THE annual rate of inflation has increased to 24.6 percent in June, up from 23.2 percent recorded last month, mainly induced by price increase in some food items, ZSA data shows. Announcing Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for the month of June, Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA) interim statistician general Mulenga Musepa disclosed that the increased...

RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Brian Sampa has dragged the Health Professions Council of Zambia to court over its decision to suspend his practising certificate. Dr Sampa who has applied for leave to commence judicial review in the Lusaka High Court, is seeking a declaration that the purported decision of HPCZ to...

SUSPECTED PF cadres yesterday set ablaze Kalungungwisi radio station in Chiengi, Luapula Province resulting in property worth K16,000 being destroyed. Meanwhile, according to the Police, the radio station is reported to have been set ablaze by unknown criminals in the early hours of June 24. A video has gone viral on social media showing residents...

FORMER Defence Minister Davies Chama says Zambians understand that the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the economic hardships and will not blame the PF government. In an interview, Chama said Zambians understood the devastating effects of the pandemic, therefore would not blame government. “Like you have said, we are in the campaigns and the opposition...

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa says ECZ is causing problems to the electoral process with its interpretation of the law. And UPND chairperson for legal affairs Jack Mwiimbu says the decision taken by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to cancel the Lusaka Central parliamentary election is unlawful. Article 52(6) of the Republican Constitution states that:...

KASAMA Central PF aspiring member of parliament Sibongile Mwamba has dispelled social media reports that she has been flown to South Africa for treatment after she suffered a stroke. Sibongile who is also PF national mobilisation vice chairperson Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba’s (GBM) daughter, says she is sending shivers in other camps, hence the fake news....