THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has submitted before the Constitutional Court that it is empowered under the laws to prescribe election fees. It has further submitted that Radical Revolutionary Party president Vincent Chaile, who has petitioned the ConCourt over what he terms high nomination fees for this year's general elections, cannot stop the commission...

PF national mobilisation committee chairperson Richard Musukwa says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema should not waste time writing to regional bodies like SADC and the AU over alleged electoral malpractices, but just concede defeat in the August 12 general election. Commenting on Hichilema's letter to the African Union and SADC over what he claimed was the...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says some members of the opposition party's National Management Committee (NMC) have gained weight from stolen money given to them by PF. And Hichilema says there is no competition between PF and UPND as the former is driven by selfish motives while the latter seeks to diligently serve the Zambian people....

THE State has closed its case in a matter in which New Labour Party leader Fresher Siwale is charged with defamation of the President. Principle resident magistrate Alice Walusiku has since set June 10, this year, for a ruling on whether Siwale has a case to answer. In this matter, Siwale is alleged to have...

FOUR notorious Lusaka criminals, among them a 28-year-old woman, have been sentenced to five years imprisonment for theft from a motor vehicle. The criminals robbed a Zambezi Portland Cement security guard, Francis Kinda out of over K130,000. The security guard was sent by Zambezi Portland Cement managing director Gomeli Litana to withdraw the money and...

ACTING Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Stephen Kampyongo has announced that works to restore water supply at First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda's residence have been completed. In a statement, Thursday, Kampyongo assured the nation that the welfare of the former head of state was placed at high premium. "Government wishes to assure the nation...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has continued to probe Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji after summoning him for questioning to establish the source of funds he used to buy his US$1.4 million helicopter in December 2020. And a News Diggers investigation has revealed that Malanji funds his procurement transactions using a company called Gibson Power...