THE Zambia Police and Immigration Department have apprehended 29 suspected illegal immigrants aged between 10 and 40 believed to be of Burundian origin in Chirundu district. In a joint statement, Sunday, the police and department of immigration said the 29 were nabbed after a house where they were hiding was raided following a tip-off. Deputy...

MILLERS Association of Zambia (MAZ) president Andrew Chintala says government should consider adding chemicals for fighting armyworms to the FISP pack. Commenting on recent revelations by the Ministry of Agriculture that fall armyworms had affected several provinces, Chintala urged farmers to start preparing themselves for such eventualities, which he said was now a trend. "Obviously...

FORMER vice president Enock Kavindele has urged government to attach particular importance to the road and rail sectors in order to facilitate trade with neighbouring countries. Commenting on the recent MOUs signed between the Zambian and Angolan governments pertaining to road connectivity, among several others, Kavindele said Angola was a big market for Zambia. “The...

A BUS conductor and two others who allegedly broke into various offices including former Court of Appeal president Fulgency Chisanga's chambers have pleaded guilty to the charges. Davison Hanseko, a 19-year-old bus conductor; Franco Hasenko, 22; and Aaron Zulu, 30, are facing 11 counts of breaking into a building and committing a felony therein. The...

MINISTRY of Local Government Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says government will only know how much CDF from last year has not been utilised once an audit is done. Government recently disclosed that as of December 2022, 100 percent of the CDF had been disbursed to all the 116 local government authorities, representing...

ACTIONAID Zambia says authorities should be tough when dealing with corrupt public officials by ensuring that they are not only charged but fired too. Secretary to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa recently warned that Cabinet office, working with the treasury, would not hesitate to invoke punitive actions against erring controlling officers and their officers. In an interview,...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Political Advisor Levy Ngoma says the Head of State will soon be meeting the House of Chiefs to discuss various national matters. House of Chiefs chairperson senior Chief Nkula recently lamented that the traditional leaders had given up trying to have an audience with the President as their attempts to meet him...

CHAPTER One Foundation executive director Linda Kasonde says the Access to Information Bill and the media self-regulation are separate issues and government should therefore not conflate them. Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe recently said Zambians should expect more progress on the enactment of the Access to Information Bill once the media resolves the issue of self-regulation....

POLICE on the Copperbelt have apprehended a prime suspect who is alleged to have murdered Catholic priest Deodatus Kunda and also stolen a motor vehicle he was driving. In September last year, Police in Ndola apprehended the deceased's girlfriend of about 20 years in connection with his murder. In a statement, then Copperbelt Police Commanding...

FORMER Bank of Zambia governor Jacob Mwanza says the country's economy will take off, especially when issues surrounding KCM and Mopani Copper Mines are resolved. In an interview, Dr Mwanza said there had been a “big” improvement in terms of the country’s fiscal management. “I think there has been as I said, [a] big improvement...