I’ll dance half naked from Matero to town once HH resolves Lsk flooding – Miles
KANYAMA UPND member of parliament Monty Chinkuli says President Hakainde Hichilema’s plans to relocate and compensate those who built on water channels is the best. And Matero PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says he will be the first person to praise President Hichilema once he resolves the perennial flooding in Lusaka. Commenting on President…...
We’ll no longer treat Scotland as Commonwealth SG, it’s top grade corruption for her to become Headwoman in HH’s village – PF
PF faction secretary general Raphael Nakacinda says Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland no longer fights for human rights but for the UPND. Scotland recently said the Russia /Ukraine war had affected countries in terms of cost of living and Zambia had not been spared. She commended President Hakainde Hichilema’s government for the strides they had…...
Youth unemployment higher in urban areas, survey reveals
THE 2023 Labour Force Survey report has revealed that urban areas have a higher youth unemployment rate at 20 percent compared to rural areas at 12.3 percent. The Survey, which was conducted by the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats), reveals that Copperbelt Province has the highest youth unemployment rate of 45.5 per cent. “The youth unemployment…...
Kabompo man gets life for murdering taxi driver
THE Lusaka High Court has convicted and sentenced a Kabompo business executive of Manyinga area in North Western Province to life imprisonment for aggravated robbery and murder of a taxi driver whom he had booked to take him to Mumbwa in 2018. Charles Kavindele Muwema booked Zechariah Jere from Tandika taxi rank near town centre…...
We can’t applaud corruption fight, recoveries don’t equate our expectations – PAC
WHAT the President is saying that corruption is yielding results is not something that we can’t applaud, there was massive corruption in PF but the amount of recoveries that has been done is not equal to what people had expected, says Alliance for Change (PAC) leader Andyford Banda. On Friday, President Hakainde Hichilema said the…...
Other than Levy, HH the only President with a spirit of fighting corruption – Wynter
ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says President Hakainde Hichilema is the only Head of State, other than Levy Mwanawasa, that has exhibited the spirit of fighting corruption. Last Friday, President Hakainde Hichilema said the fight against corruption was yielding results. In his State of the Nation Address on The Application of National Values and Principles,…...
Court sets May 2 for judgement in case where MoF director is accused of murder
LUSAKA High Court Judge Ireen Mbewe has set May 2, 2025, as date for judgement in the matter where Ministry of Finance and National Planning Assistant Director Mildred Kasase and her son, Madiba Zulu, are charged with murder. Meanwhile, in his defence, Madiba said he did not murder his father as he loved him. In…...
Police nab Ndola man for allegedly raping his mother
Police in Ndola have detained a 20-year-old man who allegedly raped his 55-year-old mother. In a statement, Sunday, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba said the 55-year-old woman had chased her son from home due to his bad behaviour before the incident happened. “On 28/02/25 at 20:00 hours, the district, through Mapalo Police Post which is…...
Lifuka applauds mukula smuggling judgement: Don’t silence investigative journalists -Lifuka
GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka says efforts to silence investigative journalism through unfounded legal challenges should not be tolerated. Former justice minister Given Lubinda and his lands counterpart Jean Kapata recently lost a case in which they sued News Diggers Media Limited and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) for libel in January 2020. High Court Judge…...
Zambians are resilient, notes British Envoy
BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Rebecca Terzeon says she is impressed with the country’s resilience and unity while navigating the effects of drought. Giving her short experience in Zambia so far, Friday, High Commissioner Terzeon said she was struck by the policies government brought in to help citizens respond to drought. “Another important area of…...
