MINISTER of Technology and Science Felix Mutati has launched the new ZICTA licensing framework which he says is necessary in the transformation journey of making Zambia a digital economy. Speaking during the launch, Wednesday, Mutati said the new licensing framework would significantly add to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and boost local innovator participation....

HONEYBEE Pharmacy Limited's lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says government must honour its obligation to pay Honeybee US$4 million for the products which were consumed. In an interview, Ngulube said people wanted to throw mud at Honeybee when they were actually innocent, as no one could claim to have suffered any consequences as a result of using...

UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda says Zimbabwe's ZANU PF officials who came into the country recently wanted to develop a relationship with the ruling party. According to Zimbabwe’s The NewsHawks Newspaper, a Zanu PF delegation led by Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu recently visited Lusaka to manage – and hopefully improve - frosty diplomatic...

ACTING PF president Given Lubinda says some members who were loyal to the party’s past presidents will certainly grumble under his leadership because they might not like his style of leadership. And Lubinda says US President Joe Biden must draw lessons from Zambia’s democracy. Speaking when he featured on Camnet TV, Monday, Lubinda said those...

UNITED States Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Martin Dale says his country welcomes the opportunity to partner with countries like Zambia that have demonstrated a principled commitment to following the rule of law to curb corruption. Responding to a press query, Dale noted that corruption undermined the rule of law and stole precious resources and funding meant...

TOURISM Minister Rodney Sikumba says the upcoming N’cwala traditional ceremony is already over-subscribed as most lodging facilities have been fully booked. And Sikumba has encouraged the business community to take advantage of the ceremony, adding that his ministry is working with other line ministries to ensure the safety of everyone. In an interview, Sikumba said...

MINISTER of Livestock and Fisheries Makozo Chikote says his ministry has dispatched a team of experts to study the effects of contamination on part of the Kamfinsa stream on aquatic life. The Water Resources Management Authority on Saturday revealed that part of the Kamfinsa Stream on the Copperbelt had been contaminated after a truck laden...

NDOLA High Court judge Yvonne Chembe has issued a warrant for execution of sentence against former Zamtel managing director Douglas Mutesha. This means that Mutesha will spend two months in a correctional facility for contempt of court following a series of Facebook posts attacking judges and lawyers handling his cases emanating from his divorce. According...

A SISTER to the Lusaka lawyer who poisoned her son and attempted to kill herself has sought an interim order that Namwene Kamoto Phiri be admitted to the care and supervision of the Chainama Hills College Hospital. In an affidavit in support of originating summons filed in the Lusaka High Court, Esther Phiri Ng'ambi revealed...

LUSAKA lawyer Lewis Mosho has asked the Supreme Court to set aside the judgement in which it ruled that his actions prior to and post the purported liquidation of the Post Newspapers Limited, are of no legal effect whatsoever. Mosho has argued that the court went ahead to make a number of pronouncements and orders...