PF national chairperson for women and gender Elizabeth Phiri says it is unfair to think that she cannot hold any key positions within the party just because she lost the Kanyama parliamentary seat. Last week, Kantanshi PF member of parliament Anthony Mumba lamented that those currently at the helm of the opposition party contributed to...

ENVIRONMENTALIST Robert Chimambo has petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking an order that mining in the Lower Zambezi National Park violates the Constitution and that the State and ZEMA should withdraw the approval of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Chimambo, who has cited the Attorney General and the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) as respondents, wants...

MINISTER of Technology and Science Felix Mutati has urged Zambians to fully utilise their talents in order to help President Hakainde Hichilema fix the nation. And Mutati has appealed to the Catholic Church to help in harnessing people's talents in order for the nation to overcome some challenges which it is currently facing. Speaking during...

PF disciplinary committee chairperson Tutwa Ngulube says the low voter turnout that characterised the Kabwata by-election is a sign of protest by the youths against the UPND leadership. And Ngulube says the former ruling party's performance in the just ended by-election shows that people are still with the PF. In an interview, Friday, Ngulube claimed...

POLICE in Lusaka have arrested and charged six PF cadres for the offence of proposing violence during the Kabwata by-elections. In a statement, Sunday, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said the arrested PF cadres were aged between 25 and 31. "Police have so far charged and arrested the Six Patriotic Front cadres namely: Joshua Matebele Tembo...

Paramount Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni people of Chipata district has called on the government not to sell the maize in strategic reserves, warning that there might be hunger in the country. Speaking when he met Eastern Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Beauty Undi-Phiri during a Nc'wala traditional ceremony preparatory meeting at Laweni in Kasenengwa district,...

FORMER second deputy speaker of the National Assembly Mwimba Malama has wondered why UPND was accusing the PF of vote buying when the former ruling party does not have money and depends on well-wishers. In an interview, Malama accused the UPND of dishing out money to voters in Kabwata Constituency. He said people should not...

A VIDEO in which UPND deputy national youth chairman Stephen Chikota is harassing police officers and seeking to gain entry into a mining area in Muombe, Chembe district, alleging that the miner had no documentation to mine sugilite has gone viral. But Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says it is unfortunate that such...

ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama says uncertainties surrounding the IMF deal are contributing to the unstable performance of the Kwacha at the moment. In an interview, Friday, Kanyama said the exchange rate was not as stable as people thought it would be because investors were still anxious about the direction of the economy and the debt restructuring...

MPOROKOSO member of parliament Brian Mundubile says Home Affairs Minister Jack Mwiimbu's conscience is not clear because he is trying to paint a picture which is different from reality regarding persecution of PF members. And Mundubile says PF members have accepted that they are in the opposition and UPND must learn from their mistakes. Commenting...