• 25 Feb 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Cyber bullying keeps women out of politics, laments WfC

WOMEN for Change (WfC) executive director Lumba Siyanga says cyber bullying remains a source of friction and tension, which intimidates women and keeps them out of active politics. And Siyanga says Zambia may not reach the 50 per cent representation threshold, politically, because political parties have replaced most female MPs with male candidates in the...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Julia Malunga

Deploy cops to man schools vulnerable to gassing - ZNUT

GOVERNMENT must consider deploying at least one police officer at schools that are vulnerable to gas attacks, says the Zambia Union of Teachers (ZNUT). Last week, police spokesperson Esther Katongo disclosed that 68 pupils of Lusaka’s Hillview Park School were hospitalized after their classrooms were sprayed with unknown poisonous chemical substances. In an interview, ZNUT...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court refuses to grant bail to 18 men charged with rioters injuring building

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has refused to grant bail 18 men, among them a pastor, accused of damaging a motor vehicle and a house at Kanyama Police Camp because the situation is still volatile. This is in connection with reports of gassing in their townships. The 18, who were charged with rioters injuring a building,...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Tenson Mkhala

Lungu, his family enjoying because Zambia remains safe - Bowman

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is busy inspecting developmental projects, enjoying with his family, going to church and still meeting his Cabinet colleagues because Zambia remains safe and under control, says Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo. Meanwhile, Lusambo has warned media houses siding with “criminals” in the country that they will be picked together with them. Speaking...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

Mushimba's explanation on delay to pay universities absurd - Miti

ALLIANCE for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says Higher Education Minister Brian Mushimba's explanation on why government is delaying to give universities and TEVET Colleges and Science Statutory Boards their grants is absurd. In a statement published in the Zambia Daily Mail Newspaper yesterday, Dr Mushimba explained that resources meant for government funded...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Internet blackout in S/Province suspicious - Katuka

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the Internet blackout which occurred in Southern Province last week raises suspicions on how all the three mobile service providers can instantly shut down services at the same time. And UPND deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says his party MPs will put a written question to Transport and Communications Minister...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Richard Luo in Sinda

Africans must stop tolerating corrupt leaders, urges former SA minister

FORMER Minister of Education in South Africa under the Nelson Mandela government, Dr Mkangeli Matomela, has urged Africans to stop tolerating corrupt leaders because their actions have continued robbing the wealth and resources of the continent. In an interview following a one-day workshop in Sinda, Dr Matomela said the vice, which mostly involved high-profile people...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Daniel Chansa

8 Ndola women appear in court for seditious practices

Eight Ndola women who shouted "ritual killers" in reference to USAID health workers have appeared in the Ndola Magistrates' Court for seditious practices. Last week, police in Ndola arrested eight women who incited members of the public to beat and burn two USAID health workers who had followed a patient at Masala Clinic. In this...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Eneyah Phiri

A new phase of financial sector development in Africa

The dawn of the new decade promises positive strides for financial sector development in Africa. On 20th January 2020, the UK Government revealed a 5-year £320 million aid package to growth in the sector across the continent. The package will be released to the Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Network, a nine-member alliance of financial sector...

• 25 Feb 2020
• Tenson Mkhala

Police nab 9 more gassing suspects

LUSAKA’s Lusakasa Primary School in Libala area was yesterday allegedly gassed by unknown people. Meanwhile, Police have apprehended nine more suspects in connection with incidences of chemical spraying, bringing the total number of suspects connected to chemical spraying to 25. In a statement, Monday, police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said one teacher and a pupil were...