevant to Zambia's governance process because its only resolve...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has applied for leave to commence Judicial Review proceedings in the Lusaka High Court against the decision of the Registrar of Societies to deregister the party. On August 21, 2019, the Registrar of Society deregistered the party for having an inoperative Constitution. However, NDC Secrertary General Bridget Atanga, who has...

The Court of Appeal has set free a Livingstone man who was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment with hard labour for defilement. Before the Court of Appeal, sitting in Ndola, was Oliver Sakufiwa of Livingstone who was charged with defilement of a child under the age of 16. Particulars where that Sakufiwa on April 16,...

Tourism and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela has warned that he will fire Munda Wanga staff management if they do not improve its service delivery in the third quarter of 2019, which ends next month. In a statement issued by Ministry of Tourism public relations officer Sakabilo Kalembwe, Tuesday, Chitotela expressed concern that there had not...

The Judiciary says it is expected to appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee on September 25, this year, regarding the Constitution Amendment Bill 10. The Judiciary is expected to give its position on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill No 10 of 2019 to the National Assembly, today, Wednesday. Meanwhile, judges on Monday, held a consultative meeting...

The Court of Appeal has quashed a Pemba man's death sentence and reduced his offense from murder to manslaughter for causing the death of his three-year-old step daughter. In this case, Christopher Simonga was convicted for murdering his disabled step daughter. It was alleged that on January 8, 2017, Simonga, in the company of his...

Police in Chongwe yesterday stopped UPND president Hakainde Hichilema from touring Chongwe District, saying he needed a police permit to traverse through the area. Chongwe officer-in-charge Aaron Banda, who was accompanied by about 15 other officers, argued that the gathering was an assembly and it needed to be stopped. “The law says where three or...

Police in Lusaka have now formally arrested leader of the embattled National Democratic Congress Chishimba Kambwili for Defamation of the President. According to impeccable sources, this is in connection with some remarks Kambwili recently made about a "dog from Chawama". And police have denied Kambwili bond, saying they will take him to court tomorrow. Meanwhile,...

A top health ministry official has confirmed that Zambia was a recipient of alleged low quality Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN). He said the approximately 2.7 million DawaPlus 2.0 nets arrived in the country around July 2017. This brand of controversial nets was manufactured by Tana Netting, a foreign company which ceased to exist before rebranding...

The Vice-President, the Minister of Agriculture, the Chief Government spokesperson and the Minister of Home Affairs have all ganged up against milling companies and retailers, blaming them for the escalating price of mealie meal. Government has gone further to issue threats and an ultimatum for millers to cut mealie meal prices to mitigate the prevailing...