TOURISM and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela has denied owing an owner of a warehouse in Kawambwa unpaid rentals of over K300,000, arguing that he is up to date with payments. This is a matter in which Charles Mpundu, a proprietor of Plot No. 291 in Kawambwa, Luapula Province, has sued Chitotela in the Lusaka High...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says long term sustainability of Zambia’s economy will only be derived from increased local production of food and clothing. During the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) annual gala dinner, Friday, Dr Ng’andu said the country’s failure to produce is what undermined the significant transformation of the economy. “Our failure to...

UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says President Edgar Lungu is mocking Zambians by saying that he laughs and chuckles when people say things are bad in Zambia. In an interview, Kakoma said President Lungu was out of touch with reality. He said it was inhumane for President Lungu not to feel the sufferings of the people....

PF DEPUTY secretary general Mumbi Phiri says there are neither cracks nor infighting in the ruling party. And Phiri says UPND is comprised of a bunch of liars who want to use deceit to form government. Commenting on some Lusaka Province PF officials' allegations that their chairman, Paul Moonga, had acquired about 700 plots which...

MMD vice-president Rueben Sambo says Nevers Mumba has not been arrested but is merely being questioned by security agencies in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a meeting they suspect he had held with a certain general from that country. On Friday, Daily Nation reported that Mumba had been arrested in DRC after a meeting...

HOUSING and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale says a total of US$ 73,653,356.30 has been released towards the completion of the Kazungula bridge project with a balance of US$ 8,689,284.84 which will be paid before the end of this year. Responding to a query, Mwale said the assertions being circulated via social media, purporting that...

POLICE in Muchinga Province have arrested five UPND members for unlawful assembly after a report from a concerned citizen. According to Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Joel Njase, the five were arrested on Saturday after Chama Police Station received a report from a concerned member of the public who said there was unlawful assembly organized by...

THE Zambia Statistical Agency (ZSA) has estimated that the country has 8.4 million voters, representing 47 percent of the population, according to the 2010 census results. During a press briefing, interim statistician general Mulenga Musepa warned that any statistics issued by any organisation other than his agency were not official and had no legal basis....