SPEAKER of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has instructed Mines and Minerals Development Minister Richard Musukwa to give a comprehensive statement on the liquidation of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to the House this Thursday. This was in response to a point of order raised by PF Nchanga member of parliament Chilombo Chali on November...

MOOMBA UPND member of parliament Fred Chaatila says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is being arrogant by not listening to stakeholders on calls to extend the voter registration exercise. And Chaatila says the Commission should consider sending more staff to polling stations because they are being overworked with others falling sick. On Monday, ECZ...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says he is so ready to govern that his party has already crafted a 2022 budget in order to avoid being clueless. And Hichilema says while those in PF naturally hate him, he loves them and his mission will be to unite the country once he assumes office. Speaking on Byta...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says Information Minister Dora Siliya lacks integrity and as such, she cannot offer counsel to opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema on the use of unpalatable language. And National Democratic Congress (NDC) national youth chairperson Charles Kabwita says Siliya has a pathetic character and cannot inspire leaders to heed to her...

MINES Union of Zambia (MUZ) president Joseph Chewe says government should not allow Vedanta Resources to take control of Konkola Copper Mines. Last week the Court of Appeal reversed the decision of the Lusaka High Court in which it refused to refer the Konkola Copper Mines dispute between Vedanta Resources and ZCCM-IH to arbitration. This...

TRIAL has failed to commence in a case in which a Patriotic Front supporter, Innocent Kalimanshi, and two others are accused of assaulting three people, as one of the accused persons is unwell. The matter has since been adjourned to December 28, this year, for trial. In this matter, Kalimanshi, 34, Nathan Phiri, 43, and...

MILLENNIUM Radio Limited has dragged the National Housing Authority (NHA) to the Lusaka High Court seeking an order to stay the sale of its property, which the latter seized after the radio station fell behind on paying rentals. Patricia Chibiliti, the Millennium Radio executive director, said she is under reasonable fear and belief that the...

THE Consortium on Tobacco and Nicotine has urged government to enact the long-awaited Tobacco and Nicotine Products Control Bill to prevent further tobacco-related deaths. Speaking to journalists in Lusaka, Tuesday, Zambia Media Network Against Tobacco chairperson Patina Phiri said the Tobacco and Nicotine Products Control Bill had been delayed for more than 10 years and...

President Edgar Lungu has called on the people of Siavonga district to look at him "with favour" when as he seeks to renew his contract in 2021. And President Lungu says he is the only elected President in the country because other political party leaders are either hand picked or self appointed. Meanwhile, President Lungu...

GOVERNMENT has closed all National Registration Centre (NRC) offices in Lusaka due to COVID-19 infections. And Monze Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu says all registration offices in Southern Province have also been closed to facilitate an audit of the mobile registration process that ended on November 5, 2020. “I would like to state...