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Chilubi outcome shows 2021 polls won’t be free and fair – AVAP
By Mirriam Chabala on 21 Feb 2020
The just-ended Chilubi Parliamentary by-elections were not free and fair because the ruling Patriotic Front did not allow a level playing field for opponents, says....
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Criminals are changing tactics, soldiers can’t root them out instantly – Chama
By Julia Malunga on 21 Feb 2020
Defence Minister Davies Chama says the deployment of soldiers in the capital city does not mean an immediate stop to the gassing incidences reported in....
Bill 10 has polarized Zambia – Kabimba
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 21 Feb 2020
Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba says if the police does not take urgent action against individuals who are giving unsolicited statements that they know the....
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Lungu renews Bible Society membership, as netizens drag him back to gassing
By Mirriam Chabala on 21 Feb 2020
President Edgar Lungu has called on Zambians not to fall prey to false prophets, whom he said perpetrate wrong teachings, but to remain vigilant in....
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Lumezi MP backs Bill 10
By Julia Malunga on 21 Feb 2020
Lumezi Independent member of parliament Pilila Jere said she is in support of all the clauses in the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019.....
HRC condemns mob justice
By Ulande Nkomesha on 21 Feb 2020
THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) says it is concerned with the continued violations of human rights and killing of people suspected of being behind the....
Southern Province in internet blackout
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 21 Feb 2020
Southern Province is experiencing an internet blackout on all three mobile service networks. ZICTA Consumer Protection manager Edgar Mulawuzi has confirmed this in an interview....
Disruption of LAZ’s Bill 10 forum is another form of closing civic space – Phiri
By Ulande Nkomesha on 20 Feb 2020
ZITUKULE Consortium executive director Nicolas Phiri says the disruption of a public discussion on Bill 10 at Intercontinental Hotel on Monday is just another form....
CCMG statement on Chilubi nothing but lies – Malama
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 20 Feb 2020
The Church mother bodies should not claim that they are non-partisan because as long as they vote, they support a particular political party, says PF....
Schools won’t close because of gassing – Mabumba
By Mirriam Chabala on 20 Feb 2020
GENERAL Education Minister David Mabumba says no school will be closed on account of gassing because government has already put in place measures to address....
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Police must explain involvement in gassing – Kambwili
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 20 Feb 2020
NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says the allegation that Chingola District Officer Commanding Peter Miselo and Criminal Investigations Officer (DCIO) Wellington Falanga have been implicated in....
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Stop finger pointing, let’s all fight to stop the gassing – Kaunda
By Julia Malunga on 20 Feb 2020
PF Lusaka Province vice youth chairperson Kelvin Kaunda says there is need for all political parties to find solutions to the gassing incidences instead of....
Russia is ready to increase scholarships for Zambian students, Matviyenko tells Lungu
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 20 Feb 2020
If you are interested in increasing the number of Russian State scholarships for Zambian students, we are ready to consider and satisfy this request, Federation....
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Gassing can’t be stopped in one day – State House
By Julia Malunga on 20 Feb 2020
State House says the country is in a difficult situation and security wings are doing everything in their power to stop the gassing of houses,....
370 households, 1,198 people affected by gassing so far – Minister tells Parley
By Mirriam Chabala on 20 Feb 2020
HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says 370 households on the Copperbelt Province are suspected to have been gassed between January 22 and February 14, 2020,....
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Mazabuka mob drags suspect out of hospital, kills him
By Diggers Reporter on 20 Feb 2020
A Mazabuka Mob on Wednesday dragged a gassing suspect out of hospital and set him ablaze around 07:32 hours. Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo confirmed....
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Top Chingola cops implicated in gassing incidences
By Mukosha Funga and Sipilisiwe Ncube on 19 Feb 2020
Police have recorded warn and caution statements from the Chingola District Officer Commanding Peter Miselo and District Criminal Investigations Officer (DCIO) Wellington Falanga who have....
Bill 10 a product of PF – Mwiimbu
By Ulande Nkomesha on 19 Feb 2020
LEADER of the Opposition Jack Mwiimbu says government should stop lying that the clauses in Bill 10 were engineered by the National Dialogue Forum when....

Police should interrogate GBM – CK

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 19 Feb 2020

Police, get GBM so that he tells you who is behind the gassing, but please don’t tell us its UPND or the opposition because that’s....

Allowing owing students to write exams impractical – Mulungushi

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 19 Feb 2020

MULUNGUSHI University says 20 per cent of the students at the institution were not allowed to write the December 2019 exams due to failure to....

