RENOWNED Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube popularly known as KBF has vowed to fight President Edgar Lungu politically. Meanwhile, Fube, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Felix Mutati and two other political parties have formed a coalition called the “Zambia We Want” for the purposes of the August elections. However, Democratic Party leader Harry Kalaba...

WORKS and Supply Minister Sylvia Chalikosa says she was disappointed when she leanrnt that she was not among PF MPs adopted to recontest their seats. Reacting to the Central Committee’s decision to drop her, Chalikosa however, said she had accepted the adoptions and would support the party’s choice. She hoped that going forward, members of...

ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says the lining up of residents for food is a writing on the wall that government has failed to lead the people. On Tuesday, hundreds of citizens lined up for mealie meal at the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) offices in Lusaka. But in an interview, Archbishop Mpundu said the same...

UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says it is misleading for Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube to claim that donors will withdraw their aid if the ruling party is voted out of power. Commenting on Ngulube’s remarks that it would be disastrous for Zambia if the Patriotic Front lost elections, Imenda said Ngulube...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) faction interim president Josephs Akafumba says Chishimba Kambwili’s relevance to the PF will be to attack opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema and his party. The other NDC faction is led by 'acting president' Saboi Imboela. But Akafumba says it is contemptuous for Imboela to claim that she is the NDC president. Speaking...

POLICE in Lusaka have arrested five people in connection with the fracas that occurred at the Patriotic Front secretariat on Saturday. On Saturday, former NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili re-joined the ruling PF, and in attendance was PF sympathiser Innocent Kalimanshi. However, Kalimanshi’s presence at the PF secretariat did not go well with some PF cadres...

LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo had a tough time yesterday turning away hundreds of residents who lined up for mealie meal at the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) offices in Lusaka. And DMMU national coordinator Chanda Kabwe says the multitudes of people at the unit's offices was evident that they were in need. By...

KABWE Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says it will be disastrous if the ruling party is not re-elected as all the projects will come to a standstill. In an interview, Ngulube said Zambians had all the reasons to vote the PF back into power. “It will be disastrous if PF does not bounce...

MINES Minister Richard Musukwa says there has been mistrust between government and mining investors because they have not been coming to the table with "clean hands”. And Musukwa says government is looking for an investor that can immediately bring US$300 million. Meanwhile, Musukwa says government has procured equipment for gold mining. Speaking when he appeared...

FORMER Finance Minister Ng’andu Magande says government and investors should work on their relationship so that they can take advantage of the high copper prices. In an interview, Magande said lack of a good relationship between government and the investors in the mining industry had contributed to low copper production. “There is poor relationship between...