Zesco Withdraws Bid To Hike Tariffs
Zesco has withdrawn its application to have tariffs revised upwards. Public Relations Manager Henry Kapata said Zesco had since notified the Energy Regulation Board who have approved the withdrawal....
View ArticleOpinion: Bashi Nono’s Political Calculation
It must be very hard walking in the shoes of one Robert Sichinga this time around. Even Sichinga himself may be surprised at the man he has become. There was always a sense that if you could bank on...
View ArticleNevers Determined To Go Alone To PF
Under fire opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy leader Nevers Mumba says he is not letting up on the plans to forge an alliance with the ruling Patriotic Front going into the August 11 general...
View ArticleNamulambe Is Lazy; He Is Looking For An Escape Route – Chama
The ruling Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says Members of Parliament in the ruling party who claim to have been sidelined are simply looking for an excuse to leave the party. Chama, in...
View ArticleConfirmed: 3 Dead In Kabangwe Accident
Three people have died in a road traffic accident this morning that claimed two pupils from Moomba High School. Earlier indications had been that there are no survivors but police have confirmed that...
View ArticleSpeaker Demands Ministerial Statement on MMD Fracas
The Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has instructed Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila to give a ministerial statement on the fracas at the MMD secretariat on Monday. Delivering a...
View ArticleFAZ Deal With Munthali Transfer Row
The row between Power Dynamos and Nkana Football Club over international defender Christopher Munthali has been referred to the FAZ player status committee. Munthali who had travelled with the national...
View ArticleOpinion: Rix Mweemba’s Turnaround Mirrors The Pillar of Salt
Football followers may have noticed perhaps how curiously newly appointed Football Association of Zambia Treasurer Rix Mweemba has sneaked into his new job with reckless abandon. Nothing wrong with the...
View ArticleZambian In Diaspora Want Right To Vote
Respected media practitioner Professor Fackson Banda summed up the yearnings of Zambians in the Diaspora among them the call for the possibility of voting. Professor Banda gave a vote of thanks in...
View ArticleJack Mwiimbu Wants Parliament To Phase Out Zesco and RTSA
Monze Central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu has drawn parliament to the possibility of phasing out Zesco and the Road Traffic and Safety Agency according to the provisions of the amended...
View ArticleWarriors Move To Neutralise Attempts To Block Kamanga From Contesting FAZ Post
Kabwe Warriors are moving a step ahead to clear the way for the candidature business magnate Andrew Kamanga for the FAZ presidency. With indications that FAZ plans to block Kamanga’s candidature by...
View ArticleNevers Is Hallucinating; No Reconciliation Took Place With RB, says Chembe...
Former MMD deputy national secretary Chembe Nyangu says embattled MMD leader Nevers Mumba is hallucinating about a purported meeting at which he claims to have made peace with fifth Repblican president...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Mutembo Nchito Tribunal Must Resume
Suspended Director of Public Prosecution Mutembo Nchito will have to live with the reality of facing the tribunal after the Supreme Court thwarted the stay granted to him by the High Court. Nchito was...
View ArticleFact File: Who Is Andrew Kamanga?
FAZ 2016 ELECTION: ANDREW KAMANGA IN THE RACE WHO IS ANDREW N. KAMANGA? FAZ elections will be held on March 19, 2016. One prominent candidate emerging to challenge incumbent Kalusha Bwalya is Lusaka...
View ArticleMPs Want RB Immunity Restored
The call for the reinstatement of former President Rupiah Banda’s immunity has repeatedly surfaced in parliament with the Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini dodgy on the matter. On...
View ArticleOpinion: HH And The Running Mate Puzzle
By Joe Mwansa Lombe Kaluba The signing of the constitution bill by President Edgar Lungu this year has changed the way we are going to go about our politics. Apart from that the call for...
View ArticleMunthali Gets Two-Month Ban For “Double Tobela”
International Christopher Munthali’s double dealing has earned him a two months ban from all football activities after having signed for Nkana despite having a running contract with bitter rivals Power...
View ArticleMatibini Chides MPs Over New Constitution
Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini showed some measure of impatience with some Members of Parliament whom he admonished for not understanding the constitution that they amended recently....
View ArticlePres Lungu Returns To Warm Welcome
President Edgar Lungu has arrived home striking a confident note about his victory prospects in the August 11 elections. The Head of State who had been on a tour to the Vatican and also France said his...
View ArticleJack Mwiimbi Pokes Fun At Kambwili’s Copperstone Degree
Journalists may have to wait longer for their dream of the enactment of the Access to Information bill to come to pass after Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili said consultations were still...
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