• 23 Oct 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Prayer won't fix economy - Sacika

Former Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says the prayers which citizens said during the National Day of Prayer and Reconciliation will not strengthen the Zambian economy. In an interview, Dr Sacika said Zambia has man-made problems which could only be solved by putting in the work. “The National Day of Prayers has come...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

Investors eager for UPND because they've lost confidence in PF – Kakoma

UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says western countries have lost confidence in President Edgar Lungu’s PF administration due to Zambia's continued economic decline and are now looking towards the UPND for renewed hope. Kakoma was commenting on UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s trip to the United States earlier this month, where he claimed that investors pledged to...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

LAZ hopes ZIALE reforms will trigger higher pass rate

The Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) is undertaking reforms relating to Student Rules and its curriculum to address the high entry-level barriers law graduates sitting for Bar exams are currently facing, says Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa. And Mwitwa says the exponential growth in the number of law graduates has...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Julia Malunga

Malama insists HH must explain UPND's association with gay rights organisation

Kanchibiya PF member of parliament Dr Martin Malama has insisted that UPND president Hakainde Hichilema should explain why his party is associated with the African Liberal Network (ALN), an organisation that supports gay rights. Speaking on Radio Christian Voice’s programme The ChatBack, Monday, Dr Malama said it was a fact that the UPND was a...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Owner of K37m worth mysterious houses tried to hide, case with DPP - Kampyongo

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says the suspected owner of the 51 mysterious houses in Chalala tried all means to conceal his identity. And Kampyongo says the matter in which three people, among them a couple of civil servants and a Copperbelt based lawyer who are suspected to be the owners of the houses, has...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Abraham Kalito

FAZ to penalise fans for unruly behaviour at Heroes

FAZ general secretary Adrian Kashala says the association will identify culprits who pelted missiles on Saturday when Zambia hosted eSwatini in the final CHAN qualifying match at Heroes Stadium. Kashala has said preliminary investigations on the incident revealed that the perpetrators had a pre-determined agenda regardless of the outcome of the match. "As the Football...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Abraham Kalito

U17 get scholarships for winning COSAFA

The Football Association has awarded scholarships to the U-17 boys who emerged victorious at the just-ended COSAFA Cup in Malawi to aid their learning process. FAZ president Andrew Kamanga says the association will henceforth offer scholarahips to juniour teams and that offer has since been extended to the girls' team that came third at the...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

HH mocks Esther's fire trucks

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has mocked the fire trucks that First Lady Esther Lungu went to receive in the United States of America as a donation. And Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo has described the fire trucks as dilapidated. In January, First Lady Esther Lungu led a 25-member delegation on a two-week...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

ConCourt misjoins Lungu, National Assembly from LAZ petition

The Constitutional Court has ruled that President Edgar Lungu and the National Assembly were improperly joined to the proceedings in which the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) is challenging Constitutional (Amendment) Bill No.10 of 2019. The ConCourt has therefore ordered that they be removed from the proceedings and that the main matter be heard on...

• 23 Oct 2019
• Natasha Sakala

ACC arrests former S/Province PS for abuse of office

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Choma has arrested former Southern Province Permanent Secretary and a Chief Human Resource Management Officer for corrupt practices. According to a statement issued by ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono, Sibanze Simuchoba, 64 and Daggoh Chitendwe, 58, were arrested and charged with one count of Abuse of Authority of Office...