UN Zambia shuts offices as 4 catch COVID-19
THE United Nations in Zambia has announced the closure of all its country offices in Lusaka to visitors and staff following a rise in the number of cases in the UN family. In a statement, Monday, UN national information officer Mark Maseko disclosed that the office closure had been necessitated by four members of its […]
ZUFIAW drags Barclays, Absa to court
ZAMBIA Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) general secretary Msiska Chingati has sued Barclays Bank Zambia and ABSA Bank Zambia, seeking a declaration that the unilateral and non-consensual transfer of unionised employees of Barclays Bank to the new entity, ABSA Bank, is unlawful, null and void. Chingati also wants a declaration that the…...
I wasn’t in Kafue during kidnapping incident, Kaizer’s co-defendant tells court
I WAS not in Kafue, but in Mkushi, Central Province on the day when the kidnapping and assault incident allegedly took place, Kaizer Zulu’s friend and acquaintance Mpange Kachingwe, has told the Lusaka High Court. Kachingwe states that he was out of Lusaka Province from September 5 to 8, 2019, attending to a business transaction…...
By-elections shouldn’t blind PF, we’ll wallop them in 2021 – UPND
UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) will be badly defeated in the 2021 elections because it will not have the resources to bribe every voter like it has been doing in by-elections. And Kakoma says his party is happy with its performance in the just ended local government by-elections in Western,…...
200 suppliers threaten to grab Munali Nickel Mine assets over $18m debt
OVER 200 contractors have threatened to take the law into their own hands and confiscate whatever assets they can to recover the US $18 million owed to them by Mabiza Resources, operators of Munali Nickel Mine in Southern Province. The contractors say they have finally arrived at this decision because they have exhausted almost all…...
Netizens roast HH over ‘social media politics’, as Bally promises to address their concerns
OPPOSITION United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema’s followers took to social media to express their dissatisfaction at his silence over the party’s loss in the just ended local government by-elections. On Friday morning, Hichilema shared a post on his Facebook page which read “the youth are saying ‘Bally will fix it,’ and…...
Chitalu’s corruption case hasn’t derailed COVID-19 fight – PS
MINISTRY of Health permanent secretary in charge of administration Kakulubelwa Mulalelo says Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s corruption case has not affected the fight against COVID-19 in any way. And Mulalelo says donations from corporations and well wishers had slowed down because there were no daily COVID-19 updates, not because of fears of misappropriation. Meanwhile, Mulalelo has…...
Lungu’s govt an Animal Farm – Kambwili
NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu’s decision to fire David Mabumba is proof that government is being run like Animal Farm. In an interview, Kambwili noted that other ministers were not punished for anything. “It’s Animal Farm, that’s what is happening. I have been saying it and the inconsistencies have…...
Avoid weddings, funerals, insists MoH
MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for administration Kakulubelwa Mulalelo says Zambia has recorded 119 new cases of COVID-19 and five deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s cumulative total to 6,347. Meanwhile, Mulalelo has insisted that people should avoid weddings, funerals and drinking places to lower the risk of infection. Speaking during the […]
High Court grants Kasonde permission to withdraw from representing Prime TV
LUSAKA High Court Judge Catherine Lombe Phiri has granted Lusaka lawyer Linda Kasonde’s law firm, LCK Chambers, permission to withdraw as advocates for Prime Television. This is in a matter where the television station is challenging government’s decision to cease all cooperation with it. “The application for LCK Chambers to withdraw as advocates for the…...