PF secretary general Davies Mwila says it is evident that there was an instruction to arrest Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu without investigations being concluded. Commenting on Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Siyunyi’s remarks that her office had studied Lungu’s docket and was in the process of preparing documentation to file in...

THE Auditor General's office has launched a toll free hotline (5566) which will provide a platform for the public to report issues of concern regarding the management of public resources. And Auditor General Dr Dick Sichembe has warned controlling and public officers that his office will not relent in exposing all those in the habit...

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says an environmental and water analysis has revealed faecal contamination of water in Kanyama, Kaunda square, Matero, George and Bauleni areas. In a statement, Friday, Masebo said the ministry had continued investigating reports of typhoid in Lusaka. “As we have been cautioning, this time of year is associated with food and...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has dissolved the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Board, thanking them for their service to the nation. And President Hichilema has appointed Silumesi Muchula to act as ACC Director General following the resignation of the substantive Director General Zacharia Phiri, and upon the expiry of the contract of the Deputy Director General, Rose...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says the Public Order Act is among the pieces of legislation that will be reviewed. And Lukashya PF member of parliament George Chisanga says he will give the UPND a thumbs up if they actually go ahead and amend the POA. In an interview, Haimbe said the POA would support freedom...

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lilian Siyunyi says her office has studied Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu’s docket and is in the process of preparing documentation to file in court. And Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) public relations officer Mathias Kamanga says the Commission would not have arrested Lungu if it did not...

THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has distributed 2,000 books and learning materials as well as digital resources to Zambia’s 12 Colleges of Education and university libraries. According to a statement issued by the US Embassy Zambia Press Office, Wednesday, USAID also provided computers and wireless internet access at 10 teacher-training institutions. “During...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested five people for money laundering activities involving over K5,500,000. In a statement, Thursday, DEC Public Relations Officer Mathias Kamanga said the commission arrested three people in North-Western province for stealing a Mixed Mineral Ore from Kansanshi Mines, trading in minerals without a permit and receiving various payments amounting...

FOOTBALL Administrator Mwansa Mbulakulima has written to Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga, urging him to resign and pave way for fresh leadership. In a letter dated October 12th 2021, Mbulakulima said the message Kamanga delivered to the country did not correspond with the results he had produced. “On Sunday, October 10, 2021...

LABOUR and Social Security Minister Brenda Tambatamba says the strike by employees of First Quantum Minerals was a result of a perceived delay by management to implement the unionized preferred pension scheme. She was responding to a question asked by Kantanshi PF member of parliament Anthony Mumba in Parliament on what caused the riotous behavior...