Police are doing to Lungu what he did to the opposition
MR Edgar Lungu is crying. The conduct of police officers over his family and political party has really brought sorrow and anguish upon him. He can’t hold it any more. He wants his successor, President Hakainde Hichilema, to stop “the nonsense”. According to the former president, a Commander In Chief is supposed to take action…...
Switzerland was Zambia’s largest export market in April – ZamStats
THE Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) has disclosed that Switzerland was Zambia’s largest export market in April 2024, accounting for 44.9 percent of export earnings. ZamStats Statistician General Goodson Sinyenga also revealed that South Africa was the country’s major source of imports, accounting for 29.5 percent of the import bill. In a monthly bulletin, Sinyenga revealed…...
I also want to know where the $120m pumped into ZRL went – Prof Chirwa
PROFESSOR Clive Chirwa wants to know the whereabouts of the $120 million Eurobond that was pumped into Zambia Railways (ZRL) when he was at the helm of the institution. The UK-based engineer says he doesn’t identify himself as a former ZRL Chief Executive Officer because he was fired just three months into the job. In…...
Ming’omba project now at development stage – Jito
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Special Assistant for Economic Affairs, Jito Kayumba, says it will take four to five years for Ming’omba Mine to become fully operational. Kayumba has disclosed that KoBold Metals, the developer for Ming’omba project, has completed exploration activities, and the project is now at the development stage. When asked for an update on…...
Accumulating excessive debt a no go area for UPND – Musokotwane
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says accumulating excessive debt is a no go area for the UPND government. Speaking on BBC’s Newsday, Friday, Dr Musokotwane said the world was watching how Zambia would manage its economy, adding that government had to meet certain parameters to borrow funds. When asked whether he was…...
Lsk woman in court for assaulting hubby over side chick
A 31-YEAR-OLD Lusaka businesswoman has been dragged to court for assaulting her husband after finding him with a girlfriend in their matrimonial home. Nadia Vanleeve, is facing one count of assault, occasioning actual bodily harm. Allegations are that on December 30, 2023, in Lusaka, Vanlee assaulted Thomas Songwe, thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm. When…...
Citizens have every right to complain, HH promised a lot of things – Andyford
PAC president Andyford Banda says Zambians have every right to complain because many things are not going the way people expected the UPND to perform. President Hakainde Hichilema recently lamented that Zambians liked complaining rather than bringing issues to the table so that government could resolve them. The President observed that even for the simplest…...
We may suffer today, called lucifers but it’s for a while – Catholic priest
WE may suffer today, they may enter our offices, call us lucifers, but it’s for a while, says Catholic Priest Fr Augustine Mwewa. Fr Mwewa, of St Ignatius Parish in Tug Argan, Ndola, says with what people are currently going through, it’s clear that the country is moving from new dawn to new darkness. In…...
Builder in court for raping male colleague
A 34-YEAR-OLD builder of Lusaka’s Kabangwe area has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for having carnal knowledge against the order of nature. Elias Scotch Sakala is facing one count of unnatural offences. It is alleged that Sakala, on April 11, 2024, in Lusaka, had carnal knowledge of NM against the order of nature…....
There’s a crackdown on critics in Zambia, Mwamba says on BBC
PF information and publicity chairperson Emmanuel Mwamba says President Hakainde Hichilema promised to expand the democratic space upon taking office but has instead done the opposite. Mwamba says although the PF also has a bad record, it does not give the UPND a license to repeat what Zambians have rejected. Speaking when he featured on…...
