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Livingstone Vendors Protest Masebo’s Ban
Street vendors in Livingstone are angry with Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo for removing them from the streets without providing alternative jobs or decent trading spaces as promised by the...
View ArticleWorld Bank to Fund Climate Initiate in Zambia
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$31 million grant and a US$5 million loan from the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) of the Strategic Climate Fund to support...
View ArticleU.S. Ambassador Comments on By-Elections
Ambassador of the United States to Zambia Mark Storella says that Zambians should decide if they want to do away with by-elections. Storella observes that if citizens want to want to halt the frequency...
View ArticleCement Prices on the Rise
With the prices of almost every essential commodity shooting up Zambians will have to grapple with another rise in the price of cement. A check around town has revealed that Lafarge Cement is now...
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Tribunal Ruling Weakens Judiciary – Prof Hansungule
Respected Zambian law scholar Professor Michelo Hansugule says the Supreme Court ruling that allows a tribunal set up by President Michael Sata to go ahead hearing the three suspended judges has...
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Catholics Upset with Sata’s Hefty Salary
The Catholic Church says it is unfair for senior government officials to allocate themselves heft salaries and allowances while the majority Zambians continue to wallow in poverty. Zambia Episcopal...
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CSO Opposes Wasteful By-Elections
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has observed that the many by-elections being held in the country are worrying considering that huge sums of money are being spent on them, instead of the...
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Millers Under Heavy Pressure from Govt on Prices
The government is trying to coerce millers not to hike mealie meal prices following the recent 15 per cent rise of fuel rates in Zambia by refuting reports that the Millers Association of Zambia had...
View ArticleFather Bwalya Criticises PF Corruption
Father Frank Bwalya says he is ‘mad’ at the high levels of corruption in the Patriotic Front (PF) government being practiced and perpetuated by ministers and deputy ministers busy cutting deals to...
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Zambia Arrests 2 Musicians for Criticizing Ruling Party
Concerns over Zambia’s crackdown on human rights have spiked in recent days following the arrest and jailing of a popular singer whose hit song strongly criticized the corruption and poor governance of...
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Kabimba Cash Donation in Feira Raises Concern
Opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy vice president Michael Kaingu says he finds it strange that Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba made a Kr 25, 000 at a church in Feira...
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Women Drug Traffickers Worry NGOCC
The Non governmental Organization Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has called for increased conceited effort to address the issue of continued arrest of women trafficking in illicit drugs. NGOCC Executive...
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Sata Triggers Standoff with Bemba Chiefs
There is a standoff between President Michael Sata and Bemba Chiefs following Sata’s decision to de-gazette senior Chief Mwamba of Kasama district. Following Sata’s decision to de-gazette senior Chief...
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ECZ Wants 5 By-Elections for June 20
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has been urged not to group the other four expected by-elections together with the June 20th Feira by-election only in the interest of cutting down on costs for...
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UPND Praised for Adopting Female Candidate
The Zambia National Women’s Lobby has urged political parties in the country to consider adopting female candidates in the forth coming by-elections in a continued quest to meet the 2015 target for...
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Kitwe Market Struggles with Crime
Marketeers at Chisokone Market in Kitwe have complained against rampant crime, filth and lawlessness in the city’s biggest trading place. The marketers said the Patrotic Front (PF) leaders in the...
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ZRA Workers Down Tools
Zambia Revenue Authorities workers have gone on a nationwide strike demanding a 20 percent salary increment. The workers have ground work saying the 12 percent being offered by management was a...
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PF Applying Double Standards on Vendors – UPND
The opposition United Party for National Development says the Patriotic Front government is applying double standards by chasing Livingstone vendors off the street while those in Lusaka are allowed to...
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Bus Fare Hikes for Lusaka Effected, Ndola Commuters Stranded
Most mini bus drivers in Lusaka have effected the sixteen percent price adjustment to fares following government’s approval on Friday. Lusaka local Bus Operators Committee Chairperson Ismail Kankhara...
View ArticleKaingu Slams Kabimba’s Feira Donation
Opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy vice president Michael Kaingu says he finds it strange that Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba made a Kr25, 000 at a church in Feira...
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