UNITED Nations Secretary General António Guterres says threats to the freedom of journalists and media workers are growing day by day. In a statement to commemorate World Press Freedom Day, Tuesday, Guterres observed that journalists and media workers faced increased politicisation of their work and attempts to silence them from many sides. "On World Press...

THE Lusaka High Court has refused to grant Given Lubinda Foundation Limited an interim injunction to restrain Kamwala UPND ward councilor Mainda Simataa from interfering with its peaceful and quiet enjoyment of a property in Kamwala South. The court dismissed the application on grounds that it lacks merit. This is a matter in which Given...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has charged and arrested former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo for allegedly attempting to interfere with three witnesses. In a statement, Tuesday, ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe said Lusambo, on dates unknown but between February 7 and April 7, 2022, in order to obstruct the due course of justice, endeavored to prevent...

PF acting secretary general Nickson Chilangwa has blasted members of the central committee for not informing him and acting president Given Lubinda that they were leaving after attending Mwimba Malama’s Matebeto on Sunday. In a WhatsApp group called the "MCCs special desk", Sunday, Chilangwa told the MCCs that they left the function as though they...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says the country cannot maintain stability of the exchange rate without a clear roadmap on dismantling debt. And Hambayi says despite the local currency recording some gains in the recent past, the business community is hesitant to reduce prices of commodities because of fluctuations. In an interview, Hambayi said stability would only...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says UPND tasted the bitter end of injustices conducted by the previous regime and it is therefore not expected that they will repeat the very things they lamented about. And Fr Chikoya says the current approach in the fight against corruption by the Anti-Corruption...

PF acting president Given Lubinda has charged that President Hakainde Hichilema is the one giving orders on who to arrest, noting that three, out of four people the Head of State 'angrily' referred to during his recent press conference had already been nabbed. And Lubinda has warned UPND “praise singers” to be wary because anything...

FORMER tourism minister Ronald Chitotela has sued the Anti-Corruption Commission in the Lusaka High Court seeking a declaration that his State Lodge property which was seized by the commission was legally and genuinely acquired. And Chitotela has submitted that he has genuinely and legitimately earned incomes used to purchase the said property from maize supplied...

PF member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says while people might call them corrupt, there is a lot they did for the country unlike UPND which he doubts has even built a toilet in its eight months of being in office. And Mwamba says PF needs to avoid sidelining the "old guards" during the rebranding process. In...