MUSICIAN Chama Fumba commonly known as Pilato says Topstar’s decision to remove Prime Television from its platforms is a bad move, adding the country stands to lose if the station is pushed out of business at such a critical time. And Fumba has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to advise the Ministry of Information to...

JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda broke down yesterday as he narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how he was allegedly slapped and punched on the face by one of the five PF supporters accused of assaulting and proposing violence on him. Lubinda, who is also Kabwata PF member of parliament, said it was the worst kind...

ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc says it will appeal against the Lusaka High Court’s decision to dismiss a case in which it sued First Quantum Minerals Limited and six others for fraud involving over US$2.3 billion. This is according to a statement issued by ZCCM-IH’s Public Relations Manager Loisa Mbatha-Kakoma, Monday. “ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM-IH)...

THE Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) has called on government to urgently provide protective clothing to all health workers in the country to protect them from contracting the Coronavirus. And MQHZ has commended all health workers in the country for the hard work and sacrifice displayed so far in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak....

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says his government's plan to fight COVID-19 is not based on trial-and-error, but on a well-thought-out Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Contingency Planning. In a Facebook post, Monday, President Lungu said he would ensure that the plan was implemented effectively. "My Government’s vigorous fight against COVID-19 is not based on trial-and-error, but on...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says two of the locally transmitted COVID-19 cases are individuals who hail from Chaisa and Jack Compounds. And Dr Chilufya has announced that Zambia has in the last 24 hours recorded one more case of COVID-19 bringing the total to 36. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya says some government officials at PS...

THE Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has urged government to immediately initiate a lock-down to protect consumers and businesses in the country against the adverse effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. In a written submission to Vice-President Inonge Wina, ZACCI president Chabuka Kawesha proposed that government should enforce a lock down starting with bars,...

Chipolopolo head coach Milutin Sredojevic, commonly known as 'Micho' says he is extremely frustrated that he had to put his plans on hold following the outbreak of the Covid-19 across the globe. Speaking to Goal Diggers in an interview, the Chipolopolo gaffer narrated that he is extremely frustrated such that at times he feels like...

One thing we are failing to understand is why government has remained adamant to closing the borders and imposing a mandatory shut down in the face of the Coronavirus. Somehow it appears our government enjoys making reactive decisions instead of being preventative. We remember writing an editorial opinion before the first case of Coronavirus was...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has announced six new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 35. At a media briefing, Dr Chilufya disclosed that four out of the six cases were directly linked to the Pakistan cluster and among them was a domestic worker. “We managed to...