LEADER of Opposition in the National Assembly Jack Mwiimbu says it is his expectation that President Edgar Lungu will announce the withdrawal of the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 when he addresses Parliament this Friday. But UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says his party does not expect President Lungu to give Zambians any hope...

Community Development and Social Services Minister Kampamba Mulenga says there has never been a time that cooperating partners have abandoned government due to missing funds under the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) scheme. And Mulenga has announced that government has identified some vulnerable headmen in the country and incorporated them on the Social Cash Transfer scheme...

THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has awarded Zambia a grant of US$1.5 million for technical assistance in the implementation of the Zambia Renewable Energy Financing Framework. The grant, part of the AfDB US $51.5 million committed investment to the renewable energy financing framework, is meant to assist capacity-building of financial institutions, namely the National Pension...

On 23 February 2020, Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano appeared on Sunday Interview, a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation television programme hosted by Grevazio Zulu every Sunday evening that typically consists of an in-depth, one-on-one 60-minute interview with a prominent guest. Zambians who had hoped that Nshindano would use the platform...

UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says his party is considering the possibility of impeaching Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini for violation of the law. And Mweetwa has challenged government, through the Ministry of Home Affairs, to tell the nation why Chingola businessman Kabaso Mulenga alias Spax is...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini on Tuesday told Choma Central UPND member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa that he should be the last person to complain about the deteriorating decorum of the House because he does not act any better. Rising on a point of order, Mweetwa lamented that some PF officials like Community...

INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja says police have arrested 566 suspects due to appear in court soon for various offences related to gassing and rioting from a total of 668 cases countrywide. And Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has directed that all the recent cases of indiscipline in the Service must be processed and...

It is common knowledge that Zambian men are broke, Zambezi West UPND member of parliament Prisca Kucheka told Parliament on Tuesday, causing a stir.  Kucheka said this in a follow up question to Gender Minister Elizabeth Phiri who had earlier explained some of the empowerment programmes which were being implemented in her constituency.  When she...

A 16-YEAR-old Lusaka maid has admitted assaulting a one-year-old infant by pouring hot water on him after he defecated on himself. The juvenile is charged with assault on a child occasioning actual bodily harm. It is alleged that on January 9, 2020, in Lusaka’s 10 Miles area, the 16-year-old maid assaulted a child below the...

PROCEEDINGS at the Ndola Magistrates' Court were on Wednesday morning brought to a stand still after police failed to bring suspects to court due to lack of fuel. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga acknowledged that the prison truck had run out of fuel. "Yes, we don't have fuel. The stocks have not yet come. This...