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16 Jan 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Elections are close – UPND

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says elections are close and the opposition party is heating up to remove the PF from office. And Mwamba has asked Zambians to vote for rich people because their primary […]

12 Jan 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Mwiinga’s dismissal smells tribalism – Wynter

The PF leadership is treating everyone who is from Southern Province as a UPND member who must be removed from government, Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba has observed. Kabimba was commenting on President Lungu’s decision […]

11 Jan 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Mosho’s associates threaten Chief Justice, in defence of judge Sunday Nkonde

Renowned Lusaka Lawyer Lewis Mosho’s associates have threatened to call for an inquiry to probe Chief Justice Irene Mambilima for misconduct after she allegedly asked Judge Sunday Nkonde to recuse himself from handling the liquidation […]

11 Jan 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia needs healing – NGOCC

Non-Governmental Organisation Coordinating Council (NGOCC) chairperson Sera Longwe says President Edgar Lungu and UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema should commit themselves to national dialogue because the country needs healing from the post election differences of 2016. […]

11 Jan 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Mwila allows disciplinary action against Tutwa, orders Kalaba to leave PF

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila has instructed the party leadership in Central Province to take action against Kabwe member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube whom he says is the only obstacle that the ruling party […]

11 Jan 2018 | Joseph Mwenda

Lungu fires Pension Fund boss Mwiinga, against Board’s recommendation

President Edgar Lungu has gone against the Public Pensions Act by interfering in the decision of the Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF) Board to keep Dr Richard Mwiinga as Chief Executive Officer, and has since […]

10 Jan 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

PF looting in broad daylight – HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says corruption under PF has reached unacceptable levels. And Hichilema has reiterated his commitment to dialogue. In a statement welcoming remarks by the three church mother bodies, Tuesday, Hichilema stated that […]

9 Jan 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

JCC powers unsettle judges: lawyers can’t be trying us – Chitabo

Lusaka High Court judge Mwila Chitabo says there is a worrying trend in the Judiciary where lawyers are trying judges using the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) when court judgements don’t favour them. And Chitabo, who […]

8 Jan 2018 | Joseph Mwenda

Chikwanda roasts PF: Our party needs soul searching, there’s an intellectual vacuum

The PF needs to indulge in serious soul searching and set distinct ethical benchmarks to understand that there is more to life than material trappings, says former finance minister Alexander Chikwanda. And Chikwanda says Zambia […]

5 Jan 2018 | Joseph Mwenya in Kabwe

Cholera sparks chaos in Kabwe, as Minister orders soldiers to beat vendors

In this video, Central Province Minister Sydney Mushanga orders soldiers to “act” on irate traders who raised the UPND symbol in protest of government’s move to chase them from the streets. Chaos rocked Kabwe, Thursday […]