ZAMBIA Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) secretary general Fr Francis Mukosa says no one should be forced to attend the national day of prayer scheduled for next week. In an interview, Tuesday, Fr Mukosa said prayer was a matter of faith. "I still believe that when you are talking about prayer, you are talking about...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has admitted that some PF-aligned civil servants still serving in government are sabotaging a lot of things and could be destroying evidence but says everything is being monitored closely. And President Hichilema says a government official who was arbitrarily recalling and dispatching people into the Foreign Service was fired two days ago....

LABOUR and Social Security Minister Brenda Tambatamba says the strike by employees of First Quantum Minerals was a result of a perceived delay by management to implement the unionized preferred pension scheme. She was responding to a question asked by Kantanshi PF member of parliament Anthony Mumba in Parliament on what caused the riotous behavior...

FORMER ZNBC broadcaster Faith Musonda's lawyer Makebi Zulu says his client is still waiting to hear from the police in a matter in which which over K65 million and US$57,000 cash was found in her house. And Mporokoso PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says Muntayalwa Investment Limited, which he jointly owned with Musonda, never...

IN 2015, former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu, decided a day when the whole nation should kneel down in prayer for purposes of unity and reconciliation. He decided that on October 18 every year, Zambians should abstain from eating, as they pray for national building. He also decided that October 18th should be a holiday; Zambians...

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says government plans to employ more health workers in various categories next year. Speaking in Parliament, Tuesday, Masebo said government would prioritise health workers who were currently offering services on a voluntary basis during the recruitment process. She said government was also trying to negotiate for the extension of an internship...

MINISTER of Technology and Science Felix Mutati says government services will be digitised in order to promote convenience, reduce transaction costs and eliminate wastage of resources. Launching the digital transformation targets for the first 100 days, Wednesday, Mutati said government would place particular priority on the digitisation of the national registration system to integrate systems...

KASENENGWA PF member of parliament Philemon Twasa says it is wrong for government to get a loan in order to build high schools in selected provinces. Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane recently announced that government acquired a loan from the World Bank meant to build high schools in provinces which were previously neglected. But in...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says road blocks should be considered again, not as a measure to inconvenience people, but to ensure that there is enforcement of the law on public roads. Speaking during the burial ceremony of the victims of an accident which occurred last week on the Chingwere Road junction along Great North Road, Vice-President...