IMMIGRATION officers yesterday raided Zambia soccer star Stoppila Sunzu’s family house in Chililabombwe where they picked his father, Felix (senior) on grounds that he is a foreigner and living in the country illegally. The unexpected raid happened a few hours after midnight, much to the shock of the occupants of the house and their neighbours....

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the eight individuals in whom the COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected last week are faring well. And Masebo says the country has recorded 157 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Giving an update on the COVID-19 situation, Monday, Masebo said the affected individuals were still under home quarantine,...

MINISTRY of Community Development and Social Services Girl’s Education and Women’s Empowerment Livelihood Financial Advisor Robert Nsamba says amounts totaling K21,677,570 remain undisbursed to intended beneficiaries and are still being held by payment service providers. According to the latest AG report, as at February 28, 2021, the Ministry had not issued instructions to six payment...

TWENTY-EIGHT tillers that were distributed in some chiefdoms countrywide by the Ministry of Gender have remained unutilized for four years as traditional leaders held on to them at their palaces. The Auditor General's report has shown that the Ministry of Gender bought 40 tillers at K978, 248 for distribution to chiefdoms. But as of June...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has unveiled a seven member Energy Regulation Board of Directors, among them Noel Nkhoma and Lusaka Lawyer Gilbert Phiri. And Kapala says the removal of subsidies does not mean that life will become unbearable. Speaking at a press briefing, Monday, Kapala said he expected the Board to provide sound strategic business...

PF vice-president Given Lubinda says his party will not allow the UPND government to destroy multi-party democracy in the country. And PF member of the central committee Raphael Nakacinda has accused President Hakainde Hichilema of summoning judges to his house to try to coerce them into advancing an agenda of turning the country into a...

ACTING Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has appealed to all procuring entities and suppliers to adhere to the provisions of the Public Procurement Act and conduct their business ethically in order to grow the country's economy. In a speech read on his behalf by PSMD permanent secretary Mugemu Zulu at the Zambia Institute of...

PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama says the PF government transformed the country beyond recognition, and that President Hakainde Hichilema is simply trying to find excuses to justify his failure to deliver on the campaign promises. In an interview, Chama said the new dawn administration had not been sincere with whatever they said. “The problem...

THE US government has announced the awarding of grants totaling over K3 million to nine Zambian community-based organisations through its Public Affairs Section small grants programme. According to a statement issued by the United States of America Embassy in Lusaka, Monday, the grants would promote good governance, support the arts through filmmaking, build entrepreneurship skills,...