NAREP spokesperson Bwalya Nondo says the Registrar of Societies is trying to dent the image of the party by making people believe that the party has not been paying annual returns for two years. And Nondo says the Registrar of Societies is playing foolish politics to try and destabilise the opposition alliance. On Wednesday, chief...

Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya says President Edgar Lungu is committed to the provision of health care services in the country. In a statement issued by first secretary for press and public relations at the Zambian High Commission in South Africa Naomi Nyawali, Chiufya said under President Lungu, Zambia introduced health policies with positive results....

National Democratic Congress president Chishimba Kambwili says government is just trying to keep up appearances by announcing austerity measures which it doesn't intend to implement. And Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu acts like a "know it all person and yet he is simply a drunkard". Speaking to journalists at the Lusaka Magistrates' Court, Thursday, Kambwili...

Central Province NAREP Information and Publicity Secretary Frank Sichone says his party has received with shock the cancellation of Agricultural and Commercial shows in Lusaka, Southern and Western provinces on claims that farmers have nothing to exhibit due to crop failure caused by droughts. And Sichone has challenged government to inform the public if it...

Southern Province UPND deputy spokesperson Neto Halwabala says the upholding of Romeo Kang'ombe's election as Sesheke member of parliament by the Lusaka High Court is a lesson to the PF that the bad laws they have come up with will continue working against them. In a statement, Wednesday, Halwabala said the party was elated by...

The Auditor General’s Report on the parastatal bodies and other statutory institutions has revealed that Yalelo Limited failed to pay nearly K17.3 million in dividends to the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ), contrary to a shareholding agreement entered between the two parties. The Report disclosed that Yalelo and DBZ entered into a shareholders’ agreement in...

UPND national women chairperson Namakau Kabwiku says lack of a national land policy has led to illegal land allocation and corruption. And Kabwiku says once in government, UPND will come up with a land policy that will allow women to own land easily. In a statement, Monday, Kabwiku said there was no political will on...

Chairperson of the Chishinga Royal Establishment Musonda Mushota says calls for Minister of Infrastructure Development Ronald Chitotela's dismissal are misplaced because the Pambashe PF member of parliament is innocent. And Mushota has vowed that the royal establishment will stand with Chitotela, who is also a headman in Chitotela village, saying they won't support him if...

The South African Magistrates' court has sentenced a Zambian national to 7 years imprisonment for being in possession of a stolen Ford Ranger. In a statement, Wednesday, first secretary for press and public relations at the Zambian High Commission in South Africa Naomi Nyawali, said Chilala Muyila, 47, a Livingstone-based businessman was sentenced to 7...

Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Songowayo Zyambo has instructed Provincial Agricultural Coordinators for Lusaka, Southern and Western Provinces not to hold agricultural shows this year due to crop failure caused by droughts that hit the three provinces. In a letter addressed to the three Provincial Agricultural Coordinators, Zyambo also stated that the three provinces will...

Technocrats in government ministries have stopped giving advice because they are afraid that what they speak will run contrary to what politicians say, the National Union for Small-Scale Farmers of Zambia (NUSFAZ) has observed. And the Union has advised that President Edgar Lungu should listen to expert advice on technical matters that are beyond Amos...

UPND Secreatry General Steven Katuka says the party has already started receiving applications from people who wish to contest the Katuka parliamentary seat which fell vacant after Patricia Mwashingwele's death. And Katuka says the people of Katuba cannot vote for PF as the ruling party does not have a sellable message. In an interview, Monday,...

The Zambia Revenue Authority says Konkola Copper Mines owes government more than US$180 million in taxes. Recently, in an update on KCM, Vedanta stated that ZRA owed KCM US$180 million in VAT refunds which had made the mine's operations even more challenging. But in an interview, ZRA public relations manager Topsy Sikalinda said the mining...

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says President Edgar Lungu is concerned with the criticism of the resolutions of the National Dialogue Forum by people who shunned it. And Chanda says the President is worried with pronouncements by opposition members who plan to shoot down the constitution amendment bill...

The 2017 Auditor General’s Report on accounts of parastatal bodies and other statutory institutions has revealed that the Copperbelt University did not remit over K686 million to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in Pay as You Earn, and the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA). And the report revealed that the University spent over K300, 000...

UPND Mazabuka central Member of Parliament Gary Nkombo says United Liberal Party president Sakwiba Sikota should name UPND MPs who were sending him text messages during the National Dialogue Forum sessions to sneak in their contributions. And Nkombo who referred to the National Dialogue Forum as ‘the National Drunkards Forum’ said UPND MPs will vote...

Eight Civil Society Organisations have opposed the proposed introduction of Sales Tax to replace the value added tax, arguing that Sales Tax has dangerous consequences on the livelihoods of people and the country’s economy. The civil societies include the Non-Governmental Coordinating Council (NGOCC), Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR), Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR),...

There was commotion in Chingola yesterday when a combined team of security forces escorted the appointed provisional liquidator of Konkola Copper Mines from Lusaka to go and take over the assets of the Vedanta owned mine. Provisional liquidator Lungu Milingo of Messrs Lungu Simwanza was accompanied by a high powered delegation appointed by President Edgar...

Non-governmental Organisations' Coordinating Council (NGOCC) Executive Director Engwase Mwale says people should refrain from ridiculing women holding decision making positions as they are few and need to be supported. In a statement, Tuesday, Mwale said the council had been overwhelmed by press queries since a video of Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe in an apparent drunken...

ZESCO says it intends to commence load shedding immediately due to the drop in water levels at Kariba, Itezhi-tezhi and Kafue Gorge. And ZESCO has invited the Lubinda Habazoka-led Economic Association of Zambia to a consultative meeting to discuss the best ways of managing the load shedding process. According to the invitation letter dated May...

Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga says police are investigating a matter in which Special Assistant to the President for Political Affairs Kaizer Zulu allegedly slapped a businessman called Chomba Kaoma over the weekend. And Kaoma says Zulu has caused embarrassment to the Office of the Republican President by slapping him. Meanwhile, Kaizer has laughed at...

A Canadian-based Zambian lawyer says Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe needs to check herself into rehab because alcoholism is a serious illness which can be treated through rehabilitation. A video of Mwanakatwe dozing in a suspected drunken state while deliberations at the National Dialogue Forum were going on has gone viral on social media and...

United Liberal Party president Sakwiba Sikota says a number of UPND members of parliament who shunned the National Dialogue Forum were texting him to sneak in their ideas during the forum. And Sikota says those who stayed away from the process should not complain about the resolutions that were passed because their absence made it...