Path Lungu has chosen has terrible ending, I’ll be vindicated, Nevers insists
MMD president Nevers Mumba says he will be vindicated by those insulting him when “something bad” happens to former president Edgar Lungu in the next weeks or months. And Mumba says just because Zambians are complaining about the high cost of living doesn’t mean they want Lungu back in power. Mumba recently drew mixed reactions…...
Nawakwi misses court due to illness
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard that FDD leader Edith Nawakwi was sick and admitted to the University Teaching Hospital. This was after Nawakwi failed to appear before Magistrate Ireen Wishimanga for a ruling on whether there was a case to answer in the matter in which she is charged with two counts of seditious…...
Lsk man gets 3 months with hard labour for insulting HH
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a 29-year-old man of Lusaka’s Libala Stage Four area to three months imprisonment with hard labour for insulting President Hakainde Hichilema. Jonathan Tembo, a driver, was facing three counts of use of insulting language, Contrary to Section 179 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws…...
Share your food before it rots, homes now smell like mortuaries – Fr Chonde
LET’S learn to share when we see that relish is about to rot, every house you enter now smells like I don’t know…like a rat has died in there, says Catholic priest Fr Chalwe Chonde. In his homily, Fr Chonde said homes were now smelling like mortuaries because fridges were not working due to prolonged…...
ACC appeals Lusambo’s acquittal
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has appealed to the High Court against the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court’s decision to acquit Bowman Lusambo of three counts of attempting to interfere with state witnesses. Lusambo was acquitted by Magistrate Trevor Kasanda on September 26, 2024. However, in a notice of appeal, the ACC argued that the trial magistrate misdirected…...
Zesco’s schedule will help, but 3hrs of power not enough – ZACA
ZAMBIA Consumer Association (ZACA) Executive Secretary Juba Sakala says even though Zesco’s load-shedding schedule will help citizens to plan, three hours supply of power is not enough. Commenting on Zesco’s recently released three-hour load-shedding schedule, Thursday, Sakala said three hours were not sufficient for citizens, especially for the business sector to do anything tangible. “Maybe…...
JCTR urges govt to scale up social protection programmes to cushion hunger
THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has urged government to scale up social protection programmes in order to cushion the hunger crisis. Speaking on Hot FM, Thursday, JCTR Social and Economic Development Officer Lukwesa Musonda said JCTR was concerned about the nutrition status of the country as people were compromising the number of meals…...
God is watching how we treat one another – Esther
OUR plans are not God’s plans, how we treat one another is being watched and acknowledged by God, says former First Lady Esther Lungu. She said this after the hearing of her application for leave to appeal against the May 24, 2024, High Court ruling, which refused to allow her to cross examine state witnesses…...
EU confident in new dawn govt hence resumption of budget support – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the European Union’s resumption of budget support to Zambia is due to the confidence it has in the new dawn government. On Tuesday, European Union Ambassador to Zambia Karolina Stasiak said the EU had resumed a budget support programme to Zambia 10 years since its withdrawal. “A decade ago, the EU…...
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