ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi says it is shameful for the government to seek more loans when the economy is in a dire state. Recently, Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji wrote the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Li Jie asking him to expedite the disbursement of a loan to facilitate the speedy...

FORMER UPND vice-president Canisius Banda says any chief who promotes the interests of another ethnicity other than his or her own must be dethroned. And Banda says there is nothing wrong Paramount Chief Chitimukulu did by asking the people of Northern Province to emulate Tongas in the 2021 general election because that is the duty...

GREEN Party president Peter Sinkamba says Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya is being selfish and greedy by denying medical students working in COVID-19 isolation centres any incentives. And Zambia Union of Nurses (ZUNO) secretary general Fray Michelo says the union is not aware that some students are working in isolation centres. Last Thursday, Dr Chilufya...

PEOPLE’S Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has condemned government for warning private schools against charging pupils for online lessons, saying businesses must be allowed to charge clients for their innovation. Last week, Ministry of General Education Permanent Secretary Jobbicks Kalumba asked private learning institutions to give parents of school-going children a break from...

A LAWYER has petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking an order that the Registrar of Societies deregisters all political parties which have not practiced democracy through regular free and fair elections within their parties from 2016 to date. Benjamin Mwelwa, has submitted that since January 4, 2017, all the political parties in Zambia, having failed to...

MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has recorded 174 new COVID-19 cases, 126 of which are from Nakonde, bringing the new cumulative total to 441. At his daily briefing today, Dr Chilufya said these include 66 truck drivers, some staff at points of entry and some health workers. He said there had been...

LOCAL Government Minister Charles Banda says casinos and restaurants which have licences to sell alcohol can go ahead, provided they adhere to the public health guidelines such as social distancing and mandatory masking. And Dr Banda has warned casinos and restaurants to resist the temptation to turn their premises into bars or night clubs because...

HEALTH minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says results from the Nakonde COVID-19 screening are still being validated. And Dr Chilufya has announced that Zambia has recorded zero COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya says government has so far processed over 2,000 application letters from health workers. Speaking during his daily COVID-19 briefing,...

NATIONAL Democratic congress president Kambwili says it is too late to close the Nakonde border now because that area is already infected due to government’s negligence. But Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says government is only adopting evidence based measures in fighting COVID-19, therefore closing the Nakonde border at this time is supported by such...

THE Director of Public Prosecutions has entered a nolle prosequi in a matter in which former Intelligent Mobility Solutions board chairman Walid El Nahas was jointly charged with former special assistant to the President for press and public relations Amos Chanda and former RTSA chief executive officer Zindaba Soko for corrupt practices. In this matter,...