MUZ raises safety concerns for ‘illegal miners’ at Senseli
MINEWORKERS Union of Zambia (MUZ) president Joseph Chewe has urged government to ensure the safety of illegal miners at Senseli Mine. On Saturday, Chingola UPND member of parliament Chipoka Mulenga announced the reopening of the Senseli Mine after youths threatened to riot, demanding access to the mine. Mulenga, who is also Commerce, Trade and Industry…...
“We need to win WAFCON”, Mweemba tips Copper Queens
FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Keith Mweemba has urged the Zambia National Womens team to focus on making the country proud at the Morocco 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), scheduled to kick off next month. Speaking before the team’s departure for Morocco, Mweemba urged the Copper Queens to be mentally prepared for…...
Govt, Lungu family can compromise, a win-win outcome possible – Lifuka
GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka has appealed to government and former president Edgar Lungu’s family to reach a compromise and have the former president buried in his homeland. Lifuka says a win-win outcome is still possible, and it should be pursued not out of weakness, but out of honour for Lungu as a man, the office…...
Our revenue is not sufficient to cover all public services – LCC
THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that the revenue collected from levies and property rates is insufficient to cover all the public services and works required in Lusaka. The Council says it is, therefore, unreasonable to restrain it from collecting revenue, arguing that such a move would impair its…...
Obtain your G12 certificate genuinely through hard work, Nkandu urges youths
MINISTER of Youth, Sport and Arts Elvis Nkandu is urging youths to work hard and obtain their Grade 12 certificates genuinely. And Nkandu says initiatives like the Internship, Volunteer, Apprenticeship and Graduate (IVAG) programme have been set up to address the issue of experience when seeking employment. Addressing the media on the IVAG programme, Thursday,…...
Provide the nation with moral guidance, govt urges chiefs
LOCAL Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Nicholas Phiri has challenged traditional leaders to rise to the occasion and provide the nation with moral guidance. Phiri has further advised chiefs to constitute a body under the House of Chiefs, that would serve as the first point of adjudication and provide finality in deciding succession wrangles…....
We’ll win Lumezi, we have sympathy vote – NCP
NEW Congress Party (NCP) leader Peter Chanda has expressed confidence in winning the upcoming Lumezi by-election, stating that the party already has a sympathy vote from the electorate. Meanwhile, Chanda says he is disappointed with the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s decision not to postpone the Lumezi parliamentary by-election slated for June 26, 2025, despite the…...
NAPSA sues Associated Fire Services over K3.9m in penalty arrears
THE National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has sued Associated Fire Services Limited in the Lusaka High Court, demanding payment of K3,964,446.19 in penalty arrears resulting from late contribution payments. In a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court Principal Registry, NAPSA stated that Associated Fire Services Limited had been remitting monthly contributions, though…...
VJ backs HH: “No country goes into indefinite national mourning”
VETERAN politician Vernon Mwaanga says governments all over the world have limits in terms of how far they can go in bending the rules of statecraft. On Thursday, President Hakainde Hichilema declared that the national mourning period for the late former president Edgar Lungu was over, but that government remained open for further engagement with…...
Lungu was national property, his family has disappointed us – Mbula
FORMER secretary to cabinet Leslie Mbula says the decision by former president Edgar Lungu’s family to bury the former president in South Africa is very sad and disappointing. Mbula was part of the envoys earlier appointed by President Hakainde Hichilema to mediate in state funeral talks with the Edgar Lungu family. In an interview, Saturday,…...