FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says his party did a lot while in government but it was still still voted out of power, and the same can happen to UPND which has actually not done anything. Commenting on Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali's remarks that Zambia would be a paradise in the sub-region...

FORMER president Edgar Lungu's aide de camp Chisanga Chanda has pleaded not guilty in a matter in which he is accused of assisting and harbouring murder-accused Shebby Chilekwa. Chilekwa, who was Lungu's barber, is jointly charged with former PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri with the murder of Lawrence Banda, who was shot dead in...

A LUSAKA resident who is accused of causing the death of former Kabwata UPND MP Levy Mkandawire through dangerous driving has pleaded guilty to the charge. Alick Kalengo, a 51-year-old business executive, pleaded guilty after Lusaka High Court judge Ruth Chibbabbuka read out the amended charge to him. Kalengo is charged with causing death by...

MINISTER of Labour and Social Security Brenda Tambatamba has appointed Muyangwa Muyangwa as the new NAPSA Director General. In a statement, Monday, Tambatamba said Muyangwa's predecessor, Yollard Kachinda, had retired on 5th April 2022. “I wish to inform the nation that I have appointed Mr. Muyangwa Muyangwa as the new Director General of the National...

WE should not be reacting angrily [when criticised], we don't want to learn of where we went wrong and how we should have done things differently when out of government, says UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa. And Mweetwa says the recently commissioned Kenneth Kaunda Wing at Mulungushi International Conference Centre was a donation from China because,...

FORMER Commerce Minister Bob Sichinga says he hopes President Hakainde Hichilema lobbied for an invitation to China during his recent phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping to go and consolidate ties between the two countries. In an interview recently, Sichinga said China was Zambia's largest creditor and should have been the first among the...

KABOMPO UPND member of parliament Ambrose Lufuma says government has actually not decentralised the utilisation of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) because control is still in Lusaka. In an interview, Lufuma, who is also Defence Minister, said the process of allowing the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to approve CDF projects in Lusaka...

THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has attributed the lack of matching records of customs clearance of 33,045 motor vehicles to lack of integration between the Authority and RTSA systems as well as lack of professionalism among some clearing agents and officers. Government recently suspended six senior officials at Road Transport and Safety Agency following ZRA...

PF member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says he is aware the Joint Investigations Team plans to arrest him when he appears for questioning today. Speaking during a briefing, Monday, Mwamba claimed that there were plans to detain him without police bond. "I was in Kasama last week where I had gone for a funeral, I lost...

ZAMBIA Medical Association (ZMA) Secretary General Dr Kaumba Tolopu says given the right support and incentives, the newly modernised and super-specialised local facilities are capable of offering “first-class” medical services. And Democratic Party president Harry Kalaba says the problem with President Hakainde Hichilema is that he has always believed that foreigners have got a monopoly...