HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo has cautioned that unhealthy diets, insufficient physical activity, and harmful use of alcohol may increase the likelihood of one developing cancer. Speaking during the commemoration of World Cancer Day and International Childhood Cancer Day, Saturday, Masebo said a healthy lifestyle was cardinal in cancer prevention. “It is important to note that...

INSPECTOR General of Police Lemmy Kajoba has come under fire for donning three stars, which military experts say is a rank reserved for a Lieutenant General in the Army. Kajoba’s official vehicle has been spotted with a three-star plate, arousing public debate around the action which is said to be unprecedented. The Police chief has...

THE Auditor General’s report on accounts of parastatal bodies for the financial year ended December 31, 2021 has revealed that the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission had non-performing loans amounting to K283,198,666 as at September 30, 2022. The report further revealed that some of the loans had been outstanding as far back as 2008. “During the...

FORMER defence minister George Mpombo has urged the President to stay in the country and attend to various national matters, arguing that his international trips are economically unjustified. And Economist Trevor Hambayi says President Hakainde Hichilema needs to also address the short-term goals within the country which speak to the recovery of the economy. In...

THE Auditor General’s report on accounts of parastatal bodies for the financial year ended December 31, 2021 has revealed that the National Pension Scheme Authority was owed over K26 billion as at May 31, 2022, in unpaid contributions and accumulated penalties by employers. And the report has revealed that as at December 31, 2021, NAPSA...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says the country needs a law which will not only regulate political funding but also set a limit on how much funding a political party can receive. And Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) chapter president Sampa Kalungu says political parties usually grow "slow legs" when it comes to enacting a law that...

ZAMBIA Medical Association (ZMA) Secretary General Dr Kaumba Tolopu says it’s unfortunate that the country seems to always have a reactive approach when it comes to cholera instead of being proactive. On Friday, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo announced that the country has a cholera outbreak, with one death being recorded in Vubwi district, Eastern Province....

ANTI-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General Tom Shamakamba says the Commission is indeed engaging anti-corruption bodies in other jurisdictions because suspects hide stolen money in other countries. And Shamakamba has revealed that the Commission has written recommendations to have some current heads of government institutions suspended as they have been charged with corruption. Meanwhile, Shamakamba says...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says the country has maintained its score of 33 on the 2022 Corruption Perception Index for the third consecutive year. TI-Z says the development is against political assurances from the UPND administration that it would improve in the corruption fight, resulting in an improved CPI score for Zambia. Speaking during the...

CITIZENS First leader Harry Kalaba says government shouldn't be advising citizens what to eat because its job is to ensure that people are able to choose between breakfast mealie meal and roller. Vice-President Mutale Nalumango has recently come under social media spotlight after she advised citizens who could not afford to buy breakfast mealie meal...