My allegiance is with HH, ignore PF propaganda – Gary
LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says his allegiance is with President Hakainde Hichilema. On Tuesday, Governance Activist Brebnar Changala said Nkombo could beat President Hakainde Hichilema if a genuine convention was held in the UPND. Changala was speaking when he featured on PF faction chairperson for information and publicity Emmanuel Mwamba’s The…...
We have fearless women who have dollars – Mutati
MINISTER of Science and Technology Felix Mutati says Zambia has fearless women who have amassed millions of dollars in the technology business. Speaking during the SHE-N-TECH recognition award ceremony in Lusaka, Mutati said the country harvested $58 million from the technology industry alone in 2023. He noted that some young women had managed to raise…...
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Police gun down suspected criminal at graveyard
POLICE have shot dead a suspected criminal after he allegedly attempted to disarm one of the officers during investigations at Chingwere cemetery. In a statement, Wednesday, Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale explained that Sebastian Mulenga of Kabanana Compound in Lusaka had been on Police wanted list for a long time for various offences…...
DEC nabs 12 for cultivating over 1.2 tonnes of fresh cannabis plants
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in North Western Province has arrested and charged 12 suspects involved in cultivating and trafficking over 1.2 tonnes of fresh cannabis plants. In a statement, Wednesday, DEC Public Relations Officer Mwenge Mulenga disclosed that the Commission apprehended four individuals in Kalumbila District for unlawful cultivation of a staggering 730 kilograms…...
Persons with disabilities need to be carried upstairs to visit Lusaka National Museum
The Sililo Foundation keeps on raising awareness about the inaccessibility of many of public infrastructure to persons with disabilities in Zambia. And in line with this, was the organisation’s visit to the Lusaka National Museum on the 29th November, 2023, with its visiting American disability policy expert, Colin Kilick, who is also executive director of […]
Flip-flopping is good, citizens must not consistently praise UPND even when they do wrong
OUR UPND government leaders are not happy that Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa is heavily criticising them after denouncing former president Edgar Lungu in preference for President Hakainde Hichilema prior to the 2021 election. According to Chief Government Spokesperson Honourable Cornelius Mweetwa, State Counsel Sangwa is an unstable citizen who doesn’t know where he stands. Today…...
We are under pressure, having Covid on top of Cholera is a big stretch – Chilengi
JUST dealing with Cholera of this magnitude has been a big stretch for the health care system, but to have COVID on top of that, it makes it doubly hard, says Presidential Advisor on Health Roma Chilengi. In an interview, Tuesday, Prof Chilengi said health care workers were stretched to the limit, having to deal…...
Munir lost his stepfather, surety tells court
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has adjourned to today, a matter in which Lumezi Independent member of parliament Munir Zulu is charged with expressing or showing hatred, ridicule or contempt for persons because of race. This was after Zulu’s surety, Milenge Independent member of parliament Gystave Chonde told the court that his Lumezi Independent counterpart could…...
We have apprehended 176 street vendors since Dec – LCC
LUSAKA City Council Public Health Director Victor Kagoli says the local authority has apprehended 176 street vendors from December 2023 to date. In an interview, Tuesday, Kagoli said from those apprehended, only six were able to pay the required K450 fine. He said this is because the court was sympathetic in some cases and charged…...