One dies of suspected cholera in Lusaka
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo has revealed that her ministry has recorded a confirmed case of cholera in Lusaka’s Kanyama township, while another person is reported to have died of suspected cholera. Addressing the media on the cholera outbreak, Wednesday, Masebo said the confirmed case involved a female aged 21 who presented at Kanyama Hospital on…...
Current problems would’ve existed even if we were still in power – PF MP
CHAMA South PF MP Davison Mung’andu says the current economic challenges in certain sectors would have existed even if the Patriotic Front was still in power. And Mung’andu says people should be objective as they assess the UPND government’s performance. Asked when he featured on Prime TV’s Oxygen of Democracy, Monday, if he thought the…...
2-yr-old drowns in a 20-litre water bucket
A 2-YEAR-OLD girl of Mwemba Village in Mpongwe District has died after allegedly drowning in a 20-litre bucket of water. According to police, the incident happened on Monday when the child’s mother identified as Priscilla Makule aged 42, left her home and went to her maize field, leaving her 2-year-old daughter in the company of…...
State implores court to hear forfeiture case for Dalitso Lungu’s properties
THE State has urged the High Court’s Economic and Financial Crimes Court to dismiss an application by former president Edgar Lungu’s son, Dalitso, to set aside the DPP’s forfeiture proceedings on account of irregularities. Dalitso had asked the court to set aside for irregularities, a matter in which the DPP had asked the court to…...
I have a clear conscience, I hold no grudge – Lungu
FORMER president Edgar Lungu says he has a clear conscience and holds no grudge against anyone who may have issued abusive words against him after he left office. Lungu said this after he was prayed for by Apostle Sunday Sinyangwe of Shalom Embassy Ministries in Lusaka’s Kanyama township where he had gone to observe the…...
Zambia will develop, it won’t remain the same – UPND
UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says the country is going to develop infrastructure-wise owing to developmental measures the new dawn administration has put in place. PF Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda recently said the country was headed towards disaster under the UPND government. He said the UPND leadership had hoodwinked the public into believing that…...
Let’s desist from corrupt practices, appeals HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has called on Zambians to desist from involving themselves in corrupt practices and other vices. And President Hichilema says his administration believes in the power of prayer and has urged citizens to continue to call upon God for wisdom and strength to develop the country. Meanwhile, Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) president…...
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Taskforce nabs 25 for robbery, mobile money fraud
A CYBER Security Task Force comprising officers from the Zambia Police Service, Drug Enforcement Commission and ZICTA has arrested 25 suspected criminals for theft and mobile money fraud. In a statement, Wednesday, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale said the 25 suspects, who included three Zimbabwean nationals, were arrested during a three-day operation which…...
We’ve engaged in a meticulous process to recruit a new CEO – ECZ
THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it has been functioning in the absence of a substantive Chief Electoral Officer because there’s someone in an acting position who is supported by a management team. The commission, however, says it has engaged in a meticulous process of recruiting a substantive Chief Electoral Officer. In August last…...