PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the performance of athletes at respective international competitions has renewed hope and energized the country. Following the positive strides Zambian talent has made at the international stage recently, the President has committed to continue investing in sport as he urged athletes to continue working hard. "To our achievers we are so...

COMMONWEALTH gold medallist Muzala Samukonga has received a two bedroomed house worth K850 000 in Lilayi and more than K500,000 from government and the corporate world for his achievements at the Birmingham Games. Samukonga could not hold back his tears as pledges continued to pour over to him at the State house Luncheon yesterday in...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila has lamented that all the people who used to give the former ruling party money have run away because UPND is harassing them. In an interview, Mwila said PF funders were being intimidated and had since gone into hiding. He, however, said the expectation was that those who still...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it will not accept nominations from any candidate who caused a vacancy in the National Assembly in line with Article 72 (4) of the Constitution. But the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says the Constitutional Court did not disqualify Bowman Lusambo from re-contesting his former Kabushi seat, while...

ZAMBIA Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says the potential abduction of mobile money agent Pamela Chisumpa is still actively being pursued, assuring that officers have not given up. Chisumpa was allegedly abducted in April 2022, and four months later, the mobile money agent is still missing. In June this year, Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says individuals interested in knowing which assets the President declared can simply apply to relevant institutions keeping the records. Commenting on TI-Z chapter president Sampa Kalungu's remarks that it was shocking that President Hakainde Hichilema, who claimed to be a servant of the people, was asking Zambians to ask public institutions...

A LUSAKA resident has sued former Kasama PF member of parliament Kelvin Sampa demanding payment of US$38, 500 which he allegedly borrowed but failed to pay back. Kelvin Situmbeko wants the Lusaka High Court to order Sampa, who is now a UPND member, to also pay him damages, costs and interest on the amount found...

LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says he shouldn’t be accused of being quiet on Forest 27 because the matter is still very active. And Nkombo says government has engaged WWF to determine the levels of damage which has been caused in Forest 27. Following the demolition of over 300 houses built on...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says former president Edgar Lungu's recent announcement that he has decided to take a step back from politics demonstrates that he is now on the right path. Recently, Lungu told Millennium TV that he had completely retired from politics and that he wanted to focus on helping the vulnerable in society...

THE State has submitted that the charges initially levelled against Ronald Chitotela which resulted in the undertaking that he would not be subjected to prosecution in the same matter, were not determined on their merits as required by law. The State has submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court division, that there...