Artists drag ECZ to court over “voter verification” exercise
Musician Chama Fumba, popularly known as Pilato, Maiko Zulu, Brian Bwembya and two others have applied for leave in the Lusaka High Court to commence Judicial Review proceedings against the decision of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to compel duly registered voters to present themselves before registration officers for verification under a new register…...
There’s nothing for opposition to fix, PF is working – Musukwa
PF national mobilization chairperson Richard Musukwa says there is absolutely nothing for the opposition to fix because the ruling party has delivered on many fronts. And Musukwa says Zambians should not change presidents like they change babies’ nappies. Speaking during the PF Media interactive forum, Musukwa who is also Mines and Minerals Development Minister, wondered…...
Parents need more time to pay school fees – CSPR
CIVIL Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says government should have given ample time for parents and learners to prepare for the imminent re-opening of schools to help cope with financial challenges. Commenting on General Education Minister Dr Dennis Wanchinga’s directive to re-open schools next Monday, CSPR programmes coordinator Chimuka Nachibinga observed that the one-week period…...
Chitotela seeks Lungu’s permission to construct hotel next to ZNBC Mass Media
TOURISM and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela says Zambia is a leading country in the tourism industry within the SADC region for being the first to have opened safari hunting. And Chitotela says he has written to President Edgar Lungu to move the land adjacent to ZNBC Mass Media Complex from the Ministry of Community Development…...
It’ll be difficult to revive the economy in 2021 – Hambayi
ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says it will be difficult to revive the economy in 2021 due to focus being on elections. Commenting on President Edgar Lungu’s pronouncement that the economy would be revived in 2021 once COVID-19 is contained, Hambayi said in an interview that political pronouncements should be separated from the reality of economic performance…....
CEC’s sales volumes in DRC market up 25% – Silavwe
COPPERBELT Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) has disclosed that it has continued to grow its business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), resulting in a 25 per cent sales volume boost in 2019 despite increased pressure on its margins. Reviewing the Company’s performance last year in the company’s much-delayed 2019 annual report, managing director Owen…...
Don’t allow anyone to lie to you that PF has failed – Lungu
WHEN someone starts telling stories that things are not working, that ‘no, the PF have failed’, just tell him that ‘sir, just sit, because we can make a mistake we insult you’, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu has assured the people of Luapula Province of more development in the area, insisting that PF…...
L/stone man kills village headman for having an affair with his wife
POLICE in Livingstone have arrested a 38-year-old man in connection with the murder of Patrick Mapulanga, a village headman of Siamatete village in chief Mukuni’s area. In a statement, Monday, police spokesperson Esther Katongo stated that the man, who was identified as Brian Sibajene, an artist by profession, allegedly murdered the victim on suspicion that…...
HH tips Luapula to chew PF money, vote UPND
UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has called on Lukashya residents not to be bought by the PF like tomatoes in the market ahead of the upcoming by-election this Thursday. Speaking during a rally in Lukashya of Kasama District in Northern Province, Sunday, Hichilema urged local residents to get more money whenever PF officials offered it, but…...
If HH is unlucky, we will get him – Lungu
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema wants to rule the country so that he can sell assets, adding that if he is unlucky, he will be arrested for his involvement in the sale of state-owned enterprises during privatisation. And President Lungu has urged residents of Mwansabombwe to vote for PF candidate Kabaso Kampampi,…...