THE Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has saluted 400m Commonwealth and African Champion Muzala Samukonga for his great exploits and for putting not only Zambia but Africa on the World map during the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. And Sports minister Elvis Nkandu said the new dawn government will raise the bar by hosting the African...

PF lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says the ongoing Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) investigation against former president Edgar Lungu which has been extended to his bank accounts is a sign that the new dawn government doesn't respect anyone. According to a leaked document, a Lusaka Magistrate authorised DEC officer, Emmanuel Khondowe, to inspect Lungu's Atlas Mara bank...

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday sent away a delegation from RTSA led by Ministry of Transport and Logistics permanent secretary Fredrick Mwalusaka after noting a discrepancy in the amount of under-collected revenue for road traffic collections by the agency. The amount for the agency was said to be over K18 million while the Auditor...

LUSAKA lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says the corruption case involving former health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya and Honeybee directors couldn't take off yesterday because ACC forgot that the case was scheduled for that day. Ngulube claims that he called a number of ACC officers who told him that they forgot that the case was coming up...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested former Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Songowayo Zyambo and two others for corruption involving US$131 million in a case of unsupplied fertilizer. In July this year, the Commission recorded a warn and caution statement from the former Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary and Neria Investments Limited Directors on alleged corrupt...

COPPERBELT Minister Elisha Matambo says there has been pressure from Copperbelt residents who are demanding to know what's happening to Konkola and Mopani Copper Mines. In an interview, Matambo called for patience among the residents, saying his government wanted to do things which would stand the test of time. “No, pressure is there but we...

PF MPs yesterday walked out of Parliament in protest of First Deputy Speaker, Attractor Chisangano's decision not to order UPND Bweengwa MP to produce evidence that the former ruling party was indeed issuing NRCs to foreigners and underage persons. Chisangano said she couldn't order the MP to produce evidence because the same was widely publicised...

FORMER PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says the party will replace all disloyal parliamentary candidates in 2026 like the Mafinga member of parliament, Robert Chabinga. Chabinga recently said President Hakainde Hichilema had a heart for Zambia, adding that if working with the Head of State would make him unpopular in his party, then so be...

AGRICULTURE Minister Mtolo Phiri says government has spent over $369 million on fertilizer procurement for the 2022/2023 farming season. And Phiri has announced that farmers will start receiving their inputs today at the various depots across the country. He has also clarified that both new and old cooperatives will be allowed access to the inputs...

FORMER home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo says government should see to it that there are tight security measures as it waives Visa requirements for selected countries, saying the action may have its own ramifications. Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jack Mwiimbu recently announced the waiver of Visa requirements for selected countries like the...