HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says government does not transport politicians or anyone to various police stations in the country. Responding to a question from Lumezi Independent member of parliament Munir Zulu on why government could not donate one of the vehicles which they used to transport politicians to different locations, to...

PF national chairperson Davies Chama says no one in his right senses would have rejected Kelvin Kaunda's offer to mobilise K2 million towards the general conference when the party is desperately looking for resources. And Kasenengwa PF member of parliament Philemon Twasa says the party is not ready to hold a general conference, arguing that...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested 10 people in Lusaka and Copperbelt Provinces for trafficking in cocaine and high-grade compressed cannabis. In a statement, Wednesday, DEC public relations officer Mathias Kamanga stated that on the Copperbelt Province, the commission arrested four people for trafficking in 126.08 Kilograms of compressed cannabis concealed in woven sacks....

FIRST Deputy Speaker Attractor Chisangano on Tuesday chased Chilubi PF member of parliament Mulenga Fube from Parliament for wearing a chitenge skirt. Fube was directed to go and change his attire, which he did before later returning to the House. This was after a point of order was raised by Petauke Independent member of parliament...

FORMER defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba and his co-accused, Adolphus Mubanga, a country representative for Curzon Global Limited have been granted bail in the sum of K300,000 each but in their own recognisance, in a matter in which they are facing various corruption-related charges. Mwamba, a PF member, and Mubanga have been charged with 27...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema yesterday took to social media, asking economists and those "in the know" to educate each other on the meaning of the continued reduction in the annual inflation rate since his government took office. President Hichilema also posted a diagram illustrating how the inflation rate had continued to drop from August 2021 (24.6...

ACTING Administrator General and official receiver Celine Nair has submitted that the legal system will be marred with uncertainty if Constitutional Court judge Martin Musaluke's decision to halt criminal proceedings involving former KCM provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu, is not reversed. Nair who is also Konkola Copper Mines provisional liquidator, has stated that uncertainty in the...

FORMER vice president Enock Kavindele says the Zambian government can talk to their Chinese counterpart to facilitate a refund of the $30 million that was paid to China Jiangxi towards the construction of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway. Commenting on a News Diggers investigation which revealed that government under the Patriotic Front paid US$30 million to...

MINEWORKERS Union of Zambia (MUZ) president Joseph Chewe says Zambians should not be segregated in the issuance of mining licenses based on the assumption that they don't have capacity to start a mine from scratch. Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe recently said most Zambians did not have the capacity to start a mine...