A 30-YEAR-OLD man of Kalulushi has sustained a rubber bullet wound on his left ribs after being shot at by the police as he was trying to force himself onto Kitwe's Black Mountain. Copperbelt acting commanding officer Sharon Zulu, who confirmed the development in a statement, said the incident occurred when mobile unit police officers...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the recent interaction between President Hakainde Hichilema and Edgar Lungu during Sikota Wina's funeral service does not mean the two are in good books, describing the chit-chat as "public relations". In an interview, Mwila said people should not expect Lungu to be in good books with President Hichilema...

MINISTER of Science and Technology Felix Mutati says Zambia has business commitments exceeding US$3 billion this year alone. Speaking when he officially opened the AETFAT conference in Livingstone, Monday, Mutati said the development, which is record breaking, was as a result of Zambia being "back in business". "You have a government that is saying the...

UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says the Patriotic Front is dead. In an interview, Imenda said UPND was still waiting for another party to emerge on the political scene because all the ones in the opposition at the moment were no competition. "PF is dead. You cannot hear of PF, totally, totally dead. When you...

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka has welcomed President Hakainde Hichilema’s position on allowing Law Enforcement Agencies to act on the FIC Trends Analysis Report, but argues that political commitments of such kind should be translated into concrete actions. And Lifuka says it's clear from issues raised by FIC that the last couple of years have been...

ZAMTEL has refuted an article circulating on various online media platforms to the effect that government has decided to sell the Company, and that an equity partner has already been found. And Science and Technology Minister Felix Mutati says no partner has been identified because a working group, which will look at Zamtel issues and...

UPND deputy secretary general Getrude Imenda says the ruling party is not worried about defections because it is confident it will bounce back in 2026 and beyond. And Imenda says her party is not 100 per cent responsible for the high cost of living as this can be attributed to the previous regime's bad policies....

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe State Counsel says government is concerned about revelations in the 2021 Financial Intelligence Centre Report that some law firms were involved in money laundering and fraud. The FIC has highlighted how some law firms are involved in money laundering and fraud. This was illustrated in three case studies presented in the...

PF chairperson for legal affairs George Chisanga says law enforcement agencies should abide by President Hakainde Hichilema's call for them not to arrest innocent people. And Chisanga says some bail and bond conditions given to perceived political opponents are harsh. Commenting on President Hichilema's remarks that law enforcement agencies should not arrest anyone if they...

COPPERBELT Police Commanding Officer Sharon Zulu says Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo didn't notify the police about conducting a tour in his constituency. Recently, Lusambo said Police officers who attempted to block him during a recent tour of duty in his constituency informed him that instructions came from above. But in an interview,...