Prof Chirwa is Being Silly, says Guy Scott
Vice President Guy Scott says Clive Chirwa is making silly public pronouncements by threatening to renounce his citizenship if he is not allowed to go and mourn former South African President Nelson...
View ArticleTwo PF MPs in Alleged CDF Theft
Auditor General Anna Chifungula has called for the arrest of two deputy ministers in the Patriotic Front government for misappropriation of Constituency Development Fund. Chifungula said the duo of...
View ArticleSata’s Hair Phobia Resurfaces
President Michael Sata’s bizarre obsession with bald heads surfaced as he paid tribute to former South African President Nelson Mandela. The Head of State caught the journalists and a coterie of his...
View ArticleMutati Calls for Order in Fertilizer Imports
Former Commerce Minister Felix Mutati has called for order in the import of fertilizer to ensure that food security does not suffer as a result of poor handling of input delivery. The Lunte...
View ArticleSacked Nurses Insignificant to UTH Operations – Health Minister
Health minister Joseph Kasonde says recruitment of nurses to replace the over 200 dismissed ones has commenced. Kasonde has also said the number of the fired nurses at the University Teaching Hospital...
View ArticleMagistrate Threatens to Revoke PF Cadre’s Bail
The Lusaka Magistrate Court has threatened to revoke the bail of former Patriotic Front youth chairperson Kennedy Kamba for tampering with witnesses. Principal Magistrate Obister Musukwa said he would...
View ArticleSata Curiously Stays Away from Mandela’s Funeral
President Michael Sata has curiously stayed away from the funeral ceremony of late South African President Nelson Mandela opting to send his deputy. The Head of State will instead head to Kenya...
View ArticleZuma Booed at Mandela’s Funeral
South Africa President Jacob Zuma received loud boos at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto. Before the welcome address by ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, the...
View ArticleFAWEZA Explains Operation Struggles
The Forum for African Educationists Women in Zambia says the closure of the Royal Netherlands and Danish embassies has affected its operations. Refuting reports that the FAWEZA had closed down...
View ArticleSudan Denies Zambia CECAFA Glory
Zambia has bowed out of the Cecafa Cup after giving away an extra-time lead to lose 2-1 to Sudan in a semifinal match in Mombasa on Tuesday. This match went into extra-time after a goalless 90 minutes...
View ArticlePF Give Conflicting Statements on 234 Nurses Sacked Countrywide
Health Deputy Minister of Chitalu Chilufya says only 234 nurses and midwives have been dismissed across the country. However, the numbers given by the newly appointed minister are inconsistent with...
View ArticleMealie Meal Prices to Go Up Again
The Millers Association of Zambia say mealie meal prices are expected to further go up next year owing to the poor handling of the input support programme. Association President Allan Sakala said small...
View ArticleAction Aid Questions Agriculture Budget Allocation
Action Aid has observed that the government’s 6.4 per cent budgetary allocation to agriculture is a disaster. Organization Executive Director Pamela Chisanga said despite the Zambian government...
View ArticleFour Dead in Mazhandu Bus Accident
Four people have reportedly died on the spot after a Mazhandu Family bus overturned along the Mazabuka Monze road. According to reports filtering through from Monze, several injured passengers were...
View ArticlePolice Nab Daily Nation Editor, FODEP Supremo
The Zambia Police have summoned Daily Nation Editor Richard Sakala and Foundation for Democratic Process Executive Director Macdonald Chipenzi following the expose story carried by the country’s...
View ArticlePolice Attribute Mazhandu Bus Accident to Over-speeding
The Zambia Police says the Mazhandu Family bus accident on Tuesday night was due to over speeding. Deputy spokesperson Rae Hamoonga identified the driver of the bus as Joseph Kayombo of Lusaka’s new...
View ArticleGBM Makes is Surprise Guest at GBV
Defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba was the surprise guest at the end of the 10 day candlelight ceremony against gender based violence. Mwamba, who has confessed to wife battering, played his guest...
View ArticleSupreme Court Verdicts Shock Hichilema
Opposition United Party for National Development President Hakainde Hichilema says there is a serious disjoint between decisions made by the Supreme Court and High Court threatening the country’s...
View ArticleSata Finally Admits High Unemployment Levels
President Michael says Zambia has the highest unemployment rate at the moment in the history of the country. Speaking when International Labour Organization director Guy Ryder paid a courtesy call on...
View ArticleTIZ Wants Mwewa, Chitotela Suspended
Transparency International Zambia has for the resignation of the two deputy ministers who have been accused of corruption. Labour Deputy Minister Ronald Chitotela and his agriculture counterpart Rogers...
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