UPND chairperson for legal and constitutional affairs Jack Mwiimbu says the party will not sit idle and allow FDD president Edith Nawakwi to continue issuing malicious statements against the opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema On Tuesday this week, Nawakwi insisted that Hichilema was behind the ‘disappearance’ of Pheluna and Milton and Hatembo, and further predicted that...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says remarks by President Edgar Lungu that Zambians should only expect “more money in their pockets” when they work hard, is a mockery of the people. And Hichilema says the only things that President Lungu has succeeded to deliver are hunger, poverty and high commodity prices. Speaking recently when he officiated...

GOVERNANCE activist Isaac Mwanza has petitioned the Constitutional Court to declare the Sesheke parliamentary seat vacant following the conviction and sentencing of the area member of parliament, Romeo Kang’ombe to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour, but suspended for two years. Kang’ombe was convicted on charges of assault and abduction of two police officers. On...

THE Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) says the first consignment of the 228,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will expire in July this year. And Flash Buses proprietor Ishmael Kankara says Zambians should stop believing the myths and conspiracy theories on the COVID-19 vaccination. Speaking during the launch of the ‘Zambia We Want’ project...

LUSAKA businessman Diego Casilli and Gillian Lee Casilli have sued Jacaranda Royal Casino Limited demanding that they be removed from the company’s register of shareholders by forfeiting their shares back to the company. According to the summons filed in the Lusaka High Court, Diego and Gillian stated that they are minority shareholders in Jacaranda Royal...

CATHOLIC priest Fr Lastone Lupupa has advised losers of this year's general elections to accept defeat without causing havoc in the country. And Fr Lupupa says the country’s political system is far from maturity, adding that people are scared of elections instead of being happy. In an interview, Thursday, Fr Lupupa said it was important...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says the money being dished out by the ruling party in various constituencies cannot be linked to satanism as alleged by UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa, as it is earned in salaries. Mweetwa alleged earlier during the week that the money being dished out by the PF was sourced from some...

A FINANCE manager at Zambia Health and Communication Trust has been dragged to the court on 74 charges of uttering a false document, forgery and theft by servant involving over K4 million. In this matter, Raymond Tapiseni, 44, of Chamba Valley in Lusaka is charged with 68 counts of forgery involving K3,750,820.22, five counts of...

THE Lusaka High Court has heard that the body of late Dr Tasila Tembo was found in a decomposed state and had a 20 to 30 cm cut on the stomach. The court also heard that Dr Tembo was having challenges in her relationship with the suspect, Lt Nigel Mwaba, who was her boyfriend at...