AUDITOR General Dr Dickson Sichembe says former president Rupiah Banda will be remembered for his strong stance against corruption. And Drug Enforcement Agency (DEC) Director General Mary Chirwa says Banda created a conducive environment for oversight institutions to freely operate. Speaking at the funeral house, Monday, Dr Sichembe said Banda ensured that the country's resources...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has postponed the holding of nominations and polls for the Mongu District Mayoral by-election in Western Province and two Local Government Ward by-elections in Northern and Southern Provinces to March 22 and April 14, respectively. The commission had earlier prescribed Thursday, April 7, 2022, as the date to hold...

LEADER of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile says President Hakainde Hichilema's State of the Nation Address on the progress made in the application of national values and principles was disappointing. But Deputy Chief Whip Princess Kasune says she is proud of President Hichilema because he addressed key issues affecting members of the society. Speaking...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says it is extremely difficult to drive the economic agenda which citizens expect, without peace, stability and security. And Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdisaid Muse Ali says he is glad to visit Zambia when President Hichilema is Head of State. Speaking when he met Ali, Monday, President Hichilema...

A LUSAKA couple has denied concealing and being in possession of 51 houses which are suspected to be proceeds of crime in Chalala area. Charles Loyana, a senior accountant at the Ministry of Finance and his wife Susan, an accountant at the Ministry of Works and Supply, pleaded not guilty before magistrate Faides Hamaundu who...

FORMER State House press aide Dickson Jere says late fourth republican president Rupiah Banda told President Hakainde Hichilema that he is a good leader, despite the fact that he read him wrong at first. And Jere says a day before Banda's demise, Anglican priest Fr Charley Thomas told him that this is when Zambians were...

DEMOCRATIC Party president Harry Kalaba has called on government to reintroduce subsidies in order to help cushion the cost of living. In an interview, Friday, Kalaba said government should also review the scrapping of the mineral royalty tax. "First of all, government should review the scrapping of the mineral royalty tax. They need to review...

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lillian Siyunyi says she wonders what evidence is there that she has abused her authority. In a letter dated February 14, 2022, the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) wrote to Tobias Milambo informing him that it was in receipt of his letter in which he accused Siyunyi of abusing her authority...

THE Constitutional Court has dismissed a matter in which Patriots for Economic Progress leader Sean Tembo petitioned it over ECZ’s failure to publish assets declared by President Hakainde Hichilema when he filed in nominations prior to the August 12 polls. The court said it does not condone the targeting of one candidate, adding that Tembo...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says former president Rupiah Banda will be greatly missed. Speaking when she visited Banda's funeral house, Saturday, Vice-President Nalumango urged Zambians to pray for the bereaved family. "He is a man that we will remember. Even this government today, I think all of you will remember that he had to broker some...