A praise singing opposition leader is of no use to citizens
PASTOR Nevers Mumba authored and delivered a very interesting Freedom Day speech on Monday, which speaks both to his character and that of other Zambian politicians. In this speech, the former vice-president says former president Edgar Lungu is reaping the products of the seeds he sowed while in power, and defends President Hakainde Hichilema’s shortfalls;…...
DEC summons Esther, Tasila Lungu again
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has summoned former president Edgar Lungu’s wife, Esther, and daughter, Tasila Lungu, for questioning. In separate notices to the duo, which were also copied to their lawyers at Makebi Zulu Advocates, the DEC Anti-Money Laundering Unit stated that the former First Lady and the Chawama PF member of parliament must…...
Our borders are porous, making it difficult to control criminality levels – DEC
DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Nason Banda says Zambia’s borders are very porous, with limited to no barriers in some areas, which makes it difficult for law enforcement agencies to control criminality levels. Speaking when he featured on the Biz Week programme on Diamond TV, Monday, Banda said he was aware that government was…...
We expect normal rainfall in the 2024/25 rainy season – ZRA
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) says weather experts have indicated that the country is at the tail end of the El Niño cycle, which is associated with poor rainfall. Speaking on Diamond TV’s “Diamond Breakfast Show”, Tuesday, ZRA Director of Water Resources Christopher Chisense said according to weather experts, the country is expected to have…...
Zambia has recorded positive strides in public health despite drought – Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says Zambia is making positive strides in public health despite the severe drought which has negatively impacted food security, access to water, electricity, and health service delivery. Speaking at the Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, Masebo said the achievements in the health sector were made possible through the strong…...
Tayali reflects on his K450,000 compensation: It wasn’t a handsome reward
TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says he would have received more than K450,000 in compensation had he chosen to continue with the trial in which he was seeking damages for assault. And Tayali boasts that he has overseen several good policy shifts in the aviation sector, such as ensuring the reduction of landing and…...
I’ll be tougher now, you divide people, police visit you, warns HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has warned that going forward, he will be tougher on anyone who wants to divide Zambians, saying police will surely visit anyone who issues tribal remarks. And President Hichilema says “buwelewele (it is nonsensical)” for a member of parliament to utter words which are aimed at diving the people. Speaking when he…...
LAZ condemns some MPs for uttering divisive statements
THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it is alarmed by recent statements from some opposition Members of Parliament which border on creating divisions on tribal and regional lines. And UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda has lamented that opposition political leaders want to make statements in order to provoke government into moving to arrest them…....
Falling rocks crush illegal miner
A 30-YEAR-OLD illegal miner has died after a rockfall while conducting mining at Mukula Mine in Lufwanyama District. Outgoing Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba has identified the deceased as Besodiah Zimba from Mukutuma Chiefdom in Lufwanyama. He explained that while in the company of other illegal miners, the deceased was extracting earth in search of…...
Lungu’s former economic advisor earned over $1m from ADB, court hears
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has heard that former president Edgar Lungu’s economic advisor Hibeene Mwiinga earned over US$1,000,000 from 2006 to 2010 while he was employed at the Africa Development Bank (ADB). This is in a matter in which Mwiinga, his wife Mercy Musanje, and their son, Hakaantu are facing 72 corruption-related charges. The trio…...
