AUTHORITIES at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) yesterday stopped UPND president Hakainde Hichilema from traveling to the Copperbelt Province to attend the burial service of party Copperbelt youth chairman Ronald Bwalya Manenga. And on the Copperbelt, Police sealed off Kalulushi airstrip where Hichilema scheduled to land from. Hichilema was earlier cleared by Airport staff to...

LUMEZI constituency aspiring candidate Munir Zulu has abandoned the ruling party, claiming that Eastern Province PF chairperson Andrew Lubusha has constantly been fighting him. In an audio recording, Thursday, Zulu announced that he would now be standing as an Independent member of parliament in Lumezi following his departure from the ruling party, which had been...

HOUSING and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale and former Copperbelt minister Mwenya Musenge say they have already paid back the monies they received after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016, contrary to an affidavit that stipulated they were both still owing and asking for more time. Mwale explained in an interview that he paid back...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia has urged President Edgar Lungu to suspend Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya and both his permanent secretaries in order to pave way for an independent investigation into issues raised in the Auditor General’s report. In a statement, Thursday, TI-Z executive director Morris Nyambe said the President should also consider constituting a...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says Vedanta will not come back to run Konkola Copper Mines, even if they go to God or to a South African court. And President Lungu says he is very strong, courageous and ready to go beyond 2021. Speaking when he met mine union leaders from both Chililabombwe and Chingola, Thursday, President...

THIS is a continuation of verbatim from the Parliamentary Accounts Committee hearing, where the Ministry of Health PS, Honeybee Pharmacy, ZAMRA, Medical Stores and other government agencies appeared for questioning over the US$17 million drug supply scandal: Kunda: Yes Honorable Kasonso then Honorable Mukosa and then... Tambatamba: Honorable Chair, he has not answered the questions...