PEOPLE's Alliance for Change president Andyford Banda says the rising number of defamation of the president cases are a ploy by government to intimidate those who speak against leaders as elections approach. On Monday, police arrested 21-year-old Alex Munganga for defaming President Edgar Lungu on Facebook, while another man identified as Lawrence Kasonde was arrested...

UPND secretary general Patrick Mucheleka government panicking and lying that it is addressing youth unemployment because elections are around the corner. But Chimwemwe Independent member of parliament Elias Mwila says government should be commended because it is trying its best to create employment. On Monday, Minister of Youth and Sport Emmanuel Mulenga said government was...

RAINBOW Party secretary Wynter Kabimba says if the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) is buying Chrismar Hotel in good faith, it must inform the public what they intend to do with it and demonstrate how pensioners will benefit. NAPSA is winding up a purchase transaction of Chrismar Hotel, a Lusaka based business that is owned...

President Edgar Lungu says his government is committed to ending HIV/AIDS by 2030. And United States of America embassy Charge D'Affairs David Young says more than US$4.5 billion has been invested in Zambia's HIV/AIDS fight through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In a speech read on his behalf by Health Minister Dr...

FORMER vice-president Dr Guy Scott says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) needs about 12 more weeks to cover all would be voters. In an interview, Dr Scott noted that people who were spending hours on voter registration queues were getting more upset with government's incompetence. "On voter registration, it is very clear that the...

UNKNOWN criminals have stolen two printers belonging to the Electoral Commission of Zambia thereby paralysing the issuance of voter's cards at Twashuka Combined Secondary School in Kitwe. Copperbelt Deputy Commissioner of Police Bothwell Namuswa has confirmed the incident. "We received a report if breaking in a building and committing a felony through Garnaton Police station....

Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says people with brains should join politics and compete for leadership positions instead of always calling those leading them shallow. Speaking on Diamond TV's ‘Costa, the other side' programme, Sunday, Kafwaya said challenged the intelligentsia, and in particular Christians to join politics so that they could bring sanity to...

INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja says the Zambia Police Service stands resolute to effectively plan for the 2021 general election to achieve a positive impact in its operations. And UNDP senior election advisor Lionel Laurel has hailed the Zambia Police Service for its readiness and willingness to draw lessons from policing the 2016 general...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says the party is engaging the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) on the slow pace at which the voter registration process is being conducted. And Mwila says the ruling party will not adopt any civil servant who does not abide by the directive to resign before November 30, 2020 if...

MINISTER of Youth and Sport Emmanuel Mulenga says government is seriously addressing the high levels of youth unemployment. Mulenga said government had so far placed about 5,000 youths on internship and apprentice programmes in public institutions and the private sector. Mulenga said he was confident that youth unemployment would be addressed. He said this when...