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10 Apr 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

5 former African presidents to attend KK’s 95th birthday

Five former African Heads of States are expected to visit first Republican president Dr Kenneth Kaunda on April 28 to mark his 95th birthday celebrations. And Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba has

9 Apr 2019 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Opposition defy police: HH, CK campaign in Roan

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his NDC counterpart Chishimba Kambwili yesterday defied police and held mammoth rallies in Roan ahead of the upcoming by-election. And Kambwili says Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga is a very

9 Apr 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

USAID funded YALI distances itself from Ntewewe’s replica NGO

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) RLCSA Zambia Chapter, has asked the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) to compel Andrew Ntewewe to change the name of his ‘replica’ organisation, saying his YALI is fake.

8 Apr 2019 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Kambwili is mad, says Kaizer as NDC leader accuses him of firing 7 gun shots at his house

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has charged that President Edgar Lungu’s political adviser Kaizer Zulu fired seven gun shots at his house on Saturday night. Kambwili has also charged that Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga is

8 Apr 2019 | Diggers Correspondent

I used to eat with Kalaba, he never saw any corruption – Lungu

President Edgar Lungu has challenged Democratic Party leader Harry Kalaba to report him and the Patriotic Front to the Anti-Corruption Commission for the corruption that he says is rampant in the ruling party. And President

8 Apr 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

We’re a nation of cowards – Chifire

The problem is that we are a nation of cowards who see things going wrong but just murmur from our blankets, SANAC executive director Gregory Chifire has charged. And Chifire says President Edgar Lungu should

5 Apr 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

UPND won’t win to bring you back in 2021, Lungu tells fired govt workers

President Edgar Lungu has warned striking civil servants across the country to stop sabotaging government operations by abandoning their official duties because they will be dismissed from work. The President advised the civil servants and

4 Apr 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

We’ll close UNZA, CBU if protests continue, warns Lungu

President Edgar Lungu has vowed to deal with University of Zambia and Copperbelt University students and lecturers who are protesting against their unpaid salaries, saying government will have no option but to shut down the

4 Apr 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Controversial Dialogue Bill goes through despite UPND objection

The contentious National Dialogue Bill passed third reading Tuesday evening as the parliamentary session stretched into an overnight session to allow lawmakers exhaust their heated debates on the proposed legislation. Members of parliament stayed up

3 Apr 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lungu dares UPND to raise winning threshold to 60% plus 1

President Edgar Lungu says if the UPND wants, they can raise the winning threshold to 60 per cent plus one in 2021, and Zambians will still vote for him overwhelmingly. And President Lungu says he