ZAMBIA Correctional Service Commissioner General Fredrick Chilukutu has described the conditions of inmates in correctional facilities as dehumanising, saying congestion is a matter of urgent concern which needs to be addressed. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on the Southern Province administration, Saturday, Chilukutu said the population of inmates in the province was way...

MINEWORKERS Union of Zambia says local participation in the mining sector through local ownership will help stabilise the exchange rate because there will be no externalisation of funds. And MUZ General Secretary George Mumba says the union intends to set up a mine to prove that Zambians have the requisite skills needed for such an...

ZAMBIA Medical Association (ZMA) says it is appalled by the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency’s admission that it erroneously distributed Honeybee drugs, stating that people are going to lose faith in such institutions. Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) acting Director General Chipopa Kazuma admitted that Honeybee drugs were erroneously distributed to Kabwe...

MINISTER of Finance and National Planning Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says Zambia is still "broke" and the reason why government is able to do whatever little it can is because many creditors have allowed default. And Dr Musokotwane says discussions on how Zambia's debt can be restructured will soon commence between government and creditors, through the...

FORMER ZAMPOST Postmaster General Mcpherson Chanda has appeared before the Ndola Magistrates' Court for a mention in a matter in which he is facing 13 charges of theft by public servant. In the last sitting, Ndola Chief Resident Magistrate Davies Chibwili adjourned the matter to February 14 for mention, and March 1 and 2, 2022...

THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) says commission is unable to confirm whether or not former president Edgar Lungu’s barber Shebby Chilekwa was tortured by the police because it was unable to meaningfully engage with the suspect. And Mwandenga has urged police to respond to allegations of torture because it is not HRC's mandate to be...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says government wants people to get used to the monthly review of fuel prices because it is the international standard. . In an interview, Kapala noted that South Africans were already used to this section. “We are now following the international trend of fuel pricing. If the prices of fuel go...

FDD leader Edith Nawakwi has insisted before the Lusaka High Court that she is late Geoffrey Hambulo's widow and therefore a beneficiary of his estate. This is a matter in which Nawakwi has sued two of her step-children Mweemba and Mulundu Hambulo in the Lusaka High Court, seeking among others, an order to revoke the...

DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Mary Chirwa says there is nothing like victimisation in financial investigations because as law enforcement agencies don’t look at faces when following up individuals. In an interview, Chirwa said the Commission follows up financial trails or suspected proceeds of crime. “In financial investigations, there is nothing like victimisation. We...

THE Lusaka High Court has adjourned hearing for all applications relating to a matter in which former president Edgar Lungu’s barber, Shebby Chilekwa, wants the court to summon police to show cause as to why they have continued detaining him, to today. The state recently asked Lusaka High Court judge Mwape Bowa to review or...