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South Africa deports 25 Zambians
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 14 Feb 2019
About 25 Zambians have been deported from South Africa back to the country for various immigration offences. And Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel....
Fire Chitotela, LAZ tells Lungu
By Mirriam Chabala on 14 Feb 2019
The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has asked President Edgar Lungu to fire Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela, saying keeping the minster in office while....
DEC arrests former ZAF commander, Chimese for theft
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 13 Feb 2019
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Lt General Eric Chimese for various criminal offences and has since ceased....
CSPR urges MPs to make speedy progress on enacting important Bills
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 13 Feb 2019
Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) executive director Patrick Nshindano says parliamentarians should throw away their political patronages when debating critical Bills in Parliament this....
Thieves blow off Chipata Diocese treasury, steal US$3,000, K18,000
By Mirriam Chabala on 13 Feb 2019
Unkown robbers yesterday broke into the Catholic Diocese of Chipata in Eastern Province where they blew off the Church Treasury with unknown explosives and got....
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UPND has resorted to witchcraft to win elections, charges Mumbi
By Thomas Mulenga on 13 Feb 2019
PF deputy secretary General Mumbi Phiri says the UPND have resorted to using witchcraft during campaigns in order to win elections. Speaking when she called....
Chief Mnukwa backs Mpezeni’s ban of bare titties at Nc’wala
By Mirriam Chabala on 13 Feb 2019
Chief Mnukwa of the Ngoni people in Chipata has welcomed Paramount Chief Mpezeni’s directive to have women cover their breasts at this year’s Nc’wala traditional....
Lungu’s selective developmental strategy is bullsh**t – Mwashingwele
By Mirriam Chabala on 13 Feb 2019
Katuba UPND member of parliament Patricia Mwashingwele says it is “bullsh**t” for President Edgar Lungu to attach conditions to his national mandate of developing all....
Recording three cholera cases a great achievement – PS Sipanje
By Tenson Mkhala on 13 Feb 2019
Lusaka Province has so far recorded only three cases of cholera since the onset of the rainy season, according to Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Charles....
Changala is an ignorant, expired civil rights activist, says Sunday
By Mirriam Chabala on 13 Feb 2019
PF media director Sunday Chanda has castigated civil rights activist Brebner Changala for alleging that President Edgar Lungu has protected arrested Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald....
Church fears political atmosphere will explode in chaos by 2021
By Thomas Mulenga on 13 Feb 2019
The three Church Mother bodies have condemned the political violence that erupted in Sesheke and Lundazi’s Mkomba Ward during the just-ended by-election campaigns in the....
There is serious need for national healing before 2021, notes HRC
By Mirriam Chabala on 13 Feb 2019
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has called on political stakeholders to seriously commit to the national dialogue and set the agenda for reconciliation, peace and....
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PF cadres attack Breeze FM reporter covering Lundazi by-election
By Mirriam Chabala on 13 Feb 2019
Suspected PF cadres attacked and beat up Chipata’s Breeze FM reporter Grace Lungu in Lundazi, Tuesday morning, where she was assigned to cover the ongoing....
Kalumbila scores big in protecting miners from malaria
By Diggers Correspondent on 13 Feb 2019
Kalumbila Minerals Limited (KML) has recorded a striking reduction in the malaria prevalence cases among employees at the Sentinel Copper Mine to 1.8 out of....
UPND wallops PF, retains Sesheke
By Mirriam Chabala on 13 Feb 2019
United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate for Sesheke Parliamentary by-elections Romeo Kang’ombe has been declared duly elected MP for Sesheke with only 35 polling....
PF complains to ECZ after brutal attacks in Sesheke
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 12 Feb 2019
Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila has written to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), complaining about the brutal attacks on his party members in....
Tu PF mulefwaya kunjipanya, jokes Kambwili in court
By Daniel Chansa on 12 Feb 2019
Tu PF mulefwaya kunjipanya (PF, you want to kill me), Chishimba Kambwili joking shouted as he constantly coughed in the Luanshya Magistrates’ Court on Monday.....
Vote PF or suffer, Lungu tells Sesheke
By Mirriam Chabala on 12 Feb 2019
President Edgar Lungu yesterday told the people of Sesheke in Western Province to either vote for the opposition and continue suffering or choose development by....
Miles threatens to shut down Lusaka Magistrates’ Court owing to dirty toilets
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 12 Feb 2019
Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has written to the Senior Clerk of Courts at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court over the dirty toilets at the complex, warning....
PF, UPND cadres clash at Sesheke police
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 12 Feb 2019
Police in Sesheke have arrested two UPND cadres for being in possession of offensive weapons while six PF cadres have sustained injuries and are admitted....
Sesheke violence worrisome – FODEP
By Thomas Mulenga on 12 Feb 2019
Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) executive director Mwenge Chimfwembe says the 2021 general elections will be bloody and chaotic if political violence is not curtailed.....
PF shouldn’t blame UPND for their infighting – Mwaliteta
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 12 Feb 2019
Lusaka Province UPND chairperson Obvious Mwaliteta says the Patriotic Front should not blame the opposition political party for infighting which has rocked the ruling party.....
Publish ATI Bill, demands PAZA
By Mirriam Chabala on 12 Feb 2019
Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) president Andrew Sakala says government should publish the Access to Information Bill so that stakeholders assist with identification of lacunas....

