THE Transparency International (TI) Board has appointed the organisation’s vice chairperson Rueben Lifuka as the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) Council Chair, for a five-year term. In a letter of appointment addressed to Lifuka, TI Chair...

NDEUMFWA umwenso pantu kuti baisa njikata pali permit, former president Edgar Lungu said yesterday as he addressed mourners at Leopards Hill Memorial Park during the funeral service of late former councillor Peter Lwipa. And Catholic...

EIGHTEEN human rights Zambian lawyers have supported Chief Justice Mumba Malila’s position on the rights of gay persons in the country. But EFZ executive director Bishop Andrew Mwenda says Chief Justice Malila’s remarks are appalling...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has terminated Chushi Kasanda’s appointment as Information and Media Minister, replacing her with UPND spokesperson and Southern Province Minister Cornelius Mweetwa. The President has also removed Dr Anna Songolo from the office...

THE Lusaka City Council says it has not received any application from any business entity or any individual with regards to opening a strip club. LCC has, however, refused to disclose any laws which bar...

LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says government acknowledges that mealie meal is expensive in the country, but the prices are actually the cheapest in the region. Debating the Presidential speech in the...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Finance and Investments advisor Jito Kayumba says the Head of State’s recent visit to China will start bearing fruits immediately. In an interview, Kayumba said a team from one of the largest...

VICE-President Mutale Nalumango says Zambians deserve to know whether former president Edgar Lungu is back in active politics. And Vice-President Nalumango says the monthly fuel price reviews are not meant to punish anyone. Responding to...

HEALTH minister Sylvia Masebo says Zambia has attained TB treatment coverage of over 80 per cent and also reduced TB incidence by more than 20 per cent. Masebo, however, says the country still grapples with...

WOMEN’S rights activist Professor Margaret Munalula says it is shameful that the number of women parliamentarians has continued to dwindle over the years. Speaking on the sidelines of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of...