Govt owes over 15,000 retired teachers – Syakalima
MINISTER of Education Douglas Syakalima says 15, 425 retired teachers had not been paid their terminal benefits as at the end of December 2022. Syakalima was responding to a question in the National Assembly raised by Kalabo Central MP Chinga Miyutu, who wanted to find out how many teachers had not been paid their terminal…...
Medical doctor sues Mutale Mwanza for assault
A MEDICAL Doctor has dragged media personality Mutale Mwanza to the Lusaka High Court for assault after she allegedly brandished a gun at her. Dr Natasha Mulenga, a medical doctor at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), has told the court that as a result of the incident, she suffered extreme trauma, fear of immediate battery…...
PAC hears how Ministry of Education recruited 9 unqualified teachers
THE Ministry of Education has admitted to employing nine teachers in Chinsali District who did not have full grade 12 certificates. However, Permanent Secretary for Administration Norianna Muneku has struggled to explain to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) how the nine teachers were recruited without meeting the qualification criteria. The Auditor General’s report revealed that…...
I’ll retire from politics if my suspension won’t be lifted – Chama
SUSPENDED PF National Chairman Davies Chama says he will retire from active politics if the party doesn’t lift his suspension because his principles can’t allow him to join another party. The Given Lubinda-led Patriotic Front suspended Chama and three members of parliament in October this year for alleged indiscipline but is yet to lift that…...
Sean Tembo in court over “masturbation” remark
PATRIOTS for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for using insulting language. Tembo is charged with one count of use of insulting language Contrary to Section 179 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offence are that Tembo, on October…...
I have no money yet I don’t drink – Wynter
ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says he doesn’t see the connection between increasing agriculture production and the need for people to drink less. He argues that he doesn’t take alcohol himself, yet he has no money. And Kabimba has advised the Patriotic Front to find a mediator who will help them to resolve the ongoing…...
It’s shameful that PF can desire to come back – Milupi
UPND Alliance Chairperson Charles Milupi says it is shameful that the PF can desire to come back into power looking at the way they ran the country. Commenting on Lungu’s continued calls for all opposition parties to join him in the fight in defence of the country’s democracy, Milupi said some of the opposition leaders…...
State is not Father Christmas to compensate people anyhow – Govt
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the State is not Father Christmas to be compensating people anyhow. And Mweetwa says citizens will support a visionary President like Hakainde Hichilema while former president Edgar Lungu and the PF can support a cockroach. On Monday, Lungu’s former political advisor Chris Zumani Zimba said he didn’t even need…...
I’m PF president, my names appear at Registrar of Societies, Sampa tells court
PF faction president Miles Sampa has told the Lusaka High Court that he is not running the party the same way Brian Mundubile, Raphael Nakacinda and their “cohorts” were running it using threats, violence, suspensions and expulsions. Sampa has also told the court that Mundubile and all the other PF members of parliament belong his…...
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