PF Lusaka Province chairman Kennedy Kamba says UPND’s manifesto on energy is outdated and a clear sign that the party has run out of ideas. In a statement, Thursday, Kamba said most of the highlighted issues in the UPND manifesto were vague as President Edgar Lungu had made significant strides to resolve them. He claimed...

CIVIL Society Scaling-Up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) Alliance country coordinator Mathews Mhuru says the record of maize production in the 2020/21 agricultural season is not a guarantee that mealie meal prices will be reduced. And Mhuru has urged the Ministry of Agriculture to start promoting production of other crops other than maize in the country. On Wednesday,...

HUMAN Rights Commission (HRC) Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga has called on government to quickly resolve the issue surrounding the continued sit-in protest being conducted by public prosecutors. Yesterday the sit-in protest entered its fourth day, crippling the progress of cases at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. The prosecutors are demanding that government resolve the issues relating to...

JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda has asked the Lusaka High Court to hear the matter in which he has renewed his application to commence judicial review against the Lusaka City Council’s decision to postpone the implementation of its resolution to bestow upon him the status of Alderman. Lubinda, who is Kabwata PF member of parliament, has...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says time has come him and his party to kick off the mobilisation campaign and defeat the Patriotic Front. Hichilema who paid his nomination fees on Wednesday, May 5, insisted in an interview that Zambians had suffered enough hence the need for the UPND to form government. “It is game on,...

UPND chairperson for mobilisation Sylvia Masebo has rubbished claims by members of the Patriotic Front (PF) that she and Obvious Mwaliteta are defecting to the ruling party today. And Mwaliteta who is former Lusaka Province minister says there is no way he can go back to PF. PF members yesterday celebrated after a report circulated...

MOPANI Copper Mines Plc has been dragged to court by an administrator of a former contractor employee who is claiming about K2.5 million over the death of his brother, Anthony Phiri. Sylvester Phiri, an administrator and elder brother of the deceased is seeking damages for negligence, damages for the dependants under the fatal accidents Acts...

KATUBA UPND member of parliament Aubrey Kapalasa has lamented that the Constitutional Court’s decision to dismiss his petition where he was seeking an interpretation of certain provisions in the Constitution in relation to President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility, was predetermined. In an interview, Kapalasa said he was not happy with the proceedings because he was never...

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says 64, 011 Zambians have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the past three weeks. And Dr Chanda says the country has recorded 97 new COVID-19 cases out of 4,765 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Thursday, Dr Chanda said on Wednesday 5,029 citizens were vaccinated with...