THE Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya and charged him with four counts of possessing property suspected to be proceeds of crime. At a media briefing today, ACC corporate affairs officer Jonathan Siame said the minister had since been released on police bond in his own recognisance and would appear in the...

MUNALI PF member of parliament Professor Nkandu Luo lied that all Catholic members of parliament are in support of the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019, say UPND members of the Catholic Parliamentarians’ Association. Speaking when he addressed journalists at Parliament Media Centre in Lusaka, Friday, UPND Catholic parliamentary representative, who is also Kabompo...

MUNALI PF member of parliament Professor Nkandu Luo has challenged young people in the country to work hard and stop blaming government for whatever they do not have. And Prof Luo says the empowerment money she invested from 2011 when she became an area member of parliament in Munali has not born any fruit. Speaking...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says people of Siavonga district should not wait for a person who has failed to attain power six times for them to see help. And Kampyongo says there is no vacancy for President or Vice-President in PF. Speaking when he addressed Siavonga district, constituency and ward PF officials, Sunday, Siavonga,...

SOME schools in Lusaka yesterday turned away some unmasked pupils, contrary to government's position that masks would be handed out for free. A spot check in some schools around Lusaka found pupils being screened by teachers at the entrance while those without face masks were being sent back home. Meanwhile, some parents were found scrutinizing...

PATRIOTIC Front media director Sunday Chanda says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema must stop projecting himself as an angel of light when he is an angel of death who has committed a number of criminal activities in Zambia. And Chanda says PF respects the media. Speaking when he featured on a Radio Christian Voice programme, Wednesday,...

IF PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu will not be available, then I am also not available for politics, says Tourism and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela. And Chitotela says he doesn’t believe Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya contradicts President Edgar Lungu’s COVID-19 guidance because he is a “faithful servant”. Meanwhile, Chitotela said the President’s directive to open lodges...

RAINBOW Party leader Wynter Kabimba says he is living with a sense of trepidation about the COVID-19 pandemic because there is no hope coming from leaders. And Kabimba says if the Patriotic Front continue using the COVID-19 pandemic to campaign, there will soon be a catastrophe and they will have no one to vote for...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he admires First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda’s fight for freedom and independence of all African nations. Speaking when he presented a 96th birthday cake to Dr Kaunda at his residence in Lusaka’s State Lodge area, Tuesday, President Lungu said he admired Dr Kaunda’s gallant fight for Zambia’s liberation. President Lungu...

Zambia has received USD2.1 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for the development of a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Climate Resilience. In a statement Tuesday, Lusaka, Ministry of Lands permanent secretary Ndasha Yumba said the grant would enable government to formulate a medium to long-term climate adaptation plan, which would strengthen systems...