Archive: 15 October 2019

15 Oct 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Govt hasn’t done enough to avert hunger crisis – Gwembe MP

Gwembe UPND member of parliament Attractor Chisangano says she expects the hunger crisis in the country, and Southern Province in particular, to remain the same even next year because government has not done enough to […]

15 Oct 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Commission of Inquiry into violence report is public information – Chipampe

State House has asked those interested to know the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into voting patterns and electoral violence of the 2016 general elections to visit Government Printers and get a copy because […]

15 Oct 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia’ll be a war zone in 2021 if violence isn’t curtailed – Mpombo

Former defense minister George Mpombo says Zambia will be turned into a war zone if police and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) do not immediately address political violence. In an interview, Mpombo said politicians […]

15 Oct 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Police arrest 11, recover combat uniforms in Chalala

Police in Lusaka have apprehended 11 people for being in possession of offensive weapons. Acting Inspector General of Police Eugene Sibote told journalists at a media briefing, Tuesday, that police recovered 55 matchetes, six tezars, […]

15 Oct 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Family members challenge newly installed Chief Nalubamba’s legitimacy in court

About 13 representatives of five families which are part of the Mbeza Royal Establishment of Chief Nalubamba of the Ila people of Namwala, Southern Province, have dragged the newly installed chief Nalubamba, Professor King Nalubamba, […]

15 Oct 2019 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia’s mining production will keep dwindling – Hambayi

Economist Trevor Hambayi says Zambia’s mining production will continue dropping due to increasing production costs, VAT refund disputes and dwindling copper prices on the international market. And Hambayi says government should come up with a […]

15 Oct 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

Milupi doubts Zesco’s pending power import deal with Eskom

Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi says he highly doubts the pending power importation deal between Zesco and Eskom will materialise because the South African power utility is equally facing power shortages. […]

15 Oct 2019 | Natasha Sakala

Absa won’t list on LuSE – Matlare

Absa group deputy chief executive officer Peter Matlare says the bank has no plans to list on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) as they want everyone to feel part of a regionally listed bank. And […]

15 Oct 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

I smoke marijuana to cool my temper, Lusaka man tells court

A 27-year-old unemployed man, who was caught selling marijuana to inmates at Chilenje Police Station, has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he smokes cannabis to cool his temper. But Lusaka Magistrate Alice Walusiku has […]

15 Oct 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Siwale asks High Court to halt his Defamation of the President case

New Labour Party leader Fresher Siwale has applied for an interim order in the Lusaka High Court to stay the criminal proceedings in which he is accused of defaming the President, saying if not halted, […]