Court sets March 3 for judgement in K2.5m theft case involving 4 MoH workers

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has set March 3, 2025, as date for judgement in a matter in which four Ministry of Health employees are charged with theft involving over K2.5 million. In this matter, Malama Nkata, 45, Judith Dzekedzeke, 47, Hilton Kasanyika, 29, and Langson Kampango, 54, are facing two counts of theft by servant…....
Sugilite has only depleted at Muombe Mine – Kabuswe

GOVERNMENT says Sugilite has not depleted in Luapula Province as a whole, or anywhere else where manganese is mined across the country. In an interview, Tuesday, Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe said sugilite had only depleted at Moumbe Mine in Luapula Province. “What the director geological survey was referring to, and this is the true correct…...
Use PPP model to address students’ heart breaking living conditions, Musokotwane tips public universities

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says public universities should embrace public private partnership opportunities in order to address the heart breaking conditions students live in. Speaking at the Town Hall Forum on the 2024 Budget Performance and Economic Developments recently, Dr Musokotwane observed that the conditions which students were living in…...
We’re engaging US govt to understand 90-day moratorium on foreign aid – Kanyama

ZAMBIA’S Ambassador to the United States Chibamba Kanyama says the Embassy is engaging authorities in that country in order to understand the nature of the 90-day moratorium on federal aid to poor countries. And Foreign Affairs and International Corporation Minister Mulambo Haimbe has called for calm among citizens as government engages the US Embassy in…...
My visit an indication that govt places importance on freedom of opinion – Khan

UNITED Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan says her visit to Zambia shows the importance which government places on advancing the right to freedom of opinion. And First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Malungo Chisangano has urged the Executive to amend, repeal and replace some old pieces of legislation so that necessary freedoms are guaranteed…....
Siliya endorses UPND’s Severian Lungu for Petauke

FORMER Petauke Central MP Dora Siliya says she will support UPND candidate Severian Lungu ahead of the Petauke parliamentary by-elections. And Siliya says former president Edgar Lungu will only live in peace once there is unity between he and President Hakainde Hichilema. Speaking in Nsenga when she featured on PASME FM, Tuesday, Siliya said she…...
Opposition alliances lack ideas, they’re just gathering around Lungu – Milupi

UPND Alliance Chairperson Charles Milupi says opposition alliances like Tonse and UKA have no ideas, but are just gathering around one individual who is former president Edgar Lungu. On Monday, Zambia Must Prosper leader Kelvin Fube Bwalya announced, through a Facebook post, that his party had officially joined the Tonse Alliance. Commenting on this in…...
ZAMMSA commences nationwide distribution of medicines

THE Zambia Medicines and Medical Suppliers Agency (ZAMMSA) has commenced nationwide distribution of medicines and medical supplies. In a statement, Wednesday, ZAMMSA Senior Manager for Corporate Communications Bradley Chingobe said the distribution would start with secondary level health facilities and would be followed by systematic supply of medicines and medical products to district hospitals, specialised…...
6 medical doctors want court to charge 3 colleagues with contempt

SIX medical doctors have asked the Lusaka High Court for leave to commence contempt of court proceedings against three of their colleagues for charging them after they commenced a suit against the Zambia Medical Association (ZMA). Dr Zacks Ndumba and five others have also asked the High Court to stay ZMA’s decision to expel them…...
There’s a serious investigation at ZAMMSA, I’ve suspended most directors – Muchima

HEALTH Minister Dr Elijah Muchima says there is a serious investigation happening at ZAMMSA and that he has since suspended some directors. And Dr Muchima says eight new cases of Mpox have been confirmed in Lusaka. Meanwhile, Dr Muchima says as at January 25, the country had recorded 34 new Cholera cases and five deaths…...