BISHOP John Mambo says if President Edgar Lungu goes ahead to constitute a commission of inquiry into the privatization process, he, as a former board member of the Zambia Privatization Agency (ZPA), is ready to also be investigated. And Bishop Mambo says there is a need to set a proper political level playing field before...

ZAMBIA Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has testified as a second defence witness in a matter in which Republican Progressive Party (RPP) leader James Lukuku is charged with expressing hatred or contempt against Chinese nationals due to their race. Katongo narrated to the Court that on September 5, 2018, she received queries from the media...

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga says President Edgar Lungu values media freedom. And Malupenga says News Diggers newspaper has shown professionalism by apologizing for misquoting President Lungu. Speaking during the launch of Millennium Television station, Monday, Malupenga thanked President Lungu for his magnanimity in handling media issues. "We are aware of...

THE matter in which Musicians Chama Fumba, popularly known as Pilato, Maiko Zulu and Brian Bwembya and others have dragged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to the Lusaka High Court could not take off yesterday as Judge-in-charge Gertrude Chawatama is reportedly in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19. The matter has been adjourned to...

LUSAKA Magistrate Alice Walusiku has revoked summons for another Marshlands Consortium Limited director Nachi Musonda for missing a court session under the pretext that he was in contact with a COVID-19 patient. Magistrate Walusiku revoked the summons after establishing that the documents which Musonda presented before court relating to him being in contact with a...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief elections officer Patrick Nshindano says the commission has registered 16,000 voters through the Pre-registration online platform since its launch on Monday. Speaking during a briefing, Tuesday, Nshindano said the commission observed that the Pre-Registration was already a success in the few hours it was launched and that the commission...