Employers’ Body Celebrate Firing of Nurses
The Zambia Federation of Employers has continued the dismissal of nurses by saying government set a good precedent by firing the nurses for going on strike. Association President Alfred Masupa said...
View ArticleMealie Meal Prices in Mufulira Go Up
Mealie meal prices in Mufulira District have gone up by over K5, 000 although the government says it is not bothered as the price increases are within the economic limit. With the input support...
View ArticleSata Launches Vubwi Campaigns Despite Court Battle
Opposition candidates in Malambo and Vubwi constituency have been given the hint to start campaigning for by-elections despite the poll still mired in a lengthy court process. President Michael Sata...
View ArticleSata Sends Secret Service to Investigate Fertilizer Supply
Agriculture Deputy Minister Rogers Mwewa has revealed that government used the Office of the President to investigate the capability of local contractors to supply Urea top dressing fertilizer to...
View ArticleSix UNZA Students Due in Court
Six university of Zambia students are expected to appear in court this morning for alleged riotous behaviour. The six who were part of those arrested during Thursday’s demonstration over students’...
View ArticleSata Puts ECZ in Awkward Position
President Michael Sata’s impromptu campaign trail has put the Electoral Commission of Zambia in an awkward position as they have not yet declared the campaign period for the impending by-elections in...
View ArticleNorth Western Vow to Teach PF a Lesson
The opposition in North Western Province say they will teach the ruling Patriotic Front a lesson for seeking to silence vocal Members of Parliament from the area. UPND provincial chairperson Victor...
View ArticleSata’s Campaigns in Vubwi Shock Mulongoti
People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti says he is shocked that President Michael Sata has launched campaigns in Malambo and Vubwi constituencies before the judicial challenges in the two areas are...
View ArticleLAZ Asks Govt to Prepare Constitution Referendum
The Law Association of Zambia says government should begin preparing the way for a referendum over the new constitution because it is very clear that is what Zambians want. LAZ Honorary Secretary Linda...
View ArticleMMD Writes ECZ over Sata’s Campaigns in Vubwi
The opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy has blown the whistle on President Michael Sata for opening campaigns in Malambo and Vubwi constituencies before the Electoral Commission of Zambia...
View ArticleLusaka, Livingstone Record Increase in Mealie Meal Prices
Mealie meal prices have continued going up with Livingstone and Lusaka following suit after the Copperbelt recorded the first increase over the weekend. In Livingstone a 25 kilogramme breakfast bag of...
View ArticleFour Sikongo Men Nabbed for Murder of 14-Year-Old
Police in Sikongo District of Western Province have arrested four male adults for allegedly beating to death a 14-year-old boy. The quartet are said to have hang the boy identified as Muleta Fekiso...
View ArticleNothing Wrong with Condoms in Prisons – Health Minister
Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says there is nothing medically wrong with distributing condoms in prisons. Kasonde said everything possible to prevent disease in prisons should be done including the...
View ArticleSata is Promoting Lawlessness – Dr Canicius Banda
The United Party for National Development has also chorused the opposition MMD complaint to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) over President Michael Sata’s premature campaigns in the yet to be...
View ArticleDEC Arrest Matero Taxi Driver for Cocaine Trade
The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested a 27-year-old taxi driver of Matero in Lusaka for trafficking in 10 sachets of cocaine. The driver who has been identified as Nasizi Simukonda was also...
View ArticleKasama Court Jails Ex-Daily Mail Rep
The Kasama Magistrate Court has jailed a former Zambia Daily Mail sales representative to four years imprisonment for stealing K32, 890. Patrick Chisala of Mucheleka village was facing five counts of...
View Article9 More UNZA Students Appear in Court
Nine more University of Zambia students have appeared in court for idle and disorderly conduct following last Thursday’s riot at the Great East campus. The nine students that appeared before Magistrate...
View ArticleSupreme Court Reserves Kakoma, Kazonga Ruling
The Supreme Court has reserved ruling in the case in which UPND member Charles Kakoma and MMD member Eustackio Kazonga are challenging their ineligibility to re-contest their seats after the Supreme...
View ArticlePF Continues Massive Borrowing
The Patriotic Front has secured a K573 million loan from the European Investment bank. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda who signed on behalf of Zambia said the loan would be used to improve the...
View ArticleYaluma Admits Mining Firms Not Benefitting Zambians
Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma has admitted that the mining sector has not benefitted the Zambian population more despite the Patriotic Front government being reluctant to introduce the windfall...
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