Livestock and Fisheries Minister Professor Nkandu Luo says she is trying to build the nation as much as she can and will not comment on people labelling her a tribalist on social media. Last week, a video went viral in which Prof Luo was campaigning in Chilubi and she was heard saying only a Bemba...

A consortium of civil society organizations says government’s attempt to abolish UNZALARU is a measure to curb dissent. And UNZALARU secretary general Dr Kelvin Mambwe says the Labor Commissioner acted in an unfair manner. In a statement signed by Chapter One Foundation executive director Linda Kasonde, Monday, the CSOs said attempts to stifle alternative perspectives...

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has called on the Patriotic Front to provide effective leadership against tribalism by publicly censuring and reprimanding party leaders and members who engage in hate speech. HRC chairperson Mudford Mwandenga stated in a statement, Monday, following recent tribal remarks by senior PF members against the opposition UPND, that hate speech...

An administrator at Twalumba Lodges in Chalala area has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates' Court how some police officers searched one of the rooms at the lodge in the absence of a client who had booked it after they allegedly harassed and forced her to open it. Flaviour Syamunyeu, 28, further testified that the said...

Government, through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), has decided to mobilise all fire trucks in Lusaka Province to pump out water from flooded areas like Kanyama. Speaking to journalists after touring Kanyama alongside Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo, Gender Minister Elizabeth Phiri, DMMU National Coordinator Chanda Kabwe and Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa, Monday,...

A station manager at Millennium Radio Station has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that he was shocked and confused when a man who said he was from Kabwe called the station during the “Meal Breakfast Show” and insulted President Edgar Lungu. Martin Akende told the court that the said caller first started by commending the...

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says a family of five in Lusaka needs now K7, 410.96 to survive compared to K 5,395.35 in January 2019, a rise attributed to high energy prices. In its Basic Needs Basket (BNB) statement for January, Monday, JCTR noted that the increase in fuel and electricity tariffs had...

Deputy Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says a 36-year-old man and his 27-year-old wife of Kamanga compound are being held for abandoning their 2-year-old, who has since been found dead. In a statement, Monday, Hamoonga the couple’s 15-year-old girl reported them to the police after discovering her baby sister dead. “Police at Chelston police station received...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has refuted reports of suspected gassing in Lusaka. And Kanganja says police are now aware of the exact chemical which criminals are using but they will not announce it so as not to alert other offenders. Yesterday, state-owned Zambia Daily Mail reported that “nine members of one family in...

Police in Kabwe have warned and cautioned Kapiri Mposhi member of parliament Stanley Kakubo for defaming President Edgar Lungu by saying “ushilepela fertilizer ama farmers takwata sckopo”. In an interview, Central Province deputy commissioner Godffrey Mwanza said police were investigating Kakubo’s remarks. “Mr Stanley Kakubo has not been arrested. He has got a warn and...