Fuel price up
THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has increased the pump price for petrol from K34.67 to K34.98 and diesel from K32.43 to K32.54. The board has also adjusted upwards the price of Kerosene from K28.67 to K29.56, while Jet A-1 has been increased from K31.49 to K32.51. In statement, Friday, ERB Board Chairperson James Banda attributed…...
We have enough ARVs, assures Govt
THE Ministry of Health has assured the public that there is no immediate risk of the country running out of HIV treatment medication, as the nation has five months’ stock of the life-saving medicines in warehouses. And government says the second order issued by the U.S. Department of State to waive the freeze on humanitarian…...
Findlay’s kidney is collapsing, court hears
A LAWYER representing businessman Harry Findlay has informed the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that his client’s kidney is failing and that he needs urgent medical attention outside the country. Meanwhile, Lusaka Resident Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya has set Monday, February 3, 2025, as the date for ruling on Findlay’s application for the release of his passport. In…...
ConCourt judges went through full vetting process, AG tells court
ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has insisted that the current Constitutional Court judges went through the full vetting process and their names were duly ratified by Parliament. He adds that former Katuba UPND MP Aubrey Kapalasa has not exhibited the CVs of the said judges to show that they are not qualified to hold their offices…....
There were serious human rights violations under PF, notes Khan as she urges UPND to decriminalise sedition
UNITED Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan has noted that during PF’s tenure, there were serious human rights violations in Zambia. And Khan has urged the new dawn government to decriminalise seditious practices, hate speech, and libel, among other offences which are inimical to freedom of expression. Meanwhile, Khan has noted Zambia faces a high level…...
Catholic Bishops launch debt cancellation campaign
THE Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has launched a debt cancellation campaign, advocating for the cancellation of unjust debts that burden the most vulnerable populations. Addressing the media yesterday during the launch of the campaign, ZCCB president Reverend Ignatius Chama said debt cancellation was a vital step towards achieving social justice and economic equity…....
About 11.1% of Zambians aged 15-49 are living with HIV – PMC
APPROXIMATELY 11.1 per cent of Zambians aged 15-49 are living with HIV, with women disproportionately affected, says Population Media Centre-Zambia (PMC) Country Director Charles Kalonga. Speaking, Friday, at the closing exhibition for the Kasensa Kabuumi Pilot Project in Livingstone, Kalonga said the current rates of sexual and gender-based violence and reliance on short-term family planning…...
If you came 4 years ago, there’d have been proper comparative analysis, HH tells Khan
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government is open to conversations around the freedom of expression aspect of human rights. And United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan says there has been a significant political transition with victory of the United Party for National Development (UPND) and an end to a decade long rule which was marked with…...
Emmanuel Mwamba wants to manipulate our responses for political asylum claims – Police
POLICE say they are aware of Emmanuel Mwamba’s calculated attempts to manipulate their responses to his social media postings as part of his efforts to support his request for political asylum in the United States. Police Public Relations Officer Rae Hamoonga stated that it was misleading and deceptive for Mwamba to create the impression that…...
Lsk man gets life for murdering 10-year-old Chikondi Banda
LUSAKA High Court Judge Charles Bowa has sentenced a 26-year-old man of Garden Chilulu township to life imprisonment for the murder of 10-year-old boy Chikondi Banda. In this matter, Nalukui Akafekwa, who was Chikondi’s neighbour, was charged with one count of murder Contrary to Section 200 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws…...
