PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has cautioned newly-appointed Water Development, Sanitation, and Environmental Protection Minister Raphael Nakacinda against against indulging in actions that might bring government into disrepute. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony, Monday, President Lungu said he did not expect Nakacinda to usurp the roles of technocrats because such actions would not only entangle him,...

MINISTRY of General Education Permanent Secretary Dr Jobbicks Kalumba has insisted that schools will reopen as scheduled on January 18, 2021, despite the spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Dr Kalumba argued that schools were the safest place during this pandemic as they had proven themselves...

UNZA lecturer Professor Bizeck Phiri says PF should not relax in response to their by-election victories because the general election has completely different dynamics that could result in a possible loss. The PF emerged triumphant in at least three of the recently held ward by-elections, relegating the UPND to an embarrassing defeat in their perceived...

UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango says President Edgar Lungu continues to endanger Zambians’ lives with his continued trips because he is not paying attention to COVID-19 guidelines. In an interview, Nalumango said President Lungu was more focused on holding onto power. “I don’t think that President Lungu really cares about the Zambian people, I don’t...

DEMOCRATIC Party (DP) president Harry Kalaba says President Edgar Lungu should not distance himself from the Ministry of Health’s issuance of expired drugs, insisting that the Head of State should also resign. And Kalaba says PF Secretary General Davies Mwila’s revelation that some companies and individuals have paid off former ministers’ debt is corruption. Speaking...

ACTIONAID Zambia says former Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya must face the law for endangering the lives of Zambians. And UPND leader UPND Hakainde Hichilema says the Anti-Corruption Commission must immediately move in on Dr Chilufya. In a statement, Monday, ActionAid country director Nalucha Ziba stated that Dr Chilufya had been at the center stage...

FORMER Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia president Jerome Kanyika says it is too late to recall sub standard condoms and products because they have been used by members of the public. The Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has written to Honeybee Pharmacy, directing them to immediately recall defective condoms and gloves which have been in circulation...

Trial has failed to commence in a matter in which 11 UPND cadres are accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace. Proceedings could not progress yesterday as the docket was not before court when the matter came up before Lusaka Magistrate Albert Mwaba. The matter has since been adjourned...

THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s freedom of movement was deprived when he was restricted from travelling to the Copperbelt last Thursday. Last week, authorities at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) stopped Hichilema from travelling to the Copperbelt Province to attend the burial service of party Copperbelt youth chairman Ronald Bwalya...

HONEYBEE Pharmacy has wondered why the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) did not invite it to witness tests being conducted on the condoms and gloves it supplied to government. And Honeybee says it has not yet received a letter from ZAMRA directing it to recall defective gloves and condoms. Meanwhile, Honeybee Pharmacy Director Zackir Motala...