• 14 Jul 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Magistrate warns Kambwili, his supporters against threatening prosecution

LUSAKA Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba has threatened to cite NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili for contempt of court if the alleged threats on the prosecution team by the accused and his supporters are repeated. The warning came after deputy Chief State Advocate Margarate Chitundu asked for the court's protection by warning Kambwili and his supporters...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Julia Malunga

Violence threats against broadcasting stations unfortunate - IBA

THE Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) says the harassment and threats of violence on broadcasting stations is unfortunate. In a statement, Monday, IBA Director General Josephine Mapoma said complaints or any misgivings about media coverage must be made to the station within three months of the broadcast. “The IBA has reiterated its position that harassment and...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Zambia's economy to contract by four percent this year - Ng'andu

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says the country’s economy is expected to contract by as much as four percent this year. And Dr Ng’andu says government is engaging the World Bank and the African Development Bank, side by side, on direct support towards the budget and support towards the COVID-19 pandemic as IMF talks come...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Natasha Sakala

It's wrong for govt to give US$17m tender to an individual - Mwenye

FORMER Attorney General Musa Mwenye SC says there is no political will to fight corruption in the country, "especially from the highest office". And Mwenye says it is wrong for government to award a US$17 million contract to an individual, warning that the State stands to lose if such an individual died. Meanwhile, Mwenye says...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

We'll be judged by our actions - Shonga

NEWLY-ELECTED Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Abyudi Shonga says he will consistently sing about professionalism in order for his council to have impact in the country. And Shonga says it is normal for people to accuse the association of being compromised but that the current leadership will be judged by their actions. Shonga, who...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Trying to end violence by sitting me, HH down is nonsense - Lungu

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the idea from some church leaders that only sitting him down with UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema can end violence in Zambia is nonsense. And President Lungu says he knows there's a plot by the opposition to humiliate him by sponsoring people to jeer him in certain areas. Meanwhile, President Lungu has...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Zindikilani Banda in Sinda

PF won't lose, people still speak good about us – Banda

KAPOCHE PF member of Parliament Dr Charles Banda has told his electorates that the Patriotic Front party will not leave power in 2021, claiming that there are no signs that Zambians want change of government. Speaking to his electorates in Kawenda area on Saturday, Dr Banda, who is also Minister of Local Government and Housing,...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Govt receives 8,520 tablets for use in 2020 census

GOVERNMENT is calling on development cooperating partners and private sector entities to come on board and assist in the successful conducting of the national census to be conducted later this year. And government has announced that it has received 8,520 of the 30,000 purchased tablets for enumerators’ use in the first-ever e-census to be conducted...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Julia Malunga

PF official on the run after staging armed robbery, beating cops at Lsk Central Police

Police in Lusaka are on a manhunt for Patriotic Front Eastern Province Youth Chairperson Emmanuel J Banda, commonly known as Jay Jay, who is facing aggravated robbery charges. On Saturday last week, Banda mobilised armed PF cadres and stormed Lusaka Central Police where they beat up some unsuspecting officers on duty and got away with...

• 14 Jul 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

Zambia’s mess should be blamed on Lungu, not advisors – Sangwa

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa, State Counsel, says President Edgar Lungu’s corruption fight is a joke and that his defence for not firing Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya makes him sound like the minister’s lawyer rather than the Head of State. And Sangwa says President Lungu’s advisors should not be blamed for the mess in the...