MMD president Nevers Mumba says Zambians should not expect President Edgar Lungu or the PF to rescind their decision on fielding the current Head of State despite all indicators showing that he has failed. In an interview, Mumba said it was instead up to Zambians to register as voters in large numbers so that come...

ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says Zambia might not be able to handle the consequences of defaulting on payment of interest due today as the bondholders meet to vote on the status of the country’s request for a six-months moratorium. In an interview, Prof Saasa warned that the expected hard default might lead to the country’s...

MAZABUKA Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says giving national registration cards to foreigners is compromising the country’s sovereignty. Debate the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Defence in Parliament, Wednesday, Nkombo said the PF was only good at making sure they win elections at the expense of governance. “I am saying the issue...

NDOLA High Court Judge in-Charge Emelia Sunkutu has sentenced a 26-year-old man to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a three-year-old baby. This is in a case where Evans Mwansa stood charged with defilement contrary to the Laws of Zambia. Judge Sunkutu said evidence produced before the lower court supported the charge and...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the mismanagement of K1.3 billion COVID-19 funds should be an indication to Zambians that the PF government cannot be trusted with the management of public resources. In a statement, Thursday, Katuka said President Edgar Lungu seemed to be sustaining a thriving environment for the plunder of public resources. "We,...

DETHRONED Senior Chief Shakumbila, Patrick Chibamba, has dragged newly appointed Chief Shakumbila, Netta Shimwambwa Shakumbila and two others to the Lusaka High Court, seeking a declaration that the attempt to dethrone him is illegal. Chibamba who has also sued Ackson Shibalanga and Edgar Mwambula is seeking a declaration that he is the current and reigning...

A PROPERTY owner in Kawambwa, Luapula Province, has sued Minister of Tourism and Arts Ronald Chitotela in the Lusaka High Court for unpaid rentals of over K300,000. Charles Mpundu, a proprietor of Plot No. 291 in Kawambwa, explained that Chitotela was a tenant of the said premises having leased a warehouse on the said land...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the ghost of Bill 10 will haunt the UPND for killing it, and that come 2021, the opposition party will pay for doing that. And President Lungu has insisted that he is eligible to stand in next year’s general elections. Speaking when he met the clergy in Kapiri Mposhi, Thursday, President...

FORMER Attorney General Musa Mwenye State Counsel says it is impossible to register 20,000 prisoners in a week. And Mwenye says the registration process is painfully slow. On Wednesday, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) said the voter registration for prisoners in correctional facilities would be conducted in the last phase of the mobile registration...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says the officer who have been deployed to undertake the voters registration exercise are still familiarizing themselves with the equipment. But ECZ says despite the slow start to the exercise, the Commission is confident that it will reach its target of registering 9 million voters. And ECZ has banned...