NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) interim president Joseph Akafumba says the provincial elections being held by expelled party leader Chishimba Kambwili are illegal. And Akafumba says Kambwili is at the brink of rejoining the ruling party because he can no longer handle the pressure from the courts, but vows that the NDC will remain a member...

ZAMBIAN Breweries Plc has posted reduced profit after tax of only K6 million in its financial year period ending December 31, 2020, mainly triggered by higher costs of production and the devastating impact of the Coronavirus on the market. But the company says it expects this year’s financial performance to drastically improve on the back...

ZANACO Plc has posted increased operating income of over K2.3 billion during its financial year period ending December 31, 2020, mainly boosted by higher returns from lending, which grew by 53 per cent. In a statement, Zanaco announced that the group’s operating income during its financial year period ending December 31, leaped to K2.37 billion...

PF DEPUTY secretary general Mumbi Phiri has urged police to arrest Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo and Higher Education Minister Dr Brian Mushimba for defying COVID-19 guidelines because they are not above the law. And Phiri says the police should arrest members of the ruling party using “ECL 2021” number plates because the practice is...

UPND vice-president Mutale Nalumango says there is nothing biblical about donating stolen money to churches. On Monday, Religious Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili justified PF members’ huge cash donations that had been distributed to vulnerable citizens as “biblical” and that it was not up to the recipients to question the source of the cash. But...

CONSOLIDATED Miners and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CMAWUZ) president Sumaili Mbewe has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing over K108,000 cash belonging to Mabiza Resource Limited. The accused is alleged to have withdrawn some money which was wrongly deposited into the union account. Mbewe, 47, is facing a charge of theft,...

A POLICE officer has testified that he apprehended two of the UPND cadres accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace on the day their leader, Hakainde Hichilema, was being questioned at Police Headquarters. This is a matter in which 11 UPND supporters are charged with idle and disorderly persons,...

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa says the Constitutional Court judgement which clarified what constitutes a grade 12 certificate or equivalent for those seeking public office has come at the right time. Sangwa, however, says he agrees with the minority judgement which found that anyone who is currently serving as a member of parliament but does not...

THE European Union (EU) has appointed Zambian economist Trevor Simumba as senior expert on trade attached African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Simumba was until his appointment Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) chairperson for finance and economics. "The European Union (EU) has appointed renowned trade specialist and advisor, Trevor Simumba as Senior Expert...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has appointed former Republican vice-president Dr Guy Scott as the party’s chief consultant while he has appointed former Lukulu East member of parliament Batuka Imenda as secretary general. And Hichilema has called on Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja to start protecting citizens instead of attacking them. Speaking when he addressed...