Nakachinda Calls for National Unity Discourse
Movement for Multiparty Democracy MMD National Secretary Raphael Nakacinda on Tuesday made a resounding call to the Members of Parliament to rise above petty partisan politics and unite for a common...
View ArticleSinkamba Notes Lessons from Malawi Ban on Cash for Votes
FULL STATEMENT MALAWI CRIMINALIZES HANDOUTS FOR VOTES: WHAT LESSONS DO WE LEARN FROM THIS? Malawi has become one of the few countries in Africa to pass the Political Parties Act. The law, which came...
View ArticleMutinta M’membe Sues Lusaka Man for Assault
Fred M’membe’s wife Mutinta has dragged a Lusaka businessman to court for allegedly assaulting her. Mutinta, who is also proprietor of Oracle Media, which publishes The Mast Newspaper has sued Lingsen...
View ArticleChipata Man Gets 24 Months for Biting Finger of Choppies Guard
The Chipata Magistrates Court this morning sentenced a 40 year old man to 24 months imprisonment with hard labour for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Before Magistrate Moses Phiri was Chisoni...
View ArticleState House Trashes Reshuffle Story
State House has dismissed reports that President Edgar Lungu has made reshuffles to his cabinet in the aftermath of his working holiday in South Luangwa. Special Assistant to the President for Press...
View ArticleChinese Community Bails Out Kitwe School
The Chinese Community in Zambia has come to the aid of Racecourse Community School in Twatasha Township, Kitwe, with the provision of school desks. Kitwe District Commissioner Binwell Mpundu early in...
View ArticleMopani Retrenchment Exercise Records 44 Exits
The Mopani Copper Mines voluntary separation program is in motion with 46 people being the latest retrenches. Mopani Copper Mines has been playing down the magnitude of the separation exercise with...
View ArticleMFEZ 54 Megawatts Solar Plant Nears Completion
Construction works of the $60 million, 54 megawatts solar plant at the Lusaka Multi Facility Economic Zone (LMFEZ) have reached 80% completion. The round one Scaling Solar project which is an...
View ArticleMedical Programs Reinstated at CBU
Health Professions Council of Zambia HPCZ has reinstated the medical training programs at the Copperbelt University and Michael Chilufya SATA University that were withdrawn a month ago. Addressing the...
View ArticlePolice Officer Detained for Knocking Down Pedestrian
A Traffic Police Officer last night knocked down a pedestrian on the Great East Road leaving him with a fractured left leg according to Zambia Police Spokeswoman Esther Katongo. “We received a report...
View ArticlePolice Object UPND Card Renewal in Chingola
The police in Chingola have denied the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) a permit to hold a card renewal exercise on Saturday December 8. According to a letter signed by Chingola...
View ArticleSomalia Moves Closer to Normalcy with 2nd Elections in 2020
The Federal Republic of Somalia is slated to conduct its second elections in 2020, Special representative for Chairperson of African Union Commission (SRCC) Ambassador Francesco Madeira has disclosed....
View ArticleNkana Water Subjects CBU Water to Laboratory Tests
STATEMENT ON THE QUALITY OF WATER AT COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY 5TH December, 2018: A Nkana Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) team comprising Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) officers together...
View ArticleMansa Police Nab Three for Human Trafficking
05TH DECEMBER, 2018 – Police in Mansa today 05th December, 2018 arrested three people for the offence of Human Trafficking. Those arrested are Silvia Lawrence aged 16 of Chamalawa village , Chief...
View ArticleTasila Gifts Eastern Province with 100 Boreholes
Nkoloma Ward councillor Tasila Lungu has taken development beyond her ward with Eastern Province gifted with 100 boreholes. Tasila, who is President Edgar Lungu’s daughter has emerged as an unlikely...
View Article56-Year Old Alleged Defiler Found With Case to Answer
THE Lusaka Magistrate’s Court has found a 56-year-old man of Lusaka West with a case to answer in a matter is accused of defiling a 13-year-old girl. This is in a matter Shadreck Kapalu is charged with...
View ArticleMissing Cocaine Trial Puts Witness under Strain
The missing drugs trial has continued in the Lusaka Magistrate Court with a state witness struggling to justify why his evidence should be treated as a concoction. Twenty-four kilograms of drugs went...
View ArticleTHE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WELCOMES PRESIDENT EDGAR LUNGU’S DIRECTIVE TO THE...
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) welcomes the directive by His Excellency, Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, the President of the Republic of Zambia, to the Zambia Correctional Services (ZCS) to treat inmates...
View ArticlePres. Lungu Commissions $28 Million Mwomboshi Dam
President Edgar Lungu, has commissioned the Mwomboshi Dam situated in Miswa ward, Chisamba, Central province that has a population of 14,517 people. The dam constructed at the cost of the US$28.3...
View ArticleExamination Scripts Suspects Given Police Bond
Police in Mambwe have given police bonds to four pupils and a guard at Ncheka Primary School in Mambwe District who were arrested in connection with the theft of examination scripts last month. Eastern...
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