VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says the UPND government is not a vindictive government and has no intention of harassing people. And Vice-President Nalumango says government will ensure that things are done professionally at the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit and that by-elections will no longer be "disasters" as was the case in the past. Debating head...

BIOMEDICAL Union of Zambia president Daniel Mwimbe says financial illiteracy levels among the public service workers are very high. Commenting on government's decision to increase civil servants' salaries by 12 percent, Mwimbe proposed the need for respective unions to take it upon themselves to design sensitization programmes aimed at equipping public service workers with the...

FORMER PF national chairperson Samuel Mukupa says people will be fighting for Kandolo (sweet potatoes) next year once commodity prices increase in view of the upward adjustment of fuel pump prices as well as dry spells. And Mukupa says removing all members of the Central Committee will cause confusion in PF. In an interview, Mukupa...

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has increased the retail fuel pump prices by K3.54 for petrol and K4.56 for diesel effective midnight, December 16. Petrol has been adjusted from K17.62 to K21.16 while Diesel has been adjusted from K15.59 to K20.15. Low Sulphur Gas has been adjusted from K17.82 to K22.29, while Kerosene has remained...

PF's Raphael Nakacinda has been released on police bond following his arrest for defamation of the President. And Nakacinda has accused President Hakainde Hichilema of having an agenda of turning the country into a one-party state. In a statement, Thursday, police deputy public relations officer Danny Mwale stated that Nakacinda would appear in court on...

THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has welcomed government's decision to increase civil servants' salaries by 12 percent. In an interview, Thursday, ZCTU secretary general Cosmas Mukuka said the increment was a good start, looking at where the country was coming from. "For now we can say it is a good start. We are...

THE eight PF MPs whose seats were nullified have lamented that they were forced to withdraw the case against the Speaker out of frustration, as they felt it was not being given the necessary urgency it deserved. On Wednesday, Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo and seven others discontinued a matter in which they...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Luckson Kasonka says Cabinet office has advised his Ministry to use alternative modalities to procure drugs in the country. On Friday, December 3, 2021, the entire Ministry of Health Procurement Department was closed and put on suspension pending investigations by a joint task force. In an...

CIVIL rights activist Chama Fumba popularly known as Pilato says the defamation of the President charge is not a necessary law in a democratic country as it has potential to instill fear in those who want to question power holders. In a post shared on his Facebook page, Fumba said although he did not agree...