MINISTRY of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Masiye Banda says officers in charge of correctional facilities are obliged by law to ensure that the provisions of the Electoral Process Act are followed during this year’s general election. Speaking when he appeared before the Parliamentary committee on legal affairs, national guidance, gender matters and governance, Tuesday, Banda...

No amount of grandstanding or attempt to divert attention with some feeble explanation will erase the ignominy of Zambia’s failure to qualify to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. It’s no longer news to remind ourselves this is a third consecutive failed attempt at a competition we once thought was a birthright. Records show we...

ZCCM Investment Holdings has argued that the High Court will be assuming jurisdiction it does not have by determining Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited's application for directions regarding the extent of Milingo Lungu's powers as KCM provisional liquidator following the staying of winding-up proceedings against the mining company and the dispute referred to arbitration. ZCCM-IH has...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Kitwe City Council director of finance for wilful failure to follow applicable procedure incurring public expenditure amounting to K655,748.00. In a statement, Wednesday, ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe said Samuel Mumba had appeared before the Kitwe Magistrates' Court where he pleaded not guilty to the offences. "The Anti-Corruption Commission has...

WORKERS at Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company have gone for three months without being paid their salaries and are calling for the firing of management on grounds of mismanagement. But company managing director Luckson Simumba says the company has started clearing the arrears and has begun the installation of prepaid meters to ensure improvement of...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has called on the European Union to support the Zambian government in establishing holding facilities for irregular migrants who are currently being held in correctional facilities. Speaking when he virtually launched the EU global promotion for best practices for children in migration in Lusaka, Wednesday, Kampyongo urged the EU and...

MINISTER of Works and Supply Sylvia Chalikosa says founding president Dr Kenneth Kaunda has been moved to a private apartment awaiting the resolution of the water problem at his official residence. But former secretary to the cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says the way government has treated Dr Kaunda is a symptom of the poor state...

UPND national chairperson Stephen Katuka says opposition party leader Hakainde Hichilema is feeling bad about the party's former spokesperson Charles Kakoma's defection to PF because it is like betrayal. And Katuka has lamented that Kakoma took everyone by surprise as he did not consult anyone about his intentions to leave UPND. On Tuesday, Kakoma defected...

ACTING Chief Government Spokesperson Stephen Kampyongo says the UPND should know the limitations in which they can express themselves to international organisations regarding the registration of voters. Commenting on a letter written by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema to the African Union and SADC over the "unfair conduct" of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) in...

POLICE in Ndola have arrested four notorious Lusaka criminals, among them a 28-year-old woman, robbing a businessman out of over K130,000 at gun point. Copperbelt commissioner of police Elias Chushi confirmed this in a statement, saying the aggravated robbery took place around 13:00 hours on Tuesday in the industrial area in Masala. Chushi said Francis...