MONZE Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu says an independent inquest into the killings of State prosecutor Nsama Nsama and UPND sympthiser Joseph Kaunda are the only way to expose the truth because Zambia Police has no capacity to investigate itself. In a statement, Monday, police spokesperson Esther Katongo claimed that criminal-minded people were...

ECONOMIC and Equity Party leader Chilufya Tayali has asked the Lusaka High Court to grant him permission to file his defence during the Christmas break in a case in which he was sued for defamation by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema. He has submitted that he cannot proceed to file defence in the matter without leave...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says the police command has exhibited extreme arrogance in the manner they have handled the shooting of two civilians last Wednesday. And Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu's legacy will be that of a leader who destroyed Zambia’s democracy due to his failure to provide leadership amid the deteriorating...

MINE Workers’ Union of Zambia (MUZ) president Joseph Chewe says the Union will support any government action meant to drive Vedanta Resources out of Zambia. Commenting on Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu’s move to split the company into two subsidiaries, Chewe hailed the decision as a development that would keep Vedanta away...

PATRIOTIC Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka must question why lives are lost whenever their leader, Hakainde Hichilema, embarks on a gathering or is summoned by police. And Phiri has insisted that Hichilema's umungulu (purposelessness) caused the death of state prosecutor Nsama Nsama and UPND sympathiser Joseph Kaunda. In...

PF CADRE Innocent Kalimanshi, commonly known as “PF national commander”, has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defaming Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo in a WhatsApp message. Kalimanshi, 40, a businessman of Lusaka's Leopards Hill, is facing a charge of libel. It is alleged that on November 8, 2020, Kalimanshi unlawfully published...

ZICTA has awarded Airtel Networks Zambia Limited a 20 MHz radio spectrum in the 800 MHz frequency band at a cost of US $12.5 million in a move set to boost the telecommunications company’s 5G service roll out. The 800 MHz frequency is home to commercial wireless carriers and private radio systems and is critical...

SUSPENDED Eastern Province PF chairperson Emmanuel J Banda, alias Jay Jay, says he will be contesting for the Petauke Central seat in next year’s general election because there is nothing the incumbent member of parliament, Dora Siliya, has done for residents in that area. In an interview, Jay Jay expressed confidence that he was going...

UNIVERSITY of Zambia Professional Staff Union (UNZAPROSU) says it appears the financial challenges which the institution is currently experiencing are the work of the devil since both management and government do not want to take responsibility. And the union has lamented that management has not responded to its demands for improved conditions of service for...

THE run-up to the 2021 general elections will be characterised by economic and political turmoil with elections expected to be neither free nor fair, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted. And EIU says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are not expected to give Zambia a loan as the country’s debt restructuring efforts are expected...