FAZ unveils U17 team to face Tanzania
FAZ has unveiled the U17 women’s national team that will face off with Tanzania in the first leg of Zambia’s second round World Cup qualifier, which will be hosted by Nkoloma stadium in Lusaka this coming Saturday. U17 coach, Carol Kanyemba, had named a 34-member squad two weeks ago, but that list has now been…...
Things are bad, but they’re all lying, no one has a solution out there
DEMOCRACY is good. In a democracy, citizens are allowed to express their views on matters that are of concern to them. We are happy to see Mr Edgar Lungu, the former president of our country shooting down his successor, Mr Hakainde Hichilema, and calling for early elections. According to Mr Lungu, President Hichilema has failed…...
HH is campaigning for 2026 but us we’re not allowed, laments M’membe
SOCIALIST Party leader Dr Fred M’membe says it is unfortunate that opposition parties are not allowed to hold rallies when President Hakainde Hichilema is already campaigning for 2026. Speaking when a delegation from EU paid a courtesy call on him at the party secretariat, Tuesday, Dr M’membe claimed that opposition parties were not allowed to…...
Mealie meal shortages in E/Province serious, says MP, as Minister rebuffs reports
EASTERN Province Minister Peter Phiri has refuted claims that mealie meal shortages in the province have persisted. But Kasenengwa PF member of parliament Philimon Twasa has argued that the mealie meal crisis in the province is serious, claiming that in his constituency, some people go for three days without food. Commenting on social media reports…...
Let’s not waste scarce resources on politically induced by-elections – Lifuka
GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka says he understands that democracy is expensive but argues that the country’s scarce resources should not be wasted on politically induced by-elections. And Lifuka says the UPND government has remained ambivalent on constitutional reforms considering that there is no direction on when and how the reforms will be taken. The Electoral…...
Fight against corruption bearing fruits – Milupi
INFRASTRUCTURE Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says the fight against corruption in Zambia is yielding results as evidenced in the improvement of the country’s score on the 2023 Corruption Perception Index. But PF faction secretary general Raphael Nakacinda has questioned the CPI report, saying the UPND administration is using the fight against corruption…...
2 tourists sue State, demand $10m for malicious prosecution
TWO foreign tourists have sued the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) demanding US$10 million in damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution on a theft charge. Davit Bokuchava and Demuri Kukhelshvili, who are Georgian citizens, have also cited the Attorney General as a respondent. The duo wants aggravated and exemplary damages for malicious prosecution amounting to…...
Truck drivers plan infinite strike
THE SADC Truck Drivers Association of Zambia says there will be an infinite strike starting March 1, 2024, in order for drivers to demand broad interests among other things. In a notice, the association has instructed truck drivers in Zambia to park their trucks wherever they will be on the said date. “There will be…...
Opposition big wigs are stealing relief maize, charges Mweetwa
MINISTER of Information and Media Cornelius Mweetwa has alleged that the PF Councilor in Eastern Province who was recently arrested for theft of mealie meal was not working alone, but with some big wigs in the opposition. And Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma says mealie meal shortages are sometimes normal, especially when there’s demand for the…...
We’ve not taken any position on introduction of electronic voting – ECZ
ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro has clarified that the commission has not yet taken any official stance on the introduction of electronic voting systems. Former ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano recently suggested that the commission should explore electronic voting, provided that stakeholders were in agreement with its implementation. In…...