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25 Jul 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Zambian, Ugandan in court for supplying abortion pills

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has set August 30, 2018, for ruling on a case to answer in a matter in which a 25 year-old Lusaka woman and a Ugandan national, 30, are charged with one

25 Jul 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Major General Muma takes charge of Zambia Air Force

The Zambia Air Force says its Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese has taken leave whilst President Edgar Lungu has appointed his deputy, Major General D.M Muma, to act in his place. According to a statement

24 Jul 2018 | Mazuba Muleya

Bafana boot Chipolopolo out of COSAFA

Zambia were yesterday eliminated from the Council of Southern African Football Association (COSAFA) under-17 championship after losing 2-1 to South Africa in the last group match. Assistant coach Tenant Chilumba admitted his team was off

24 Jul 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Police can’t stop violence because Kampyongo is Kanganja’s boss

As long as Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo remains PF National Youth Chairperson, political violence will keep worsening because the Inspector General of Police cannot summon his boss when PF cadres misbehave, Civil Society Organizations

24 Jul 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Police block Kambwili from campaigning in Chifunabuli

Police in newly created Chifunabuli District of Luapula Province yesterday disrupted three National Democratic Congress (NDC) meetings which were being addressed by Chishimba Kambwili on the basis that President Edgar Lungu would be in the

24 Jul 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Lungu, HH must commit to ending violence – CCZ

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has called on President Edgar Lungu and opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema to ensure all elections in the country are peaceful and violence free. According to a statement

24 Jul 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Lungu doesn’t understand democracy – Nkombo

Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says it is not a must that the Lusaka mayoral seat should be retained by the ruling Patriotic Front because Zambia is not a monarchy. At public

24 Jul 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Lungu has sleepless nights over HH – Brebner

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala says President Edgar Lungu has sleepless nights over UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema because he is a big threat. And Changala says PF Mayoral candidate for Lusaka Miles Sampa’s public confession

24 Jul 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia’s high-cost roads determined by bidders – Saasa

Road infrastructure pricing in Zambia gives one a feeling that a design was not there, but estimations were made, meaning that bidders for specific projects determine the price, says economist Professor Oliver Saasa. Speaking when

23 Jul 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Lungu has abandoned us, relatives speak out

President Edgar Lungu’s family in Lusaka’s Kalingalinga compound has bitterly complained that the Head of State has abandoned his relatives since 2011 when he was first elected into political office, and expressed shock that he