Government must prioritise paying its debt in unpaid allowances owed to public sector workers in the forthcoming 2020 budget, says Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) president Davies Chiyobe. In an interview, Chiyobe said some public sector workers still had not been paid their leave benefits and settling-in allowances dating back to...

Lusaka businessman and President Edgar Lungu’s close associate Valden Findlay has instructed his lawyers to take necessary legal steps to address malicious allegations levelled against him by National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili that he is a drug trafficker. However, Findlay, who called for a press briefing, failed to show up and requested his...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) president Rueben Lifuka has urged President Edgar Lungu to rescind the appointment of Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) board members with questionable characters. And Lifuka says the appointment of the new board was ill-planned as it follows numerous attacks against the centre, particularly by the government and ruling PF officials. Meanwhile, Lifuka...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) says more farmers are expected to cultivate maize in the 2019/2020 farming season because the market price has been encouraging. And the Union has urged farmers to plant early-maturing varieties to avoid being affected by the projected drought forecast for February 2020. In an interview, ZNFU public relations manager...

Kambwili is already a dead man, no one can kill him – Mumbi PF Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri says it is a waste of time for anyone to kill National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili because he is already a dead man who must prepare for the consequences of the allegations he continues...

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says farmers in the country are singing praises for President Edgar Lungu and the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) for giving them a good maize price. And Siliya has advised NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili to stop taking the fight against corruption as a joke. Meanwhile, Siliya said President Lungu acted in...

Southern Province MMD chairman Vincent Mulobela has told the Lusaka High Court that if Nevers Mumba is allowed to continue as party leader, there will be no MMD in the future. The defence witness further said the election of Mumba as party president in 2012 was the biggest mistake the party has ever made. This...

A 30-year-old Airtel agent has been dragged to court for allegedly defiling his sisters-in-law aged 10 and 14 years and infecting them with a virus. In this matter, Micheal Old is charged with two counts of defilement of a child contrary to section 138 (1) of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of...

A 30-year-old man of Lusaka’s Ndeke Meanwood area whose dogs viciously killed an eight-year-old boy has been committed to the High Court for trial after being charged with manslaughter. Womba Samakayi appeared before Lusaka magistrate Annie Holland yesterday for the explanation of the charge. Particulars of the offence in this matter are that on July...

Police in Lusaka have warned UPND youths planning to hold a rally in Mandevu this Sunday not to go ahead as doing so would be against the law. The UPND youths, through deputy youth chairperson Gilbert Liswaniso, have since appealed police’s decision to reject their notice for a rally to Minister of Home Affairs Stephen...