AGRICULTURE Minister Michael Katambo says Zambia has enough maize and that the shortage in some parts of the country is being caused by unscrupulous traders who are buying mealie meal in bulk. But Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) programmes manager Chimuka Nachibika questioned why government was not offloading the same maize to the market...

A STATE witness has testified that President Edgar Lungu’s former Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda and former RTSA chief executive officer Zindaba Soko’s co-accused, Walid EL Nahas, ceased to be Intelligent Mobility Solutions Limited's (IMS) director on February 14, this year. Patrick Chilekwa, an assistant Inspector of Companies under the compliance...

GOVERNMENT has been insincere in attributing the kwacha’s rapid depreciation to the Coronavirus outbreak because the local currency was already losing value before the disease was first reported in December 2019, says ActionAid Country Director Nalucha Ziba. In a statement, Ziba noted the severe impact the Coronavirus outbreak had on the global economy, but disagreed...

SOUTH African Airways (SAA) has scaled down capacity and grounded 162 flights in response to the low demand for air travel, triggered by the Coronavirus outbreak that has engulfed the globe. The effects of the outbreak of COVID-19 have led to travel disruptions and restrictions across the world, leading to the grounding of an unprecedented...

A NIGERIAN businessman has pleaded not guilty to four counts of trafficking and importation of narcotic and psychotropic substances without lawful authority. Okeke Victor Obinna, 46, was last week arrested by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) for trafficking in over 26 litres of hashish oil, contrary to Chapter 96 of the laws of Zambia. Okeke,...

LUSAKA lawyer Milingo Lungu has called on all legal professionals to stop attacking judges and insulting their persona, saying doing so is undermining the very tenet of rule of law, which the profession has sworn to protect. And United Liberal Party (ULP) president Sakwiba Sikota says any decision that courts make automatically becomes law and...

THE University of Zambia (UNZA) Senate has resolved that teaching and learning at the institution shall continue through e-learning platforms, such as Moodle and Astria, during the Coronavirus pandemic. UNZA Registrar Sitali Wamundila disclosed in a statement issued, Thursday, that the Senate, at its meeting on March 18, 2020, decided to close the University following...

ZAMBIA Chamber of Mines president Goodwell Mateyo says individual mining companies are urgently reviewing all available contingency plans to effectively deal with the Coronavirus outbreak. And Ministry of Mines Permanent Secretary Barnaby Mulenga says government has officially communicated to all mining companies in the country, through the Chamber, to observe high standards of hygiene. When...

LUSAKA Province minister Bowman Lusambo carried out an operation around supermarkets in Lusaka in the company of police officers, apprehending people who were buying mealie meal in bulk. The minister also ordered police to pick up young citizens who were found with bags of mealie meal, saying underage buying of mealie meal is not allowed....

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a University Teaching Hospital (UTH) security guard for corrupt practices involving K800. ACC corporate affairs officer Collins Chilambwe disclosed in a statement, Thursday, that the security guard identified as John Mwanza, 26, of Zingalume corruptly solicited for K800 from a named patient of Kabwe in order to facilitate the...