Kafue roundabout theft suspects plead not guilty
SIX people have appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing phones and other items worth K51,360 from motor vehicles at Kafue roundabout. Meanwhile, Magistrate Chrispin Hampungani has entered pleas of not guilty in respect of all the accused after two admitted to one count each but denied the other charges. In this matter,…...
Show the nation what ZNS can do, Solochi urges officers building Chongwe market
ZNS Commander Lieutenant General Maliti Solochi II has urged officers constructing the Chongwe Modern Market to ensure quality works and to show the nation what the service can do when contracted. He says once a good job is done on the market, other constituencies will copy from Chongwe and hire the Zambia National Service for…...
Don’t talk about delimitation when you’ve failed to subsidise fuel, Kafwaya tells Govt
LUNTE PF MP Mutotwe Kafwaya says there’s no sensible leader who can be talking about delimitation when people are suffering. Recently, Electoral Commission of Zambia Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro said it was possible for the commission to conduct delimitation of constituencies before the 2026 general elections. Kasaro, however, said the constitution needed to be…...
HH has shown courage, Constitution amendment long overdue – Kasune
JUSTICE Minister Princess Kasune says the Constitution amendment process is long overdue and President Hakainde Hichilema has shown the courage to proceed with it, when other leaders failed. Commemorating Women’s Day on Saturday, President Hichilema said an agreement had been made to amend the Constitution before the 2026 elections. This has raised concerns from stakeholders,…...
L/Stone resident reports Why Me for latest HH insults
A LIVINGSTONE resident has reported Francis Mwansa Kapwepwe, better known as Why Me, for hate speech and insulting the Head of State. Last month, Livingstone Magistrate Tabita Muleya convicted Kapwepwe and sentenced him to 12 imprisonment in each of the two counts of hate speech and unlawful publication of a video containing derogatory remarks directed…...
It’s premature, irrational to protest against a document you haven’t seen, Mwiimbu tells Tonse
IT will be premature for any member of the public to demonstrate against an intended constitutional amendment whose content they have not seen, says Home Affairs Minister Jack Mwiimbu. The TONSE Alliance has written to the Zambia Police, notifying them of its intended countrywide protests against the proposed constitutional amendments by President Hakainde Hichilema. In…...
We’re not halting CDF increment, insists Govt
MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says last year, 10 principal officers were demoted and their employment contracts terminated due to the ineffective utilisation of the CDF. And Phiri has insisted that government is not open to either halving or halting the increase of the Constituency Development…...
Bailiffs seizing our members’ property because govt isn’t clearing K500m debt, laments EIZ
ENGINEERING Institute of Zambia (EIZ) says it has noted a worrying tendency by the government to not pay Zambian contractors for work done and invoiced. EIZ president Wesley Kaluba has revealed that NAPSA owes the institute K700,000 for consultancy works at Society Business Park. Meanwhile, Eng Kaluba says the floods in Lusaka have once again…...
MISH has trained, empowered over 5,000 teachers – Sitengu
THE Media Initiative on School Health (MISH) says the funding and implementation of the School Health Programme has benefited over 1.5 million learners across the country. In a statement, Tuesday, MISH Chairperson Jackson Sitengu commended the ministries of health, education and other stakeholders for the initiative. He said so far, the programme had trained and […]
Speaker Mutti confers with Museveni on DRC conflict
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has conferred with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on the urgent need to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Meanwhile, President Museveni has emphasised the need for leaders not to practice sectarian model of governance that excludes other citizens, warning that such practices could ignite…...