THE Drug Enforcement Commission in Southern Province has seized an illegal consignment of 110 boxes containing 5,280 bottles of Benylin with Codeine cough syrup at Kazungula One Stop Border Post. In a statement, Tuesday, DEC Public Relations Officer Hussein Khan disclosed that the contraband was discovered during a search of a Scania truck which was...

POLICE spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says police have detained a 44-year-old Lusaka man, who caused a road traffic accident in which two pupils were injured on Tuesday morning, for dangerous driving. According to a statement, Joe Musuni was improperly overtaking when he hit into two pedestrians. "Police in Mutendere have detained Joe Musuni aged 44 of...

CIVIL Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) Executive Director Faides TembaTemba says the country's life expectancy is likely to be reduced owing to high poverty levels. TembaTemba has therefore called on the government to ensure it subsidises essential commodities. Commenting on the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) 2022 poverty assessments report which showed an increase in poverty...

PAC president Andyford Banda says Zambia must take China’s willingness to help the country resolve its debt as an opportunity to initiate discussions on debt cancellation. On Friday last week, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Du Xiaohui said his country would do its best to help Zambia resolve its debt. Commenting on this in an interview,...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has granted the temporary release of Lusaka businessman Harry Findlay’s passport to enable him to seek medical attention in South Africa. The court has, however, directed Findlay to ensure that he surrenders the passport to the clerk of court upon his return. This is a matter in which Findlay is facing...

THE Zambia Police Service says it has opened an inquiry to establish the source of a viral video, purporting that President Hakainde Hichilema announced that he won't seek re-election in 2026. And State House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka who has described the video as fake, says creating such kind of falsehood is a pure...

FORMER Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says the latest poverty assessment report by the Zambia Statistics Agency captures trends in living conditions based on what was happening in the economy between 2015 and August 2021. Kasanda says the report only confirms that conditions of living, prior to the UPND commencing implementation of reforms, were poor...

WHAT I meant is that don’t kill them because they are gay, even people who commit the most heinous of crimes are human beings [and need] to be accorded human respect, says Chief Justice Mumba Malila. During a lecture on human rights at UNZA, Friday, Chief Justice Malila said it’s absolutely wrong to discriminate against gay...

THE Women’s national team returns to the pitch this evening to conclude its FIFA Window friendly matches against Morocco. Having beaten Morocco 2-0 on Friday, Copper Queens coach Bruce Mwape has demanded another victory from his ladies. This will be the fourth meeting between the two sides having first met in Rabat in the run-up...

TENSION has persisted in the Zambia Motor Sport Association Zambia (ZMSA) over the elective Annual General Meeting, with the latest episode seeing drivers and navigators refuse to take part in the Zambia International Rally. The ZMSA was scheduled to hold its elective AGM in early March following the expiration of the current executive's tenure of...