THE conduct of the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority in relation to the fake COVID-19 vaccine scandal involving Mr Valden Findlay’s Chrismar Earthmoving Equipment is dishonest and it should concern all of us. The statement they issued yesterday, much as it was meant to do damage control, was full of deceit. Our people deserve to know...

UPND Alliance member Kelvin Bwalya Fube says President Hakainde Hichilema is being cautious with his appointments and will announce his Cabinet when he is ready. Speaking when he featured on Spring TV, Monday, Fube said President Hichilema was making appointments in phases as he wanted to have a representative government. "This is a very confident...

FORMER Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says if he decides to join UPND, no one can stop him because Zambian politics are nomadic in nature. And Ngulube says personally, he has never said anything bad about President Hakainde Hichilema. Meanwhile, Ngulube says the August general election was a shocking one because there...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says it's frightening that there appears to have been suspicious transactions on KCM liquidator Milingo Lungu's accounts, given the critical importance of issues surrounding the mining company. Commenting on the Financial Intelligence Centre’s move to freeze Lungu’s bank accounts following suspicious transactions, TIZ executive director Maurice Nyambe hoped that the investigation...

LUSAKA Province PF chairperson Kennedy Kamba says the party will be delighted if the UPND government delivers on its campaign promises because they will also benefit. In an interview, Kamba said as an opposition party, PF was looking forward to the UPND government implementing most of their campaign promises. He urged the new government to...

PRINCESS Choolwe Nkomeshya says her mother, Senior Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo II, has not written any letter to President Hakainde Hichilema demanding for specific people to serve in his government. Commenting on a viral letter which suggested that Chieftainess Nkomeshya requested for certain individuals to serve in ministerial, permanent secretary and foreign service positions, Nkomeshya said...

PRINCE Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika says Zambia will still have the same problems it had in the previous administration if governance systems are not changed. In an interview, Akashambatwa said organisational structures, governance systems and values needed to be transformed. “If you don’t transform yourself, the organisational structures, governance systems and the governance values, you would...

THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) has urged institutions involved in the criminal justice system to adhere to President Hakainde Hichilema’s directive to uphold the rule of law and human rights. In a statement, Tuesday, HRC chairperson Mudford Mwandenga commended President Hichilema for setting a clear national agenda for respect of human rights. “HRC wishes to...

AN Investigation has revealed that Lusaka Businessman Valden Findlay's company Chrismar Earthmoving Equipment imported fake Covid-19 vaccines for supply to the Ministry of Health. And the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has confirmed that 10,000 doses of the vaccine labelled Hayat-Vax SARS-COV2 were imported around July 2021, adding that Chrismar Earthmoving Equipment did not have...

KONKOLA Copper Mines (in liquidation) has been dragged to court by CMA-CGM Zambia Limited over failure to pay about K1.5 million owed to the company. But KCM legal counsel Gloria Chipoya has argued that granting leave to commence proceedings would give the applicant an unfair advantage over other creditors since the mine is under liquidation....