THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found a 22-year-old University of Zambia (UNZA) student with a case to answer in a matter he is accused of indecently assaulting a female student at the same institution last year. Meanwhile, the arresting officer in the matter testified that on November 30, 2019, the complainant told him that while...

WHEN politicians are governing a country, we often remind them that power ultimately belongs to the people. We caution politicians to exercise the authority of their offices, bearing in mind that a time will come when they will be answerable to the citizens. Here in Zambia, every five years, the people gather on one big...

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary general Lucky Mulusa says stubborn as they are, PF should learn from Donald Trump and the just ended US elections. Mulusa, a former National Planning and Development Minister, said PF would suffer Trump's fate in 2021. “This arrogance of incumbency, that the PF will be in power until forever,...

THE cost of living for a family of five has remained at over K7,000, mainly induced by high mealie meal prices that have registered steep rises in recent months, says the JCTR. In the latest Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB), JCTR announced that the cost of living for the mouth of October, 2020, stood...

THE Mission Press has apologized for putting a picture of New Ndola Catholic Diocese Bishop Benjamin Phiri and UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema on it's cover page of the Icengelo Magazine. Mission Press says it is not the intention of Icengelo Magazine to use pictures which have created an impression that the Catholic Church has endorsed...

LOCAL businesses in Zambia have continued to express low confidence in the economy as a result of persistent negative sentiments caused by load shedding and the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a ZACCI Survey. Announcing the Survey in Lusaka, Friday, ZACCI president Dr Chabuka Kawesha disclosed that business confidence in the local economy had shrunk to...

FORMER Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa has insisted that President Edgar Lungu is not eligible to stand in next year’s general election. Last Wednesday, Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe said the President was not worried by the eligibility debate and that he was standing in...

COMESA Business Council Chief executive officer Sandra Uwera says the digital financial system has been identified as a focus area for improving the efficiency and performance of SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa. And Save and Remit Services Managing Director Mrs Putty Muuka, said the digital platform such as the one launched Friday, would contribute to the...

DEMOCRATIC Party (DP) president Harry Kalaba says the mismanagement of COVID-19 funds by the Ministry of Health has confirmed that it is now the epicentre of corruption. Commenting on the Interim Auditor General’s Report on the utilisation of COVID-19 funds, Kalaba said it was unfortunate that Zambia had a weak leadership to fight the escalating...

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) sympathizer Munir Zulu says some senior members of the ruling party’s Central Committee are praying that President Lungu is not eligible to stand in 2021. And Zulu says it remains a source of concern that some senior members of the Central Committee continue to sponsor confusion in the party. Meanwhile, Zulu says...