Bowman vows to go radicle on Lusaka residents who flout COVID-19 regulations
LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned Lusaka residents flouting COVID-19 guidelines to be ready to be “ badly inconvenienced” now that he is back in good health. In an interview, Lusambo said that he had now become radical in the manner he would handle the COVID-19 fight because he wanted to ensure that cases…...
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S/Province Police nab “Chilombwana” on rape, assault charges
POLICE in Southern Province have arrested a 19-year-old suspect commonly known as “Chilombwana” alleged to be behind a spate of crimes such as rape, unlawful wounding, arson, and assault experienced in Zimba and Kalomo Districts. In a statement, Tuesday, Zambia Police public relations officer Esther Katongo announced that the suspect was handed over to the […]
Media regulation Bill was drafted without research
IN 2018 when the Zambian government announced a move to start hippo culling in the Luangwa River on grounds that the animals were destroying crops and dying from anthrax due to overpopulation, former US Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote raised a very wise argument. Despite being a conservationist, the diplomat did not condemn the Cabinet […]
Eden looks to next sponsorship deal
EDEN University Chief Executive Officer Kelvin Kaunda says the high levels of competition exhibited in the first ever National Division One League was healthy and highly encouraging not only to the participants but also to soccer enthusiasts and League Sponsors. And Kaunda has revealed that Eden will consider extending the sponsorship package to the next […]
Zambia records 213 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
THE Ministry of Health has announced that Zambia has recorded 213 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours out of 1,091 tests done. And the ministry says Zambia also lost two COVID-19 patients in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 173. Speaking during the COVID-19 briefing, Tuesday, Ministry […]
PF has performed miracles in 9 years – Chiteme
NATIONAL Development Planning Minister Alexander Chiteme says PF is an enemy of it’s own success because it has performed miracles in the nine years in which it has been in office, leaving people craving for more. And Chiteme says he is not ashamed that Zambia’s growth rate is projected to be in the negatives because…...
Court dismisses KCM’s application for interim relief against CEC
THE Kitwe High Court has refused to grant Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) an order of interim relief, pending arbitration, in which it sought to stop Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) from restricting power supply to the mining company over the US $132 million debt owed to the power utility. Kitwe High Court Judge Evaristo Pengele has…...
Sacika advises Miles, Kang’ombe to sue Charles Banda
FORMER Secretary to Cabinet Dr Sketchely Sacika has encouraged Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa and his Kitwe counterpart Christopher Kang’ombe to sue Local government Minister Charles Banda for illegally suspending their councils. And Dr Sacika has called on the Local Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ) to pass a resolution to abolish the position of District Commissioner…...
I enjoy immunity from being sued, Simusamba tells court
LUSAKA Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba has insisted that he enjoys judicial immunity from lawsuits arising from his exercise of judicial functions. In this matter, NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili and his lawyers Cheelo Mwiinga and Christopher Mundia have sued Magistrate Simusamba in the Lusaka High Court for defamation for alleging that they attempted to bribe…...