PETAUKE Central independent member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Banda has expressed concern that a number of school-going children are not following COVID-19 guidelines, and are therefore getting sick owing to the cold weather. Raising a matter of urgent public importance in Parliament last Tuesday, Banda wondered whether the Minister of Education was in order to...

ACTING Minister of Health Ambrose Lufuma says people should expect to see an increase in the number of colds, flus and other respiratory illnesses in the coming weeks owing to the colder weather. In a statement read on his behalf by Ministry of Health permanent secretary for technical services Prof Lackson Kasonka recently, Lufuma advised...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says there seems to be a greater resistance among young people to receive COVID-19 vaccines, compared to adults. In an interview, Fr Chikoya said the organisation undertook a survey and it was discovered that there was apprehension about the vaccines even among some medical...

OPERATION 100 Covid-19 Taskforce chairperson Inambao Sitwala says the Ministry of Health should incorporate all key stakeholders in the fight against COVID-19 in order for the pandemic to be completely eradicated. In an interview, Sitwala said COVID-19 still remained a very big "thorn" in Zambia's economy. "Based on whatever is going on right now, COVID-19...

SPECIAL Advisor to the President for COVID-19 Dr Roma Chilengi has urged citizens to lift their guard and ensure that they adhere to the laid down COVID-19 preventive measures. In an interview, Dr Chilengi said although there were no new strict guidelines concerning COVID-19 mitigation, people still needed to follow the golden rules and also...

WITHIN a space of one week Zambia experienced six deaths of school children(in school environment, by the way). One was in Chongwe where an animal concrete statue fell on a boy, another in Lusaka where a table killed another boy; and as if that was not bad enough, we had another sad story of four...

MINISTER of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali says President Hakainde Hichilema is a democrat and team builder who allows divergent views from his ministers. Last week, PF Media Director Antonio Mwanza said the UPND government was a one-man show and that was why ministers treat President Hichilema’s feelings as government policies. He added that there...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his government is available for counsel and guidance, and will not be offended when told that they are wrong. And President Hichilema says he used to ask his wife if there was another HH because of how other people described him for years. Meanwhile, President Hichilema says second Republican President Fredrick...

FORMER Patriotic Front (PF) central committee member Paul Moonga says Socialist Party leader Dr Fred M'membe's leadership has always inspired him. And Moonga says Socialist Party is the strongest opposition party at the moment. In a letter dated June 17, 2022, SP general secretary Dr Cosmas Musumali appointed Moonga as a member of the opposition...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says the proposed amendment to the Judges' Conditions of Service Act will dilute the powers which Presidents have enjoyed since 1996. During a debate on the Judges Conditions of Service (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, Thursday, Haimbe said from 1996 to date, it was only the President that determined conditions of service...