ASKING civil servants who wish to aspire for political office in the 2021 general election to resign will not improve efficiency in the public service because some elements will still remain aligned to the ruling party, says Dr Sketchley Sacika. But Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Cosmas Mukuka says the rationale of...

NAMWALA UPND member of parliament Moono Lubezhi says the distribution of wards that have been captured in the ongoing mobile issuance of National Registration Card (NRC) in her constituency is not equitable as highly-populated areas have still not been covered. In an interview, Lubezhi complained that so many wards in her constituency had not been...

THE Constitutional Court has ruled that President Edgar Lungu acted constitutionally when he relieved Mutembo Nchito State Counsel of his duties as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in 2016. The ConCourt says this is despite the fact that the letter of dismissal erroneously referred to Article 144 of Act No.2 of 2016 and not the...

EMBATTLED National Restoration Party (NAREP) president Steven Nyirenda says it is shameful that Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya can deny that government closed Prime TV and The Post Newspapers when evidence clearly points to the contrary. Last week, Siliya said it was a total fabrication to argue that government closed Prime TV and...

THE United States Embassy has awarded K2.5 million to six Zambian community-based organisations to help promote civic participation, press freedom, entrepreneurship and creative expression among the youth. In a statement, Tuesday, US Embassy public Affairs Officer Sean McIntosh announced that the funds were channelled to six individual community-based organisations as grants. “Today, the US Embassy...

LUSAKA Province PF secretary Kennedy Kamba says UPND is desperate and willing to sell Zambia to foreigners if given a chance to win next year’s general election. In an interview, Kamba said the recent videos circulating on social media in which some foreigners are calling on Zambia to vote for UPND president Hakainde Hichilema at...

Police in Lusaka have detained UPND member Anthony Bwalya on an unknown charge but have released party secretary general Stephen Katuka after questioning at Police headquarters. According to Lusaka lawyer Mulambo Haimbe, Bwalya has been detained but his charge and holding place remain unknown. “With regard to Mr Katuka, there was an interview that was...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia has postponed the commencement of the mobile registration of voters to November 9, 2020. And the Commission says the response to the online pre-registration is not encouraging. At a press briefing, Tuesday, ECZ chief elections officer Patrick Nshindano said the decision to extend the commencement of the mobile voters registration...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says he is disappointed with NDC spokesperson Saboi Imboela's Facebook post in which she insinuated that President Edgar Lungu has no love for his wife, Esther. And Kampyongo says if Imboela believes in demeaning people, then he would also have the right to talk about how she sent her children's...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says the Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) released Beatrice Hangwende, a murder convict, within the confines of the law. And Kampyongo says President Edgar Lungu has pardoned 966 inmates to commemorate Independence Day. Speaking during a press briefing, Monday, Kampyongo explained that the release of Hangwende from custody was taken through...