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MUSICIAN Maiko Zulu says the K30 million musicians’ empowerment fund was a direct reaction to the bush protests and is nothing other than a PF scheme to silence musicians ahead of the 2021 general election. But Zulu says there are still a number of musicians who have independent minds and have refused to be bought,...

MAZABUKA UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says the ruling Patriotic Front has ruined the country beyond its imagination. On Sunday, PF media director Sunday Chanda said UPND had lamentably failed to present a viable alternative vision and plan for the country. He said citizens can have confidence that the ruling party under President Edgar...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has challenged newly-appointed Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor Christopher Mvunga to prove his critics wrong by restoring macroeconomic and foreign exchange market stability to Zambia’s economy. And Mvunga says there is no way he will compromise the operational independence of the Central Bank. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony for Mvunga at State...

LUSAKA High Court judge Mwila Chitabo has refused to summarily terminate the matter in which NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili and two others have sued Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba for defamation of character. Judge Chitabo declined to grant magistrate Simusamba’s invitation to terminate the proceedings summarily at preliminary issue stage, saying this is not a...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu should not transfer the differences he had with the late Micheal Sata to President Edgar Lungu. And Mwila says the opposition should stop making baseless accusations about the Electoral Commission of Zambia's online preregistration exercise because it is not mandatory. Commenting on Archbishop Mpundu's recent statement...

FORMER Kitwe District Commissioner Binwell Mpundu says he will not be intimidated by Nkana PF member of parliament Alexander Chiteme’s manoeuvres to use the police in restricting his freedom of speech. On Monday, Copperbelt police warned and cautioned Mpundu for allegedly holding an “illegal meeting.” But in an interview, Mpundu accused Chiteme of instructing police...

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation Limited (CEC) has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that it is legally entitled to restrict power in the event of failure to settle outstanding amounts for power supplied by it to Konkola Copper Mines (in liquidation). And CEC has insisted that Zesco Limited and KCM conspired between themselves and Energy Minister...

DEFENCE Minister Davies Chama has promised that the military recruitment exercise will be above board and based on merit. In an interview, Chama revealed that he had resisted several requests from people to "help them" get selected. “That is the reason why we have put it in the public domain, we have advertised and there...

A COMBINED team of officers from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), Zambia National Service (ZNS) and Zambia Police have impounded 23 trucks laden with smuggled maize which were destined for Zimbabwe. In a statement, ZRA commissioner customs Sydney Chibbabbuka stated that the trucks were impounded after an operation in Lusaka, Kafue and Chirundu which led...