HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says the country has recorded 102 new COVID-19 cases out of 1,391 tests done in the last 24 hours. And Dr Chilufya says government will not relax COVID-19 prevention measures despite the onset of the hot season. Speaking during the routine COVID-19 briefing in Kasumbalesa, Thursday, Dr Chilufya said 60...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu should clearly explain how he plans to resuscitate Zambia’s ailing economy as he opens Parliament this Friday because citizens no longer have time for his jokes, says National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili. And Kambwili says Zambia’s stressed economy cannot be saved when Ministers continue to dish out large sums of...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says those who laughed and mocked government for embarking on a project to construct roads in the country have been put to shame. And President Lungu has warned millers to stop manipulating government and causing unnecessary fluctuations in prices. Speaking when he flagged-off the 2020/2021 farming input distribution exercise Wednesday, President Lungu...

DEFENSE Minister Davies Chama says once enacted, Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 will ensure that Zambia's elections are peaceful. In an interview, Chama said there was need for less ambiguous laws for the county to have peaceful elections. “It is like in Zambia, people want to oppose for the sake of opposing, I...

DEMOCRATIC Party leader Harry Kalaba says the ruling Patriotic Front is wasting the country’s time by campaigning because Zambians will not re-elect them at next year’s general election. On Sunday, Justice Minister Given Lubinda said 2021 was not a time for experiments, asking Zambians to ensure that President Edgar Lungu won next year’s polls by...

ZAMBIAN Breweries Plc has posted huge losses of nearly K15.5 million in its half-year period ending June 30, 2020, mainly triggered by the kwacha’s rapid depreciation against major currency convertibles, which increased the company’s debt portfolio and hiked production costs. But the company says it remains well-positioned for a strong recovery given its positive cash...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has described as propaganda a picture circulating on social media depicting children as having just obtained National Registration Cards (NRCs). And Kampyongo says government has yet again extended the first phase of the mobile issuance of NRCs by another 10 days to allow as many people as possible to register....

Lusaka Province PF secretary Kennedy Kamba says Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor-designate Christopher Mvunga should clean up all forms of mismanagement and “traits of economic sabotage” at the central bank. And Kamba has predicted that Mvunga will help stabilise the kwacha, which had rapidly depreciated to nearly K20 per dollar. In an interview, Kamba claimed...

LUSAKA High Court judge Mwila Chitabo has dismissed NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili’s application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings against magistrate David Simusamba’s refusal to recuse himself from presiding over his forgery case. Judge Chitabo said the ruling of magistrate Simusamba pertaining to the refusal to recuse himself was made within the magistrate’s judicial...

THE controversial US$17 million Health Centre Kits tender awarded to HoneyBee Pharmacy has culminated into a supply of damaged, toxic drugs to the Ministry of Health. But Zackir Motala, who is now carrying the title of HoneyBee Pharmacy manager, says the discolouration on the drugs could have been caused by exposure to water and that...