VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina is peddling lies to save government from the embarrassment of miserably failing to tackle Zambia’s debt crisis, says UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango. Late last month, Vice-President Wina told Parliament that there had never been formal advice from the opposition to the Finance Minister on how to manage Zambia’s debt, complaining that...

LUSAKA High Court Judge Mwila Kombe has sentenced a 25-year-old man of Matero township to seven years’ imprisonment with hard labour for causing the death of a suspected gasser earlier this year after he joined a mob in beating up the deceased. Judge Kombe said it is not up to members of the public to...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili has demanded that government should inform Zambians what the undeclared K6.3 billion COVID-19 donated funds were used for. The Interim Auditor General’s Report on the utilisation of COVID-19 funds revealed that K6.3 billion was donated by various stakeholders, which the Ministry of Finance did not declare. In an...

PEOPLE’S Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has dragged a businesswoman to the Lusaka High Court, seeking a refund of over K350,000, money which was paid to her for the sale of a property in Livingstone. Banda, who has sued Bridget Zulu, wants an order that she pays him K353,000, being a refund of...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili yesterday personally cross examined New Congress party president Peter Chanda in a case he is charged with defamation of the President. This was after Lusaka Magistrate Felix Kaoma refused to adjourn the case to enable Kambwili's lawyer, Keith Mweemba, who had earlier withdrawn his representation, to place himself back on record....

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) president Reuben Lifuka has been re-elected as vice chairperson of the TI global board of directors for another three-year term. In a statement, Monday, TIZ executive director Maurice Nyambe stated that Lifuka’s re-election was a recognition of the vast governance reforms that he spearheaded during his first term. “Transparency International Zambia...

CATHOLIC Diocese of Ndola Bishop Benjamin Phiri says beer and women can bring a priest down. And Bishop Phiri says politicians should not tell priests what they want to hear just because they have given an "offering". Meanwhile, Bishop Phiri says there should be love and peace as the country goes to the 2021 General...

THE Auditor General has disclosed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs misapplied K2,598,418, which was donated by the Chinese government for the construction of a conference hall, on unrelated activities such as air tickets, subsistence allowances and stationary. The Report also revealed that three recalled diplomats received salaries in amounts totalling K341,318 without providing a...

A 51-YEAR-OLD University of Zambia (UNZA) lecturer has been dragged to court for allegedly indecently assaulting a female. Austin Mbozi is facing one count of indecent assault on females, contrary to section 137 (1) of the penal code Chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia. It is alleged that Mbozi on September 28, 2020, in...