UNZA lecturer questions criteria used to appoint principal PR officers in ministries

UNIVERSITY of Zambia Media and Communications lecturer Dr Basil Hamusokwe has questioned the criteria which government used to appoint Principal Public Relations Officers in all…...
Chazanga driver, farmer in court for facilitating trafficking of 13 Ethiopians

TWO men of Lusaka’s Chazanga compound have been dragged to the Chongwe Magistrates’ Court for facilitating the trafficking of 13 Ethiopian nationals into Zambia. Patrick…...
MISA FOX report shows increase in harassment of journalists, clergy

THE MISA Freedom of Expression (FOX) Report for Zambia has indicated that the media landscape from January to June 2024 revealed a concerning decline, with…...
IMF commends Zambia’s economic progress, as it disburses $184m

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the fourth review of Zambia’s 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, triggering an immediate disbursement of US$184 million…...
Chitotela, 2 others get 10 years for arson

THE Kabwe High Court has sentenced Pambashe PF member of parliament Ronald Chitotela and two others to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for arson…....
I’ll take over PF – Chitalu

MANSA Central PF member of parliament Chitalu Chilufya says he will contest the Patriotic Front presidency and will emerge victorious ahead of the 2026 general…...
Court declines Esther’s application to halt forfeiture of her flats

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court has declined to stay the execution of its judgement forfeiting former First Lady Esther Lungu’s 15 double-storey flats to…...
ECZ won’t accept Lungu’s nomination, Muchima tells PF

HEALTH Minister Elijah Muchima says despite PF’s insistence that former president Edgar Lungu will be their candidate in 2026, he will not be allowed to…...
I’ll give K100,000 to anyone who can prove I’ve contested in any election – Chipenzi

ECZ Commissioner McDonald Chipenzi has offered to give five animals or K100,000 to anyone who can prove that he aspired to contest in any elections…...
UPND dead scared of Lungu’s Plan B – Nakacinda

PF faction Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda says the UPND government is scared and unsettled by former president Edgar Lungu’s Plan B announcement. On Sunday, Home…...