We’ve recorded a maize deficit of 1.3m metric tonnes – govt
ZAMBIA has produced 1,511,143 metric tonnes of maize during the 2023/24 farming season, less than the 3,261,686 metric tonnes produced in the previous season, the crop forecasting survey results have revealed. Minister of Agriculture Mtolo Phiri says the country has recorded a net deficit of 1,323,288 metric tonnes for maize, 55,138 metric tonnes for paddy…...
As Army, we wouldn’t want to be deployed, but if situation deserves, we’ll deal with tribalists – Alibuzwi
TRIBAL talk unfortunate, as army, we wouldn’t want to go to an extent of being deployed, but if the situation deserves so, we’ll do what we’re mandated to do, says Zambia Army Commander Lt. Gen Dennis Alibuzwi. Lieutenant General Alibuzwi said this when he paid a courtesy call to Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Rose Sakala…....
Levy Ngoma has high libido like a rabbit, afuna kunikwela Saboi
NDC leader Saboi Imboela has charged that State House political advisor Levy Ngoma has libido as high as that of a rabbit, further accusing him of sexual harassment. And Imboela says former cabinet ministers Professor Nkandu Luo and Jean Kapata were among the women who planned to strip naked if Emmanuel Jay Banda was not…...
Keep quiet if you have nothing to say, Lungu tells HH
ZAMBIANS don’t want false claims of “I was put on death row”, next time we will be told that “I even died”, Edgar Lungu taunted President Hakainde Hichilema yesterday. Lungu says President Hichilema should stop wasting people’s time with meaningless long addresses. Meanwhile, Lungu says if people complain about tribalism, the solution is not to…...
$388m IMF debt a trap for Zambia – Haabazoka
ECONOMIST Dr Lubinda Haabazoka says it is a trap for government to move from Eurobond holders and Chinese debt to jumping on IMF debt of US$388 million. Recently, government announced that it had reached a Staff-Level-Agreement on economic policies and reforms following the successful third review of Zambia’s Extended Credit Facility Programme, which would see…...
Integrating climate change considerations into healthcare system will enhance health outcomes – Nalumango
VICE – President Mutale Nalumango says integrating climate change considerations into the country’s health care systems will help enhance public health outcomes for citizens. The Vice – President has urged business people not to take advantage of drought to exploit people. Speaking, Wednesday, when she launched the World Environmental Day and Flag Off of the…...
Lubinda, Kapata failed to prove defamation, Diggers, EIA tell court
NEWS Diggers and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) have told the Lusaka High Court that Given Lubinda and Jean Kapata have failed to satisfy the conditions of defamation in their case. News Diggers and the EIA, through their lawyer Mutembo Nchito State Counsel, have also told the court that the defence would be arguing against…...
Lungu is free to move around, arrest those gagging him – Chisanga
LUKASHYA PF member of parliament George Chisanga says Edgar Lungu is a free citizen who can go anywhere and interact with people without worrying about being arrested. On Wednesday, President Hakainde Hichilema warned that Lungu would be arrested if he continued breaking the law because he was not covered by immunity. Commenting on these remarks…...
Police have arrested more than 20 of our cadres – UPND
UPND deputy national youth chairperson Trevor Mwiinde says police have arrested over 25 youths from the ruling party due to their unruly behaviour on Tuesday. Mwiinde says the cadres are detained in various police stations. Efforts to get a confirmation from the police on the arrest of UPND youths proved futile by press time. During…...
There’s nothing wrong with cadreism, I am a cadre myself – Chipoka
I AM a cadre and there is nothing wrong with cadreism, don’t misconstrue it for violence, says Chingola UPND MP Chipoka Mulenga. Speaking on Hot FM’s Hot Seat programme, Thursday, Mulenga, however, said the UPND doesn’t sponsor cadreism that is thuggish or barbaric in nature. He said when ruling party cadres harassed and blocked citizens…...