UPND will get 70% of votes in 2026 – Nzovu
MINISTER of Water Development and Sanitation Collins Nzovu has declared that the UPND will get 70 percent of the votes in the 2026 general elections. Nzovu adds that UPND’s victory in the Lukanga ward by-election in Kabwe district is an indication that the people of Central Province still have confidence in President Hakainde Hichilema’s leadership…....
ZEMA’s response on Lower Zambezi exploration licences doesn’t address our concerns – TIZ
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says ZEMA’s response to its concerns about government’s decision to approve large-scale exploration licences in the Lower Zambezi National Park does not adequately address the issues raised. Recently, ZEMA Director General Godfrey Mwiinga refuted reports that government had approved large-scale exploration licences in the Lower Zambezi National Park, explaining that the…...
Most time is wasted on arranging chairs at meetings, HH laments slow CDF implementation
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says if the Constituency Development Fund was being utilised at a fast pace, the country would have been buzzing, unlike the current situation where time is wasted on useless meetings. And President Hichilema has expressed frustration over his Cabinet’s failure to make citizens understand that without debt restructuring, the entire 2025 national…...
Many of our universities are teaching archaic forms of knowledge, notes HEA
HIGHER Education Authority Director General Professor Kazhila Chinsembu says inadequate funding for research has put the higher education system in an awkward and negative situation. Speaking during 27th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Tuesday, Prof Chinsembu noted that many colleges and universities were teaching obsolete, archaic forms of knowledge. He argued that if…...
Chanoda is free to engage other companies which generate power, Zesco tells court
ZESCO has asked the High Court to dismiss Umodzi Kum’mawa spokesperson Chanoda Ngwira’s suit against the state, saying it owes him no obligation because he has no power supply contract with the utility in respect to any property in Zambia. Zesco also says Chanoda is free to engage other power generation companies if he is…...
We’ve achieved 90% of digital migration – Govt
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the digital migration programme is not complete as it still has about 10 per cent works outstanding. Speaking during questions for oral answer in the National Assembly, Tuesday, Mweetwa said digital migration cost a total of US$273,154,281. “Let me begin to indicate that notwithstanding the framing of the question,…...
Zesco board member resigns, accuses Ncube of misconduct
ZESCO board member Dr Jolly Kamwanga has resigned, citing a lack of transparency and respect for due process in the board’s governance practices. In a resignation letter dated November 6, 2024, addressed to the Industrial Development Corporation CEO, Dr Kamwanga accused Zesco Board Chairperson Vickson Ncube of exhibiting a morbid fear of imaginary competitors, an…...
AG sues former National Assembly accountant, demands over K650,000 he fraudulently got
THE Attorney General has sued a former accounts assistant at the National Assembly of Zambia, seeking a payment of K672,074.89 which he owes to the state. The state, which has sued Machila Ngoma, further wants interest on the sum and costs of and occasioned by the action. In a statement of claim filed in the…...
Pharmaceutical Society condemns “abrupt” removal of ZAMMSA DG
THE Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia (PSZ) has condemned the “abrupt” removal of the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency Interim Director General by government. In July this year, the ZAMMSA board appointed Ministry of Health Chief Principal Pharmacist Luke Alutuli as Interim Director General, following the suspension of the entity’s then Director General Victor Nyasulu…....
Lusambo stressed after moving all night, he has headache, lawyers tell court
FORMER Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo’s trial failed to take off yesterday as he was purportedly unwell after travelling from Luanshya Remand Prison to Lusaka. Lusambo’s lawyer informed the court that the journey from Luanshya, where he is incarcerated, to Lusaka had stressed his client and he has a headache. This is in…...
