• 28 Nov 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Govt owes Mozambique’s EDM $70m for supplied power

The Zambian government, through Zesco Limited, owes EDM of Mozambique up to US$70 million which is currently being paid through undisclosed monthly instalments, Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa has disclosed. And Nkhuwa says the Kariba dam needs three years of normal rainfall to get the Kariba North Bank Power Station to its normal generation levels....

• 28 Nov 2019
• Julia Malunga

Police nab Lusaka woman for spreading false news

Acting police spokesperson Danny Mwale says Kabwata police is holding a 26-year-old Lusaka woman for spreading false news. On Thursday morning, Notando Katongo's Facebook post in which he alleged that Kabwita police had neglected an ailing suspect went viral on social media. "This is happening right now by Kamwala police post. This man lying on...

• 28 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

KCM shareholder claims 51% shares were illegally sold to Vedanta

A concerned citizen, through lawyers from L.J. Michaels Legal Practitioners, has written to Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu demanding that the mining giant reverses the “wrongful sale” of KCM corporate control to Vedanta. And Dennis Mumba, who is a contemporaneous owner of ZCCM - IH shares in KCM, also wants Vedanta to...

• 28 Nov 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Sex for grades a drawback to fight against HIV - SAfAIDS

SAfAIDS Zambia country director Gastone Zulu says engagement of learners in sexual activities with lecturers for better grades is a drawback in the country’s fight against HIV prevalence among young people which has not seen meaningful decline over the years. And Zulu notes the importance of family in shaping society’s moral fiber, saying it is...

• 28 Nov 2019
• Mirriam Chabala in South Africa

We've a long way to deal with effects of apartheid - SA Govt

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) of South Africa says the sporadic attacks against foreign nationals in that country have nothing to do with xenophobia but are a result of frustration by the unemployed. And GCIS says South Africa will continue experiencing such attacks as long as the country does not accept and move...

• 28 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Chiengi neighborhood watch officer dies after suspect kicks his testicles during arrest

A 47-year-old man of Chiengi District has died after being kicked in his testicles. According to a statement issued by acting police spokesperson Danny Mwale, Thursday, the deceased was a member of the Kazembe Community Crime Prevention Unit (CCPU) and he was kicked by a suspect whom the unit was trying to apprehend. "Police in...

• 28 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mwenye salutes Namibia for holding "credible elections"

Former Attorney General Musa Mwenye has commended Namibia for holding its six credible elections, in accordance with the Commonwealth principles on democracy. And Mwenye says allowing some people to build in forest reserves and on top of water aquifers will plunge Lusaka into a serious water shortage. Mwenye, who is Commonwealth Election Observer Mission Chairman...

• 28 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

ZMD, GBMS MoU was illegal, testifies ex-PS

Former Ministry of Energy permanent secretary Brigadier General Emeldah Chola has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD) and GBMS Engineering Company implementing a government digitalisation project at the department was not cleared by the Attorney General as per government procedure. She testified that the Memorandum...

• 28 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Kalaluka undermining ConCourt in ex-ministers' case - Sinkamba

Green Party leader Peter Sinkamba says the Attorney General Likando Kalaluka should stay out of the matter involving ex-ministers who were ordered to pay back salaries which they illegally obtained. In a statement, Sinkamba said the court had already made it clear that Kalaluka could not appoint himself as a lawyer for the former ministers....

• 28 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

I'm not a killer, says soldier accused of ritual killings

When Police asked me if I have ever killed someone, I told them that from 1994, we have not experienced war so I have never killed anyone, a Zambia Army soldier has told the Lusaka High Court in a ritual killings case. Opening his defence in a case he is jointly charged with three others...