Itezh-Tezhi UPND member of parliament Herbert Shabula and a businessman have entered a consent judgment in a matter in which the lawmaker was sued for allegedly failing to pay K180,000 for a Range Rover Vogue he had purchased. In this matter, Mike Likando Matakala had sued Shabula in the Lusaka High Court, seeking an order...

Publish What You Pay (PWYP) says it expects the 2020 national budget to explore strategies for investing windfall earnings into sovereign wealth funds as a key strategy to get Zambia out of its current fiscal deficit. In a statement, the PWYP Zambia Coalition, an NGO focused on campaigning for an open and accountable extractive sector,...

The Football Association of Zambia has granted Lower Division sides K5,000 each for their operations during the season. FAZ president Andrew Kamanga had pledged prior his election in 2016 that he would be supporting division one teams with K5,000 each from proceeds of games played by the national teams at home. A number of Lower...

Mazabuka Central UPND Member of Parliament Gary Nkombo has said the PF are accusing God of things he did not do to justify the country's failing economy and for this, they're “hell bound”. Meanwhile, Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has charged that the opposition is taking advantage of the unfortunate events in the country to...

The Zambia U-17 girls have beaten Comoros by 15 goals to nil at the on-going Cosafa Cup in Mauritius. Zambia's win comes after the coach earlier said it was "disrespectful" for South Africa to win the game with Seychelles by a huge margin. The Zambians were 10 up by half time and added more goals...

Zambia has moved a step closer towards qualifying for the Cameroon 2020 CHAN championship after the team beat Eswatini by a goal to nil. Green Eagles Amity Shamende scored the only goal to frustrate the hosts whose defence had proved difficult to breach until five minutes before the final whistle. With the final match slated...

Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba’s law firm has denied owing National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) unpaid rentals of over K300,000, claiming that several payments it made had been omitted by the pensions in its statement of claim despite the law firm possessing receipts. This is the matter in which NAPSA has sued Kabimba’s law firm,...

Luyando Kopakopa, a clinical medical student, has asked the Lusaka High Court to determine whether Legana Investment Limited is competent to sue her and her partner when it should have joined in the earlier proceedings that she commenced against it on August 12, 2019. Kopakopa, who has raised three preliminary issues at law, also wants...

Kapoche member of Parliament Dr Charles Banda says it is unfortunate that people in rural areas have to walk long distances to go and cast their votes and when a politician helps by providing transport, it becomes a case of electoral malpractice. And Sinda District Electoral Officer Robby Chitambo says due to the increase in...

Chishimba Kambwili has vowed that he will fight “tooth and nail” to be on the ballot in the 2021 presidential election despite manoeuvres by the ruling Patriotic Front and his former secretary general Mwenya Musenge to remove him from the political scene. Kambwili, the leader of the de-registered National Democratic Congress, said at a press...

Swimmer Tilka Paljk says it is ridiculous for government to give as low as K3,000 to Zambian athletes who won different medals at the recently-held All Africa Games in Morocco a month ago. Paljk says she was shocked when she heard that government had decided to give her K3,000 after she won a bronze medal...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka has advised President Edgar Lungu to sell the Presidential jet and use the proceeds for importation of power from South Africa. And Katuka says the decision to increase electricity tariffs is irresponsible and a sign of poor leadership by the PF. In a statement, Katuka further stated that proceeds from...

(The views expressed below represent my personal opinion and are not attributable to any organization or institution I may be affiliated with). The Judiciary Arm of Government has in the recent weeks been under unguided attacks. The attacks came after it announced its intention to make submissions before the Parliamentary Select Committee regarding the Constitutional...

German Ambassador to Zambia, His Excellency Mr Achim Burkart, has expressed concern that the prevailing operating environment for journalists will only get worse as the country approaches the 2021 general elections. He adds that journalists must be allowed to regulate themselves instead of the government taking a centre stage to push the agenda for statutory...