Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba, has tasked the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) to investigate passenger complaints surrounding a Jitotwe Bus which claimed four lives in South Africa yesterday. In a statement Embassy Press Secretary in South Africa Nicky Shabolyo, Mwamba said the survivors of the road mishap which happened along...

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba says people must reject both the PF and UPND because they are both founded on principles of hooliganism. And Kabimba says the newly upgraded first level hospitals are “death traps” because lack adequate medical personnel. Meanwhile, Kabimba insists that UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s conduct in Mongu was reckless and...

The United Party for National Development has finally distanced itself from a spate of arson activities that have dominated current affairs in Zambia following the arrest of party leader Hakainde Hichilema. And UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango today told journalists that President Edgar Lungu cannot threaten citizens that he will declare a state of emergency...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has confirmed that four Zambians died this morning in a road traffic accident involving a Jitotwe bus in South Africa. In a statement today, RTSA Chief Executive Officer Zindaba Soko said the accident happened in Louise Richard town and the bus belonged to Zambia's Lukumo General Dealers. "The...

Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) president Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says Zambia is now a dictatorship and if it is not yet, then it is not far from it. And Archbishop Mpundu says the church is worried by the unprofessional conduct of police who are executing political orders to brutalise citizens. In a statement today,...

Former FODEP executive director MacDonald Chipenzi says the destruction of public property as a way of venting anger is evil because it undermines national development. Chipenzi observed that burning court buildings was not a solution. "The continuous reports on burning of court buildings that have rocked the country recently is regrettable and inhuman. These acts...

Transport and Communication Minister Brian Mushimba says he has received information that a Kenyan aircraft with seven people on board crash-landed this morning at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, forcing a closure of the runway. A Lusaka bound passenger posted in the “Media and Sources” WhatsApp group complaining that they were stranded in South Africa following...

President Edgar Lungu today commissioned the Matero Level One Hospital, where he warned health workers to desist from selling drugs and sending away patients to private pharmacies. And Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Hidonobu Sobashima says the Japanese Government provided K200 million to Zambia for the purpose of upgrading heath facilities in the country. The Head...

Minister of Labour and Social Security Joyce Nonde Simukoko has asked all employers, including those in the informal sector to register their employees with the National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA). Speaking during the launch of eNAPSA initiative at the NAPSA Head offices in Lusaka today, Simukoko said social security was not a privilege but a...

Kabwe PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says Zambia is not for PF alone and people must not be afraid to criticise government institutions like the Road Transport and Safety Agency when they are failing to perform. When contacted for a reaction, RTSA head of public relations Fred Mubanga requested for a Ngulube's statement, which...