CHIEF government spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says Zambia’s attainment of a single-digit inflation rate gives credence that UPND has set the country on a clear path of economic growth. And Kasanda says it's just a matter of time before Zambians can begin to witness cheaper prices once the economic gains recorded begin trickling down to the...

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says 18 Lunte Secondary School girls are admitted to Kasama General Hospital for observations for a sociogenic disorder. And Masebo says Zambia recorded 158 new COVID-19 cases out of 3,026 tests performed, representing a 5% positivity rate. Speaking during a press briefing Friday, Masebo said . "We have yet again been...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano says the commission has registered 1,527 voters for the month of June. Addressing the media, Friday, Nshindano said the breakdown by gender was 1, 043 males, against 484 females. "The total new registration for the month of June is 1, 527. Total composition in terms...

GOVERNMENT says it will publish names of successful candidates in the recruitment exercise of 11, 276 health workers and 30, 000 teachers on 15th and 22nd July, respectively. According to a joint statement issued by the Civil Service Commission and Teaching Service Commission, the commissions said it had completed phase one and two of the...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has sentenced a Kabwata police officer to twelve months imprisonment with hard labour for corrupt practices involving K5,000. According to a statement issued by ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe, Friday, Lusaka Magistrate Faides Hamaundu sentenced Elias Mutondo on Thursday, and the sentence was effective from June 30. She stated that particulars of...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission has taken possession of 15 flats in State Lodge area belonging to a person by the name of Esther Nyawa Tembo, suspected to be proceeds of crime. Speaking to journalists at the site, Friday, DEC Public Relations Officer Mathias Kamanga disclosed that the flats had not been occupied for a long...

THERE was drama at Lusaka’s Woodlands Police Station yesterday when two Democratic Party factions which are led by Harry Kalaba and Judith Kabemba clashed. The confusion began after Kabemba and DP spokesperson Justine Nkonge arrived at the police station in order to report a matter, only to hear that Kalaba had reported her for hate...

A LUSAKA resident has dragged the Attorney General and National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) to court over the police's trend of transporting suspects from districts where they reside to areas where reports are lodged against them. Mphwaito Jabes Sakala has argued that the trend is likely to deprive suspects of their fundamental right to be represented...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has expressed her displeasure at Ministers' continued trend of absconding parliamentary proceedings. After business resumed, Thursday, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Minister was not yet in the House when it was his time to be on the floor, which angered Speaker Mutti. "Is the House going...

VEDANTA Zambia Corporate Communications Director Masuzyo Ndhlovu says the way Zambia treats its investors has a significant bearing on how the outside world will view it. Speaking when he was featured on 5FM's Burning Issue programme, Thursday, Ndhlovu said issues to do with investors should not be politicised. "I like what the President said at...