DEC’s inability to keep up with cybercrime weakens corruption fight – TIZ
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says the inability of key enforcement agencies like DEC to fully keep up with cybercrime weakens the overall fight against corruption. On Monday, Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Nason Banda acknowledged that the commission did not have the full capacity to fight cybercrime. Commenting on this in an interview, Tuesday,…...
Parley resumes on Tuesday
THE Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National Assembly will resume sitting on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. In a statement issued, Thursday, National Assembly Senior Media Liaison Officer Nshamba Muzungu said the sitting would primarily focus on considering committee reports from various committees of the National Assembly. “The Acting Clerk of the National Assembly of Zambia,…...
Tributes pour in as Zambia mourns Lungu
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has led national tributes following the passing of Zambia’s sixth president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who died yesterday morning. Lungu, the last surviving former president of Zambia, passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2025, around 06:00 hours at Medforum Hospital in Pretoria, where he had been receiving specialised treatment. His daughter, Tasila Lungu,…...
ECL dies
ZAMBIA’s sixth president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has passed away. The former president, who had been receiving specialised treatment in South Africa, died this morning, Thursday, June 5, 2025, at around 06:00 hours at Medforum Hospital in Pretoria. His daughter, Tasila Lungu, who is also the member of parliament for Chawama, confirmed the sad development. “Fellow…...
Sunkutu resigns after telling JCC why she didn’t deliver judgements
HIGH Court Judge Emelia Sunkutu has resigned, a week after President Hakainde Hichilema suspended her. A complaint of misconduct was lodged against Judge Sunkutu with the Judicial Complaints Commission. The allegations centred on her failure to deliver judgements in two cases, one dating back to 1993 and another one initiated in 2002. President Hichilema suspended…...
ZAF should open a paratroopers’ school to make money, not supermarkets – Kampyongo
FORMER home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo says the Zambia Air Force should open a paratroopers’ school for African students and make money as opposed to opening a bakery and supermarket. Kampyongo says all military bases globally have shops in their locations, but they are outsourced, arguing that if this is now taken or done as…...
2026 will be difficult for UPND if they don’t meet their promises – Bishops Council
THE Bishops Council of Zambia (BCZ) says it will be hard for the UPND to win the 2026 elections if they do not fulfil their promises. In an interview, Friday, Council Secretary General Bishop Abel Kaela said the UPND should not brag about winning by-elections, as they were not a true yardstick for the 2026…...
Listen to stakeholders, withdraw Bill 7, LAZ tells govt
THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has called on government to withdraw the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 7 of 2025. LAZ president Lungisani Zulu says the proposed Bill appears to have been published in the Gazette merely for citizens’ ‘general information,’ citing lack of stakeholder and citizen engagement in its development. In a statement,…...
Security guard, barman get 1 year for stealing Samsung phone
LUSAKA Magistrate Mutinta Mwenya has sentenced a security guard and a barman in Lusaka to one year imprisonment each for stealing a phone worth K8,500. In this matter, Bevin Sifukwe and Nathan Mwamba, on April 26, 2025, in Lusaka, stole a Samsung cell phone worth K8,500, the property of Sheila Kalaba, contrary to section 272…...
Govt U-turns on street vendors: “Don’t harass them, let them enjoy what they voted for”
LOCAL Government Minister Gift Sialubalo says no one should harass street vendors, adding that they should be allowed to trade freely and enjoy the peace they voted for when they elected UPND into government. Two years ago, under the leadership of then-Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Gary Nkombo, government moved in to remove…...
