FORMER Namwala UPND member of parliament Moono Lubezhi says she used emotions when she went to the Patriotic Front, but she is now back home. Lubezhi defected to PF in May last year, lamenting that UPND did not value her hard work. But in an interview, Lubezhi, who rejoined UPND last week Thursday, said she...

THE Zambia Police says it recorded a total of 7,255 road traffic accidents, with 436 being fatal, in the first quarter of 2022. In a statement, Sunday, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said 568 persons died in these accidents. "During the first quarter of 2022 a total number of 7,255 road traffic accidents were recorded nation-wide...

FORMER ZamPost Postmaster general MacPherson Chanda says the corporation received K98 million against the K335 million which he and his colleagues are alleged to have stolen. The Fast Track Economic and Financial Crimes Court recently found Chanda and two others with a case to answer in all the 13 counts of theft by public servant...

ZAMBIA National Farmers’ Union public relations manager Kakoma Kaleyi has accused Shoprite of ignoring local producers by suggesting that there is a countrywide shortage of onions on the local market. Recently, Shoprite country general manager Charles Bota said all their stores had run out of onion, countrywide, arguing that local farmers only managed to meet...

DRUG Enforcement Commission Director General Mary Chirwa says in her view, only sitting Presidents have immunity from prosecution, and also an accused person who has been turned into a state witness in a criminal matter. And Chirwa says there is no friction between her and Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Siyunyi. Meanwhile, Chirwa says the...

UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda says PF members who might have engaged in criminal activities should not think they will be shielded just because they have defected to the ruling party. The UPND has continued receiving new members from the former ruling party, with the recent one being former PF member of the central...

GOVERNANCE activist Rueben Lifuka says President Hakainde Hichilema has an opportunity to reset the fight against corruption as he addresses the nation today because it has suffered setbacks in recent weeks. In a write up, Sunday, Lifuka said the fight against corruption had suffered setbacks with the controversy surrounding the Director of Public Prosecution’s office,...

IT IS not unusual for supporters of a President in our country to make excuses on his behalf and say “the President is a good man, but the people around him are wrong”. From the time of Frederick Chiluba all the way to Mr Edgar Lungu, people would say the president is good but his...