MKAIKA MMD member of parliament Peter Phiri says he cannot pay subscription fees to the party as demanded by the national secretary Elizabeth Chitika because there is nothing happening in the former ruling party. And Phiri says it is impossible for MMD members of parliament to change their position on Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10...

GOVERNMENT has announced the takeover of all electricity transmission and distribution lines operated by the Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) Plc through Statutory Instrument Number 57 of 2020. But CEC has announced that it will cut power supply to Konkola Copper Mines Plc (KCM) following the expiry of the Power Supply Agreement (PSA), which expired...

FORMER north-western province minister Dawson Kafwaya has demanded that PF must immediately release its findings from investigations conducted into the Mwinilunga gold scam in which its North-Western Province chairman Jackson Kungo was implicated. And Kafwaya has questioned PF’s special interest in gold mining, which is supposed to be a national strategic asset meant to benefit...

GOVERNANCE activist Brebner Changala says the fight against COVID-19 in Zambia has been mismanaged by leaders, causing citizens to question the authenticity of information coming from government regarding the pandemic. But Changala has urged Zambians not to doubt the dangerous effects of COVID-19 on human life owing to government’s laissez-faire attitude, encouraging everyone to take...

THE Lusaka High Court has granted former Zambia Railways chief executive officer, Professor Clive Chirwa, K15 million relief after he sued the company and the Attorney General for wrongful dismissal. The Court has ruled that it was wrong for president Michael Sata to retire Prof Chirwa in public interest when he was not a public...

ZAMBIA has recorded 32 new COVID-19 cases in the last five days from 3,361 tests conducted. At a COVID-19 update briefing, Monday, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary in charge of Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama said of the 32 cases, 20 were truck drivers while 10 were from community and routine screening and two were...

ZAMBIA National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) country director Professor Victor Mukonka says COVID-19 updates will now be announced only once a week. In an interview, Prof Mukonka however, announced that press releases would be issued during the week as and when there was an unusual development. “What we have been guided is that, it will...

YESTERDAY, we published photographs from a investigation linking President Edgar Lungu to a Belarusian oligarch named, Alexander Zingman who has been reported in foreign media as being behind some questionable deals between Russian dealers and African countries. On those photographs, President Lungu is seen with Defence Permanent Secretary Sturdy Mwale, Zambia Air Force Commander Lt...