It’s laughable to think PF can ensure debt sustainability – Sichinga

By Ulande Nkomesha on 19 Feb 2020

Former agriculture minister Bob Sichinga says government, under President Edgar Lungu, is unable to implement debt sustainability as it will lead the country into further....

We’ll sue management for failure to pay salaries – UNZALARU

By Ulande Nkomesha on 19 Feb 2020

UNZALARU secretary general Dr Kelvin Mambwe says workers at the institution have decided to sue UNZA management for failing to pay workers’ salaries on time.....

MTN accountant sues cop, demanding K800,000 for false imprisonment

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 19 Feb 2020

AN accountant at MTN Zambia has dragged a police officer and the Attorney General to the Lusaka High Court, demanding K800,000 compensation for torture, false....

Help Sinazeze flood victims by fixing Batoka – Maamba Pleads Sinazongwe MP

By Mirriam Chabala on 19 Feb 2020

SINAZONGWE UPND member of parliament Gift Sialubalo has asked government to consider working on the Batoka – Maamba road as it helps victims whose houses....

State involved in gassing – HH

By Julia Malunga on 19 Feb 2020

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says that there is a strong possibility that the State is involved in the gassing incidences happening in Zambia. And Hichilema....

Lungu extols cordial Zambia-Russia relations

By Stuart Lisulo on 19 Feb 2020

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the high level visits between Zambia and the Russian Federation, such as the visit to Zambia by Russia’s Federation Council Chairperson,....

Unruly PF cadres disrupt LAZ Bill 10 discussion

By Ulande Nkomesha on 19 Feb 2020

PATRIOTIC Front cadres on Monday evening stormed Intercontinental Hotel and brought to an abrupt end a Law Association of Zambia-organised public discussion on Constitutional Amendment....

Nyimba residents gut police post after cops rescue gassing suspect from lynching

By Mirriam Chabala on 19 Feb 2020

IRATE citizens yesterday burnt down Nyimba Police Post in Eastern Province after some officers rescued a member of the public suspected of being involved in....

Lubinda trashes police statement on Arthur Wina

By Julia Malunga on 19 Feb 2020

Kabwata Central PF Member of Parliament Given Lubinda has trashed a police statement suggesting that there was no gassing incident at Arthur Wina School on....

Court halts Kingsland City construction after Lungu Commissions project

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 18 Feb 2020

THE Court of Appeal has granted an injunction restraining the continued works at Kingsland City, a housing project which was officially commissioned by President Edgar....

GBM hallucinating, I haven’t given conditions to go back to PF – CK

By Julia Malunga on 18 Feb 2020

National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says he has not given any conditions to the PF in a bid to re-join the ruling party,....

GBM escapes grilling on radio show

By Mirriam Chabala on 18 Feb 2020

PATRIOTIC Front national mobilisation vice chairperson Geoffrey Mwamba on Sunday evening chickened out of a live phone-in interview at Pan African radio, accusing the show....

More die from mob justice as gassing spreads countrywide

By Julia Malunga on 18 Feb 2020

AT LEAST 20 people have died countrywide at the hands of mobs since the beginning of gassing incidences which have now spread to all but....

UNZALARU has been given notice of cancellation for breaching Act – Labour PS

By Julia Malunga on 17 Feb 2020

Ministry of Labor Permanent Secretary Chanda Kaziya says it is not the ministry’s mandate to protect workers or employers but to penalize anyone who goes....

Wina is lying, Zambia suffering because of theft in govt, not because of by-elections – Sangwa

By Mukosha Funga on 17 Feb 2020

Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa, State Counsel, says Vice-President Inonge Wina has no moral right to use the cost of by-elections as an excuse for the....

Petition duration doesn’t matter, what matters is being heard – Mwitwa

By Ulande Nkomesha on 17 Feb 2020

Law Association of Zambia president Eddie Mwitwa says it does not matter how much time those who challenge presidential petitions are given, what matters is....

There’s no need for a state of emergency – Nevers

By Mirriam Chabala on 17 Feb 2020

MOVEMENT for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) president Nevers Mumba has expressed disappointment with the manner in which the Police Command has been handling the gassing incidents....

Bowman dangles $100, 000 for teachers’ loans in Kabushi

By Daniel Chansa on 17 Feb 2020

Kabushi PF Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo has promised to set up a US$100, 000 revolving fund for Kabushi constituency teachers, saying they need to....