An 18-year-old grade 11 pupil of Lufwanyama Boarding School has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed two of his mates with a screwdriver. Lucky Kangwa is alleged to have differed with a school prefect who tried to correct him over school rules. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba explained in a statement that the suspect became...

SOCIALIST Party Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says it will be difficult to attract more women into politics with the violence which has continued to be witnessed in the country. NGOCC Board Chairperson Grace Sinkamba recently expressed concern with the declining number of women participating in the electoral process. Sinkamba was commenting on the validly nominated candidates...

THE Oil Marketing Companies Association of Zambia says government needs to create a legal framework to dictate the leasing process of fuel tanker trucks within the youth empowerment programme. And the Association says issues surrounding government’s contractual dispute with Kapesika Energy and Petroleum Limited can be attributed to the selective tender which was used during...

THE Bank of Zambia says the unexpectedly long delays in concluding Zambia's debt restructuring process have heavily influenced continuous pressure in the foreign exchange market. According to the Bank of Zambia daily market rates, the Kwacha was buying at 20.9563 against the US dollar and selling at 21.0038 as at 09:30 hours, Thursday. In an...

PF member Bowman Lusambo says Miles Sampa is only destroying his political career because he has no capacity to destroy the opposition party. In an interview, Friday, Lusambo said he would engage Sampa via a phone call in order to tell him "to stop what he was doing". "I will call Miles today, I want...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says people can now use their brains to manage the country in a civilised way because peace has been restored. Speaking at a family friend's funeral in Monze, Sunday, President Hichilema said the country is now progressing towards creating jobs for the youths. “Let's focus on education for our children. Let's focus...

FORMER Lusaka Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says when he criticises government, it doesn't mean he wants anything, because his only desire is for those he casted his vote on to perform. And Archbishop Mpundu has advised the new dawn government to listen to the people's cries as well as suggestions. Speaking when he featured on Radio...

MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says people expected the corruption fight to be implemented in a transparent manner in the new dawn government, but the opposite is happening. And Lukashya PF member of parliament George Chisanga says President Hakainde Hichilema has undermined the corruption fight going by his revelations that he encouraged his...

CONVICTED former Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) managing director Dr Samuel Bwalya’s lawyer Alex Chileshe says Dr Bwalya will appeal against his conviction because no reasonable court can make a judgement without direct evidence. And Chileshe says corruption must be fought genuinely and not just creating evidence to suit an agenda that it is being...