GOVERNANCE activist Brebner Changala has called on the new dawn administration to allow the current Constitutional Court Judges to re-apply through a proper vetting system saying they need to be re-examined. A Copperbelt based woman recently wrote to the Judiciary complaining that a judge of the Constitutional Court had sex with her from when she...

VETERAN politician Vernon Mwaanga says he hopes that political parties have matured enough to accept the principles of peaceful co-existence so that Zambia can enjoy peace and tranquillity, 57 years after independence. In an independence message shared on Saturday, Mwaanga said the country should not allow high priests of tribalism to pollute citizens' minds who...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says the recovery of funds alleged to have been obtained from corrupt practices will continue because it is provided for in the Zambian laws. Speaking in Parliament, Friday, Vice-President Nalumango said Section 80 of the Anti-Corruption Act allows for a person who was found with money or property believed to be proceeds...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission's decision to repossess Faith Musonda's K65 million without subjecting her to an arrest and prosecution following her admission of wrongdoing has angered some citizens who feel it's a slap on the wrist. But Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has called on Zambians to give the UPND government room to fulfil their promise of...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 700 inmates as the country commemorates its 57th Independence anniversary. And Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says the ban on road blocks will remain, despite calls for the directive to be reversed. During a media briefing, Saturday, Mwiimbu said the pardoning of 700 inmates would go a...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says Easterners are politically slow starters, but will eventually shift to his party once Edgar Lungu hands over the PF presidency. On Thursday, the Patriotic Front scooped the Kaumbwe Parliamentary seat with 6,633 votes, beating its closest rival UPND which polled 3,117 votes. And during the presidential elections in...

FIRST Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Attractor Chisangano has directed Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jack Mwiimbu to render a ministerial statement on cases of political violence in the country. This followed a point of order raised by leader of the opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile on Thursday, on the escalating levels...