Police in Chililabombwe have arrested an 18-year-old man after he was caught having sex with a sheep. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga confirmed this in an interview, Wednesday. Katanga identified the suspect as Rob Kavula of Kawama Township in Chililabombwe. He was reported by a businessman of Kasumbalesa, dealing with livestock, who left his female...

The long march towards constitutional stability in Zambia continues. We are yet again at the precipice of possibly another failure at constitutional reforms. Bill No 10 was intended to be a process to address lacunae and refine some provisions of the 2016 Constitution Amendments, but this has now turned out to be a major operation,...

Opposition UPND members of parliament yesterday walked out of the House in protest against the proposal to bring Bill 10 back on the order paper. But Nalikwanda UPND member of parliament Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa and his Solwezi East counterpart Teddy Kasonso remained in the House, defying the party position. This was after acting Minister of...

Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) Plc’s electricity supply to Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has drastically dropped to an average 160 megawatts by the end of 2019, from a peak of around 210 megawatts one year ago, company data reveals. And CEC plans to invest a 2x20MW solar PV in Kitwe with partner, InnoVent, under GET FiT...

A 30-year-old man of Lusaka’s Ndeke Meanwood area, whose dogs viciously bit an eight year-old boy to death, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter in the Lusaka High Court. In this matter, it is alleged that Womba Samakayi on July 14, this year in Lusaka, unlawfully did cause the death of the...

Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa says if the Constitution Amendment Bill happens to pass in the House, there is still hope of stopping it through the courts of law once it is an Act of Parliament. And Mwitwa says Bill 10 should be a campaign issue in 2021 whereby Zambians should vote...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu is dreaming if he thinks he is going to win the 2021 presidential election. And Kambwili has warned that enacting the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 will foster bloodshed because of it has potential to cause confusion with the coalition government clause....

President Edgar Lungu has warned members of the clergy to stop involving themselves in partisan politics and stick to their spiritual calling of guiding and uniting the country. And in apparent reference to opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, President Lungu says it is unfortunate that some political players are so preoccupied with going to State...

Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) vice president Chipego Zulu says the reduction of load shedding by only two hours has not had any positive impact in the manufacturing sector because smaller industries are still grappling with the effects of having several hours without access to electricity. Last month, government announced that it had commenced the...

A Lusaka Apex University lecturer is counterclaiming damages for defamation of character in the Lusaka High from two female students who accused him of making sexual advances towards them. Philistone Nyirenda has lamented that the allegations of sexual harassment have exposed him to ridicule, contempt and odium and have lowered his reputation in the estimation...