Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) president Chabuka Kawesha has challenged government to utilise space coordinates awarded to the country and consider space satellite launch. Commenting on ZICTA's decision to award Beeline a license to operate as the country's fourth mobile phone service provider, Kawesha said ZICTA should go beyond awarding licences to launching...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) 'acting president' Joseph Akafumba says his faction will today commence a fresh legal action against expelled Chishimba Kambwili, insisting that he no longer has the authority to lead the party. In an interview, Tuesday, Akafumba said his faction initially withdraw the legal suit in order to re-strategise. “We took a case...

TOURISM Minister Ronald Chitotela says the number of voters in Luapula Province has significantly increased because PF MPs mobilised and encouraged residents to register. And Chitotela says it will be difficult for UPND to campaign in that province because they have continuously accused residents of being Congolese nationals. In an interview, Tuesday, Chitotela, who is...

FDD leader Edith Nawakwi has argued that UPND president Hakainde Hichilema will not be prejudiced by rendering a holistic account on the acquisition of his wealth. Nawakwi has submitted that the case in which Hichilema has sued her for libel is a fit and proper case to be determined by the Lusaka High Court. In...

OUTGOING UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji should be probed for acquiring a K30 million helicopter. On Monday, Malanji said he could not be so stupid to steal money from government and buy something like a helicopter which everyone was going to see. But in an interview, Mucheleka said...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says activities outside the campaign period are matters which can only be handled by law enforcement agencies as they fall outside the ambit of the Commission. Responding to a press query, ECZ Corporate Affairs Manager Patricia Luhanga said the commission did not expect political parties to engage in premature...

A NDOLA woman has told the magistrates' court how she slapped a 17-year-old girl after she vehemently denied being romantically involved with her husband despite picture and audio evidence of the affair. The woman, however, has denied inserting a metal bar in the girl's vagina. This is in a matter in which Jacqueline Nanyinza, 27,...

NEW Heritage Party president Chishala Kateka says the provisional voter statistics which show that women are in the majority is a chance for them to unite and elect Zambia's first female Head of State.  The Electoral Commission of Zambia recently revealed that more women had registered to vote in the August 12 general election, representing...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) spokesperson Saboi Imboela says she would “most likely” follow party president Chishimba Kambwili if he were to re-join the PF because of the leverage she receives and enjoys from him. Speaking when she featured on Hot FM’s the Hot Seat programme, Tuesday, Imboela said she trusted and respected Kambwili's judgement so...

IKELENGI UPND member of parliament Elijah Muchima says some PF members are thieves, that is why they continue donating large sums of money when the country's economy is crippling. In an interview, Monday, Muchima accused the PF government of diverting money meant for capital projects to their campaigns disguised as donations. "First and foremost, we...