Wheelchair-ridden Jay Jay appears before Lusaka Magistrates’ Court
SUSPENDED Patriotic Front Eastern Province youth chairperson Emmanuel Banda, commonly known as Jay Jay, yesterday appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in a case in which he is accused of assaulting a police officer with intent to steal. Meanwhile, there was a heavy presence of Zambia Police officers, who were securing the Court complex ahead…...
Schools must re-open, COVID-19 shouldn’t overshadow development – PS
GENERAL Education Permanent Secretary Jobbicks Kalumba says stakeholders must advocate for schools to be opened because keeping them closed until next year will be disastrous. And Kalumba says COVID-19 must not be looked at as a big mountain to overshadow other forms of development because the country will collapse. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s…...
Police launch manhunt for masked Ndola man who defiled 10 year old
POLICE in Ndola have launched a manhunt for an unknown man who is on the run after defiling a 10-year-old girl. The unknown man defiled the 10-year-old who was playing hide and seek with her siblings. Copperbelt Deputy Commissioner of Police Bothwell Namusuwa said the unknown man had masked his face while defiling the girl…....
ZICTA fines all 3 mobile networks K5.4m for poor service
ZICTA has fined all three mobile network operators with K5.4 million for failure to provide quality service to its subscribers, with Airtel being the worst culprit and slapped with the highest fine of K4.8 million. In a statement issued by ZICTA corporate communications manager Ngabo Nankonde, Thursday, the authority fined Airtel Zambia with K4.8 million,…...
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Zambia records 108 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths
ZAMBIA has recorded 108 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths out of the 1,077 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya. And Dr Chilufya says there has been continued improvement in adherence levels to the public health measures set up to fight COVID-19. Speaking at the daily COVID-19 […]
HH demands $3m, public apology from Nawakwi
UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has demanded an apology from Forum for Democracy and Development president Edith Nawakwi for calling him a criminal who benefitted from the privatization process of some state owned companies. Hichilema has further demanded US$3 million from Nawakwi for the loss he has incurred both locally and internationally due to her defamatory…...
Cabinet will consider creating Office of Procurement General – Lungu
ZAMBIA Institute of Purchasing and Supply (ZIPS) says government gets unfairly attacked over certain contracts because there is no senior procurement officer who can clear the air as well as coordinate that function. And President Edgar Lungu says Cabinet will consider creating an office to oversee all government procurement in order to restore people’s faith…...
Govt can’t afford to buy Mopani – Milupi
GOVERNMENT’S intention to acquire 90 per cent shares in Mopani is a recipe for disaster because the mine will eventually go down the drain, says Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi. And Milupi says the government’s approach in taking over companies that are in private hands is sending a signal that government…...
Arresting HH over privatisation a dangerous undertaking
ON August 30, a contact with well-placed sources within government reached out to us and urged us to take FDD leader Edith Nawakwi’s privatisation allegations against UPND president Hakainde Hichilema very seriously, no matter how useless they sounded. The contact informed us that government was going to use those allegations she made on Hot FM…...