UPND wallops PF, retains Sesheke

By Mirriam Chabala on 13 Feb 2019

United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate for Sesheke Parliamentary by-elections Romeo Kang’ombe has been declared duly elected MP for Sesheke with only 35 polling....

PF complains to ECZ after brutal attacks in Sesheke

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 12 Feb 2019

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila has written to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), complaining about the brutal attacks on his party members in....

Tu PF mulefwaya kunjipanya, jokes Kambwili in court

By Daniel Chansa on 12 Feb 2019

Tu PF mulefwaya kunjipanya (PF, you want to kill me), Chishimba Kambwili joking shouted as he constantly coughed in the Luanshya Magistrates’ Court on Monday.....

Vote PF or suffer, Lungu tells Sesheke

By Mirriam Chabala on 12 Feb 2019

President Edgar Lungu yesterday told the people of Sesheke in Western Province to either vote for the opposition and continue suffering or choose development by....

Miles threatens to shut down Lusaka Magistrates’ Court owing to dirty toilets

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 12 Feb 2019

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has written to the Senior Clerk of Courts at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court over the dirty toilets at the complex, warning....

PF, UPND cadres clash at Sesheke police

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 12 Feb 2019

Police in Sesheke have arrested two UPND cadres for being in possession of offensive weapons while six PF cadres have sustained injuries and are admitted....

Sesheke violence worrisome – FODEP

By Thomas Mulenga on 12 Feb 2019

Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) executive director Mwenge Chimfwembe says the 2021 general elections will be bloody and chaotic if political violence is not curtailed.....

PF shouldn’t blame UPND for their infighting – Mwaliteta

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 12 Feb 2019

Lusaka Province UPND chairperson Obvious Mwaliteta says the Patriotic Front should not blame the opposition political party for infighting which has rocked the ruling party.....

Publish ATI Bill, demands PAZA

By Mirriam Chabala on 12 Feb 2019

Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) president Andrew Sakala says government should publish the Access to Information Bill so that stakeholders assist with identification of lacunas....

Luo has sentenced students to maximum starvation – Gershom

By Daniel Chansa on 12 Feb 2019

Former Copperbelt University Students’ Union (COBUSU) president Gershom Phiri says scrapping off of students’ meal allowances is wickedness meant to sentence students to maximum starvation.....

UNZA security chief narrates events leading to Vespers’ death

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 12 Feb 2019

A University of Zambia chief security officer has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court events which led to the death of Vespers Shimunzhila last year,....

PS Kamanga regrets flooding of Kasama General Hospital due to poor drainage

By Thomas Mulenga on 12 Feb 2019

Northern Province Permanent Secretary Elias Kamanga says the poor drainage system in Kasama district caused the flooding of Kasama General Hospital last week In an....

I will crush HH if he continues politics of provocation – Lusambo

By Mirriam Chabala on 12 Feb 2019

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has threatened to politically “crush UPND president Hakainde Hichilema and send him into extinction if he continues practicing provocative politics.....

State discontinues malicious damage case against miniskirt girl

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 12 Feb 2019

The state has discontinued the matter in which a 16-year-old ‘miniskirt’ juvenile and her auntie were facing one count of malicious damage to Zambia Police....

Chitotela defence confirms Lungu is running a corruption syndicate, charges Changala

By Mirriam Chabala on 11 Feb 2019

Governance activist Brebner Changala says President Edgar Lungu cannot fire arrested Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela from his position because he is also a beneficiary....

ACC conniving with UPND to scandalise Lungu’s influential ministers – Kamba

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 11 Feb 2019

Aspiring PF Lusaka Province chairman Kennedy Kamba says investigative wings are being used by the opposition UPND to align cabinet ministers to corruption so that....

Many people test HIV positive in Sinda, but refuse ART, reveals community counsellor

By Zindikilani Banda in Sinda on 11 Feb 2019

A community health counsellor Kennedy Mwanza has complained that the fight against HIV/AIDS is being undermined by people who are living with the virus but....

Chongwe Council warns gangs attempting to take over local bus station

By Thomas Mulenga on 11 Feb 2019

The Chongwe District Council has warned individuals and groups of people who are intending to take over the running of the newly-constructed Chongwe bus station.....

Pick n Pay Kabulonga Mall is selling rotten food – Sampa

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 11 Feb 2019

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has accused Pick n Pay franchise chain store at Lusaka’s Kabulonga Central Mall of stocking rotten food, adding that he will....

UPND spokesperson Stevphen Katuka speaks to journalist in Lusaka

Kampyongo has no right to order HH’s arrest – UPND

By Thomas Mulenga on 11 Feb 2019

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has no right to order police to arrest their leader, Hakainde Hichilema for simply....