Archive: 17 March 2025

POLICE have arrested a 47-year-old man, who was nursing his 7-year-old daughter admitted to the Cancer Diseases Hospital, after it was discovered that he had been sexually abusing her whenever he took her for a...

In last week’s Monday Opinion, we examined the environmental degradation resulting from mining activities on Zambia’s Copperbelt, specifically focusing on the February 18th contamination incident due to the failure of Sino Metals’ tailings dam. The

THE Socialist Party has accused President Hakainde Hichilema of appointing a member of the ruling party as Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The complaint is that Daphne Soko is not just a member...

THE Zambian Civil Liberties Union (ZCLU) has expressed concern over the non disclosure of incomes and liabilities by some Ministers and Members of Parliament. ZCLU Executive Director Isaac Mwanza says this is making it difficult...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the Constitution amendment process doesn’t require wider consultations because it is not the whole document which is being amended. And Mweetwa says the beauty of having a constitutional amendment...

LUSAKA Lawyer Jonas Zimba says Zambians should not allow any manoeuvre to manipulate the Constitution. In an interview, Zimba said Bill 10 was better than the new dawn government’s attempt to amend the Constitution because...

MANDEVU PF member of parliament Christopher Shakafuswa says he needs to work with government in order to address the challenges which his people are facing. In an interview, Friday, Shakafuswa said there was need to...

THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has asked the Constitutional Court to join it to the proceedings in a matter in which Matero PF MP Miles Sampa is challenging the Mopani deal as amicus curiae....

HEALTH Minister Elijah Muchima says there’s no specific time to amend something which has caused problems. And Muchima says there’s need to introduce a system that will send health workers who have served in urban...

SOME National Road Fund Agency members of staff have donated K60,000 towards health initiatives at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka. In a statement, Saturday, NRFA acting Road Tolling Director Charles Kandeke said cancer remained...