ACTIONAID Zambia country director Nalucha Ziba has demanded that Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Chief Executive Officer Mateyo Kaluba be placed on leave to pave way for independent investigations. On Tuesday, ACC announced that it had arrested Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Chief Executive Officer Mateyo Kaluba for abuse of authority of office involving a Mukula transaction....

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Professor Luckson Kasonka says he is yet to receive an official report on a bottle of Co-Trimoxazole which contained foreign elements in Mwinilunga District, North Western Province. Recently ZAMRA wrote a letter to the Ministry of Health on a report that a battery and spring were found...

THERE was drama in the Lusaka High Court yesterday when the court heard that a lawyer whom nine murder-accused UPND cadres said would represent them sent information that he had not, in fact, been retained. In this matter, Samson Mumba, Kelvin Banda, Andrew Banda, John Mwanza , Njekwa Puteho, Reuben Nalikana, Mwendalubi Namushi, Elijah Kawewe,...

FORMER Matero PF member of parliament Lloyd Kaziya says during his tenure in office, about K1.6 million constituency development fund was transferred to unknown individuals on the Copperbelt. And Kaziya says an alert member of staff at the bank told him that the transactions were being carried out on a Sunday. Reacting to incumbent Matero...

ZAMBIA Medical Association (ZMA) president Dr Crispin Moyo says there is need for government to allocate funds towards mass COVID-19 testing rather than only focusing on individuals with symptoms. On Monday, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo announced that her Ministry would only prioritise COVID-19 testing on individuals with symptoms due to the limited availability of test...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says it doesn't come as a surprise when law enforcement agencies pounce on former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo because he gave them every reason to question him. And TIZ says it does not agree with PF's position that arrests of former cabinet ministers are politically motivated. In an interview, TIZ...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema is aware of the students' concerns on meal allowances but insists that the economy must first be rebuilt. In an interview, Bwalya said President Hichilema was also as impatient as the Zambian people when it came to delivering on campaign promises. “The President is also aware of...

MINES AND Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says government is still in discussions with stakeholders on the way forward with regards Konkola Copper Mines and Mopani Copper Mines and will therefore not give out any half baked information despite public pressure. In an interview, Wednesday, Kabuswe said government was still working out the best way...

THE Magistrates' Court has sentenced a 23-year-old man to one-year imprisonment with hard labour for trafficking in over 23 grammes of cocaine. David Phiri, 23, of Kaunda Square was charged with the offence of trafficking in narcotic substances. It is alleged that on 2 December, 2021, Phiri trafficked in 23.87 grammes of cocaine without lawful...

GOVERNMENT has issued a circular directing that married couples working in the public service must not be not separated on account of transfers. According to a circular from the Cabinet Office, Wednesday, this is targeted at addressing issues of broken families and low productivity, among others. "Government has decided that married couples working within the...