• 30 Jun 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Arresting officer testifies in Mushipe's sedition case

LUSAKA Lawyer Martha Mushipe's arresting officer, in a case where she is charged with seditious practices, has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates' Court how he allegedly seized a document at her law firm detailing strategy domination of the ruling PF against UPND from 2015, 2016 and beyond. Bernard Phiri, 40, a detective inspector based at...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

PF has torn Zambia apart - Changala

GOVERNANCE activist Brebner Changala says it is time Zambians rose up to reclaim their country because the PF has torn the it apart and pushed citizens against the wall. Commenting on last Monday’s bush protest organized by satirical singer Fumba Chama, alias Pilato, musicians B-Flow and Maiko Zulu, among several other youths, Changala urged ordinary...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

There’s no evidence that those opposing Bill 10 are in the majority - Kabimba

RAINBOW Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says there is no evidence to prove that those opposing Bill 10 are in the majority. And Kabimba says the Access to Information bill should not be enacted because it is not relevant and is only being advocated for by donors so that it can help them to push...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

Minister pledges 10,000 jobs for youths by December

YOUTH, Sport and Child Development Minister Emmanuel Mulenga says government aims to create over 10,000 jobs between now and December as a way of cushioning the impact of COVID-19 on young people. And Mulenga says government covered expenses for all youths from outside Lusaka who attended Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya’s meetings with young people...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Natasha Sakala

SI 57 dangerous to CEC’s survival, laments Silavwe

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation (CEC) Plc chief executive officer Owen Silavwe says Statutory Instrument No. 57 of 2020 was meant to facilitate continued service to a defaulting customer and allow Zesco Limited to have cheap access to private property. And Silavwe says the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) needs to be independent as opposed to disadvantaging parties...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

Matibini has no powers to interpret laws – LAZ

THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini erred in interpreting the law, as that is a preserve of the Constitutional Court. And LAZ says there is no law that gives the Standing Orders Committee the power to extend a Bill that has lapsed. In an interview, LAZ...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Julia Malunga

2019 FIC report ready, awaiting board approval - Chirwa

FINANCIAL Intelligence Centre (FIC) Director General Mary Chirwa says the 2019 trends report might be released in August. In an interview, Chirwa said the internal report was ready but was awaiting approval from the board. “I would not call it delay. I know that in the past three years we have endeavoured to release it...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Julia Malunga

Govt abolishes highway COVID-19 check points

THE Ministry of Health says it has removed all check-points on major highways out of Lusaka to stop person-to-person transmission of COVID-19. And the Ministry says it is still working on modalities of giving health workers that are at the front-line of the fight against COVID-19 incentives which President Edgar Lungu promised them. Recently, some...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Julia Malunga

Zukas and team are just job seekers - Mumbi

PATRIOTIC Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says veteran politician Simon Zukas and other senior citizens that have formed an organization to challenge and address governance issues in the country are just job seekers. In an interview, Phiri said since they were "too old" maybe the celebrated veterans were seeking relevance. “In that organization, I...

• 30 Jun 2020
• Julia Malunga

Police are professional, but take orders from cadres at Home Affairs – Chellah

PHOTOGRAPHER Chellah Tukuta says Zambian police officers are professional, but work under instructions from cadres at the Ministry of Home Affairs. And Tukuta has vowed that he will not stop talking on behalf of poor people. Meanwhile, Tukuta has lamented that Chinese nationals are given special treatment in police cells. Speaking when he addressed his...