SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe has questioned the benefits of declaring the COVID-19 pandemic a national disaster. Commenting on Hakainde Hichilema's remarks that when elected he would declare COVID-19 a national disaster to ensure prudent use of the COVID-19 resources, Chipampe said in an interview that COVID-19 resources...

UNKNOWN people have murdered and burnt Socialist Party Chisamba Council chairperson aspiring candidate Stallion Chobe near Ngweleni village, Kapiri-Mposhi where he had gone to do business. Central Province police commissioner Chola Katanga who confirmed the development, Tuesday, said the murder is believed to have occurred between July 9 and 11. "Police in Central Province are...

POULTRY Association of Zambia (PAZ) national chairperson Veronica Machungwa says the country's economic instability is greatly contributing to the continued increase in the prices of meat products such as chicken. In an interview, Tuesday, Machungwa observed that the price of chicken had gone crazy and people would have no option but to remove it from...

ZAMBIA Correctional Service (ZCS) Commissioner General Dr Chisela Chileshe says some Non-Governmental Organisations have been distributing radio and television sets to enable inmates to have access to their preferred candidates. In an interview, Dr Chileshe said he was sure that the inmates would be able to cast their votes when the election time comes. “I...

THE Attorney General has argued that the Constitutional Court did not violate any Articles of the Constitution by not allowing Lusaka resident Joseph Busenga to discontinue a matter that was before it. This is a matter in which Busenga has petitioned the Lusaka High Court seeking a declaration that his rights to freedom of conscience...

FORMER Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says authorities should not entertain remarks by Chinese owner of Wonderful Group and Marco Polo Tiles, Yaochi Huang, that Zambians are content with little things and are not ambitious. In an interview, Dr Sacika said there was no room for foreigners in Zambia who did not respect...

A TEACHER has dragged the state to court over its refusal to offer him a house where he has been a sitting tenant for 23 years despite his colleagues being offered their houses. Joseph Kandingwa, a teacher at David Kaunda Technical High School has cited the Attorney General as the respondent in the matter. According...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama says the country has in the last 24 hours recorded 2,006 new COVID-19 cases and 37 COVID-19 related deaths. And Dr Malama says 130 premises have been closed in the last 24 hours for abrogating the stipulated guidelines. Giving the daily COVID-19 updates, Tuesday,...