FORMER Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president George Chisanga says it is exciting and emotional for him to be adopted by the ruling party to contest the forthcoming Lukashya by-election. The Lukashya seat fell vacant following the death of Independent member of parliament Mwenya Munkonge. In an interview, Tuesday, Chisanga said if elected, he would...

FORMER Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) chief executive officer Zindaba Soko says it is too early to state whether or not he will be adopted for the Chipata Central seat in next year’s general elections. In an interview, Soko said he was not campaigning in the area but merely having meetings, which has so...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress NDC president Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu and the entire PF administration is scared of being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) because of their corrupt activities. President Lungu on Sunday said those in charge of fighting corruption knew where to find it, but they couldn’t dare go there because all...

CIVIL Society Constitutional Agenda (CiSCA) Bishop John Mambo has asked President Edgar Lungu to relieve Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo of his duties, saying he is disrespectful and unfit for public office. And Bishop Mambo has condemned President Lungu’s remarks against the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), saying it is actually ordinary Zambians on the streets who...

UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) has insisted that the petition in which a Livingstone magistrate is seeking an order that the Registrar of Societies deregisters all political parties which have not practiced democracy within their parties through regular elections should be thrown out for lack of merit. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court has reserved its...

FREE Press Initiative (FPI) founder Joan Chirwa says there is need for the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) and the Ministry of Information to school low level civil servants on how radio stations operate. And IBA Director General Josephine Mapoma says the authority is investigating an incident where Petauke District Commissioner Velenasi Banda Moyo acting together...

LUSAKA Magistrate Alice Walusiku has set free Zambia Air Force (ZAF) colonel Dexter Maseka who was accused of lying before court that he knew nothing about properties allegedly belonging to former ZAF commander Eric Chimese in Ibex Hill. Magistrate Walusiku acquitted Maseka after she failed to connect him to the offence of Perjury. In this...

ZAMBIA Police Deputy Inspector General Bonny Kapeso says the service is well prepared for 2021 and is ready for any eventualities because government has acquired the necessary equipment. And Kapeso says if traffic police are corrupt, then Zambians are also corrupt because it takes two to tangle. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC Sunday Interview,...

ACTING NAREP president Charles Maboshe says the party has opted to keep its founding leader Elias Chipimo away from its internal wrangles in order to give him space to enjoy his retirement from politics. And Maboshe says NAREP is still a committed member of the opposition alliance. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV's Costa...

GREEN Party president Peter Sinkamba says it is unjustifiable for government officials to argue that they have no control over the crowds that follow President Edgar Lungu. And Sinkamba says it has been a very difficult time for the opposition to mobilize because of restrictions on public gatherings. In an interview, Sinkamba said it was...