MATERO UPND candidate Tom Michelo has petitioned the election of PF’s Miles Sampa, alleging that the latter was not duly elected because of THE vote-buying, violence and bribery which characterised campaigns in the area. In a petition filed in the Lusaka High Court, Wednesday, Michelo, who has also cited the Electoral Commission of Zambia as...

VICE-President Mutale Nalumango has challenged women to rise up and be counted in as far as politics is concerned because they are more selfless and motherly by nature. And Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has expressed concern over the levels of violence in both the public domain and domestic settings. Speaking when the visiting Commonwealth...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has welcomed the investigations being conducted by the Drug Enforcement Commission for various financial crimes, but hopes that the motivation will not be to settle political scores. DEC recently seized four motor vehicles belonging to PF cadre Maxwell Chongu following operations conducted by the Commission where various individuals have been searched...

A CONSORTIUM of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called on President Hakainde Hichilema to ensure equitable representation of women, youths and persons with disabilities as he sets up his Cabinet. This is according to a joint statement issued by ActionAid Zambia; Alliance for Community Action; Caritas Zambia; Centre for Trade Policy and Development; Chapter One...

THE departure of some key members of the opposition Patriotic Front is worrying. We are concerned that at the pace they are going, there will be no party left. But it is very important that we have a strong opposition with reasonable parliamentary representation to check on the possible excesses from the ruling UPND. We...

MATERO PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says the people who have been selected to lead PF in Parliament contributed, in one way or another, to the downfall of the party. And Sampa says Michael Sata must be laughing hard wherever he is because the same people that they kicked out of government have now...

SIMOSON building proprietor Simon Mwewa Chitambala has been sued by his tenants who are seeking an injunction to restrain him from evicting them from the shops which they have rented for over 18 years. According to a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, Mulenga Chanda and 20 others, who are joint traders,...

UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda says he has been warned not to talk about matters relating to State House, referring all such queries to President Hakainde Hichilema's spokesperson Anthony Bwalya. And Bwalya says matters relating to where the President lives and works are "matters of state protocol and procedure". Meanwhile, veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga says...

OVER 30 fuel tanker trucks which were meant for a PF government 'youth empowerment scheme' have been abandoned at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. Some government officials and PF leaders spoken to refused to explain the ownership of the truck, insisting that they did not want to be quoted. Two weeks before the August...