THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it has so far registered about 4.3 million eligible voters. And the Commission says it will commence registration of voters in correctional facilities from next Wednesday. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, Friday morning, ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano said that the Commission had made progress...

ZAMBEZI East UPND member of parliament Brian Kambita says political interference in the duties of the Teaching Service Commission has compromised the selection and deployment of teachers in the education sector. Speaking in Parliament, Wednesday, Kambita said the placement of teachers was now based on political patriotism, which had compromised the performance of teachers. “The...

PF DEPUTY national chairperson Davies Chama says former vice-president Dr Guy Scott should retire peacefully and concentrate on his health rather than stressing himself with political matters. And Chama says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema is hallucinating by stating that the PF is trying to cause chaos in the ongoing electoral process. On Wednesday, Dr Scott...

LUSAKA Hotel Limited has denied owing Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited (LWSSC) over K1 million as an outstanding bill for sewerage services provided to the hotel. The hotel has submitted that the amount claimed by LWSSC has to be verified through a diligent reconciliation of the issues raised by the hotel, which dates...

HUNGRY Lion Limited has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that the claim by a Lusaka woman that she discovered maggots in the food she ordered from its Manda Hill outlet is suspicious. The company says this is because when it inspected the picture of the chicken, it noticed that the alleged maggots were only...

AUDITOR General Dr Dick Sichembe has urged his officers to ensure that 2021 audits extensively look at citizen empowerment programmes. According to a statement issued by head of public relations Ellen Chikale, Thursday, Dr Sichembe was speaking when he officially opened the planning meeting for his office. Dr Sichembe also urged his officers to not...

GREEN Party leader Peter Sinkamba has welcomed the move by the United Nations to decriminalise cannabis and cannabis resin by removing it from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. In a statement, Sinkamba said this would encourage the country to re-evaluate the drugs classification and pave way for more investments and...

FORMER secretary to the cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says government should focus on fixing the economy rather than complicating things by giving meaningless salary increments to civil servants. Dr Sacika noted that government’s meagre eight per cent salary increment would not solve civil servants’ huge financial problems due to the overwhelming economic challenges afflicting the...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has reiterated his "unequivocal" support for President Edgar Lungu's third term bid. And Dr Chilufya says government has recruited 25,000 health workers since 2016. Speaking when he featured on K-FM radio in Mansa, Wednesday evening, Dr Chilufya urged Luapula residents to register as voters so that they could retain President...

THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc has declared a dividend to its shareholders amounting to 2.1 US cents per share for the 2020 financial year following an improved financial performance during the second-half of this year. According to an interim dividend notice released, Wednesday, CEC announced that it had declared a dividend of 2.1 US cents...