UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says President Hakainde Hichilema will not depart from his election promise by handing out jobs on the basis of political affiliation. And Mweetwa says some members of parliament who are speaking loudly to show relevance but plundered public resources will soon cry and seek clemency. During a media briefing, Wednesday, Mweetwa...

ZAMBIA Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) director general Julien Mwape has sued the state seeking an order to quash the Minister of Community Development and Social Services' decision to suspend her from employment. Mwape has wondered why the Minister was the one to suspend her without any hearing or a meeting convened by the...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has stressed the need for the 2022 budget to be consistent with UPND campaign promises. And Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) executive director Bernadette Deka Zulu says there is need for government to broaden its tax base in the 2022 budget. In a statement, TI-Z executive director Maurice Nyambe said...

A UNIVERSITY of Zambia student has asked the Lusaka High Court to enter a default judgement against the state in a case in which she is seeking compensation for the injuries sustained after jumping from a third floor hostel window after police fired teargas during a riot. Everett Chongo wants the court to enter a...

A CLEANER at the Lusaka Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital has been dragged to court for allegedly stealing three packets of facemasks worth K1,630. In this matter, Rammy Ntamba, 31, is charged with one count of theft by public servant. Particulars of the offence allege that Ntamba on October 1, 2021, being a person employed...

OFFICERS from the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday raided three properties belonging to former Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda, seizing various items in the process. But Chanda has vowed that he will not be used as a scapegoat and says he will not take nonsense from criminals. The...

THE Non-governmental Organisation Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has bemoaned the manner in which the Mercy Cowham and Bowman Lusambo saga was brought into the limelight without considering its effect on the children involved. At a media briefing, Wednesday, NGOCC board chairperson Mary Mulenga said it was shameful that Cowham and Lusambo were disparaging each other in...

POLICE Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says the owner of the US$800,000 which was allegedly stolen by Mutemwa Mutemwa SC and Detective Chief Inspector Mano Kayombo is being treated as a complainant for now. When asked if the police were questioning Lloyd Chinjenge on the source of the money, which was in bags at the time of...

THREE UPND members have appeared before the Luanshya Magistrates' Court for rubbing off “Nathan Chanda” from a police post name. Meanwhile, the Zambia Police Service has advised party cadres who may have concerns over the names of certain police stations to follow laid down procedures rather than taking the law into their own hands. The...