Archive: 24 January 2020

24 Jan 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

We’re watching ECZ, we won’t wait till they cause chaos in 2021 to take them on – HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has charged that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is working with the Patriotic Front in trying to manipulate the 2021 general election, but warns that Zambians will not allow it. […]

24 Jan 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Chilubanama has to explain disrespect for Lungu – Moonga

I still don’t believe that it was Emmanuel Chilubanama who said what we saw on Prime TV about President Edgar Lungu, maybe it was his twin brother, says PF Lusaka Provincial chairman Paul Moonga. And […]

24 Jan 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Those who see our mistakes must advise us – UPND

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says opposition party critics should offer advice on what to do differently because party members are like football players in a pitch who cannot see their own mistakes. Recently, Africa […]

24 Jan 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Maureen sues Bonanza, Wellcash Debt Recovery over botched loan agreement

Former First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa has sued Bonanza Cash Express Limited in the Lusaka High Court seeking an order for the said company to surrender all title deeds and documents that she deposited as security […]

24 Jan 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Commissioner of Refugees bemoans lack of collaboration with Immigration Dept in protecting refugees

Commissioner for Refugees Abdon Mawere has bemoaned the lack of adequate collaboration between his department and the Immigration Department when it comes to refugee affairs. Maware made this complaint in an interview when he was […]

24 Jan 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

LAZ opposes proposal to merge FIC with DEC

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has rejected any proposals that seek to have the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) abolished or merged with the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC). And Deputy Inspector General of Police Bonny […]

24 Jan 2020 | Stuart Lisulo

Support us, we’ve dealt with Social Cash Transfer issues, Lungu tells diplomats

President Edgar Lungu has appealed to the diplomatic community in Zambia to continue supporting the Zambian government’s implementation of the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) because the challenges that gripped the scheme last year have firmly […]

24 Jan 2020 | Zindikilani Banda in Sinda

Sinda residents stole from me instead of helping after my accident, laments Mkaika MP

Mkaika MMD member of Parliament Peter Phiri says he was very disappointed by how some Sinda residents ignored his cry for help when he was involved in a road traffic accident, opting to steal his […]

24 Jan 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court grants Kapepa injunction to restrain senior chief Nsefu from dethroning him as chief Kakumbi

The Lusaka High Court has granted chief Kakumbi of the Chikunda people of Mambwe District an order of interim injunction, restraining senior chief Nsefu from dethroning him and installing another in his place. According to […]

24 Jan 2020 | Stuart Lisulo

Court jails Lusaka man 5 years over illegal trophy

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a 44-year-old man of George Compound to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour for illegal possession of Protected Trophy, namely one pangolin skin. According to a press […]