PF Bows to Pressure on New Retirement Age
Government has bowed to pressure and put a hold to the implementation of the increased retirement age from 55 to 65 years old. Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni has disowned the pronounced...
View ArticleZEGA Fires 50 Workers
Over 50 workers at ZEGA limited have had their contacts terminated with management citing increased high operational costs. The employees of the agricultural firm have been notified of their fate and...
View ArticleOasis Forum Denounces PF Attack on Church
The following statement was issued by the non-governmental organization Oasis Forum: The Oasis Forum and its constituent members are appalled and shocked by the behaviour of Patriotic Front (PF) cadres...
View ArticlePF Attack ‘Barbaric,’ Says Fr Bwalya
The Alliance for Better Zambia (ABZ), the new political party founded by Father Frank Bwalya, a clergyman who recently defected from the ruling Patriotic Front (PF), has issued a statement condemning...
View ArticleDr Manda Mocks Coward Police Officers
Prominent Lusaka medical Doctor Francis Manda says the conduct of the police officers that helplessly watched as robbers staged a daring robbery at Manda Hill Police post is shameful. Dr Manda said the...
View ArticleEdgar Lungu, Sakeni Issues Damage Control Statements After Cadres Violence
Government says it will not condone any acts of thuggery and violence by any group regardless of their political affiliation. In a statement, acting President Edgar Lungu who is also home affairs...
View ArticleSoccer Star Sunzu Weds
Chipolopolo defender yesterday bade farewell to bachelorhood with the reception held at the plush Sandy’s Creation following a midday service at Bethel Church in Lusaka’s Nyumba Yanga area. According...
View ArticlePF Cadres Intervene in KCM Dispute
Some miners in Kitwe have asked Patrotic Front (PF) cadres to stop interfering in the current negotiations between government and Konkola Copper Mines over the impending job cuts in the mining sector....
View ArticleMinister Accuse ‘Don’t Kubeba’ Singer of Ungratefulness
Energy minister Yamfwa Mukanga has accused singer Dandy Crazy of being ungrateful for what the PF government has done for him. During a show at Lusaka’s Club Zone Cafe on Friday night, Dandy Krazy said...
View ArticleBoston University Sends Air Ticket for Rupiah’s Trip
The Boston University African Presidential Centre has has sent two return air tickets to enable His Excellency Rupiah Bwezani Banda, the Fourth President of the Republic of Zambia, to travel to South...
View Article9 UPND Cadres Feared Dead in Feira
Nine opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) supporters are feared dead in Luangwa’s Feira constituency. The nine are said to have died in a road traffic accident in an area called...
View ArticleBufi Hit Song Unsettles PF in Feira By-Elections
The Patriotic Front in Luangwa has lodged a complaint with the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) district conflict management committee over the use of Petersen and Pilato’s hit son titled Bufi that...
View ArticleCivil Servants Got 200% Increment – Guy Scott
Republican Vice President Guy Scott says it does not bother him that he does not get a chance to act as President despite holding the second highest office in the land. Featuring on Muvi Television’s...
View ArticleNdola Mob Attacks Somali National
A mob in Ndola on Saturday set ablaze a Volvo tanker driven by a Somali national after he knocked down a pedestrian who died on the spot. The Volvo tanker, registration number ACT 7641T, killed a...
View ArticleNAREP Demands Police Action on Church Attack
Today during a press conference held by the National Restoration Party (NAREP), party vice president Charles Maboshe called on the Zambian police to undertake a serious investigation of Friday’s attack...
View ArticleAfter Attack, Minister Offers ‘Bribe’ to Victims
Bible Gospel Church of Africa (BIGOCA) Matero congregation Bishop Peter Ndhlovu has come under pressure for receiving a K20 million donation from Matero Member of Parliment Miles Sampa just days after...
View ArticlePolice Open Investigation into Beating of MMD Member Lusambo
After weeks of unexplained delays, the Zambia Police Service has finally opened a Docket against some Patriotic Front cadres who kidnapped and violently attacked Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)...
View ArticleMagistrate Refers Rupiah Passport Case to High Court
The Lusaka Magistrates Court has refused to release the passport for Fourth Republican President Rupiah Banda to allow him to travel to South Africa where he due to attend round table meeting for...
View ArticleDPP Mutembo Nchito Refuses to Answer Questions
Zambia’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito has categorically refused to comment on calls for him to resign his position. This happened at the Lusaka Magistrates Complex on Monday...
View ArticleHigh Court To Rule on Rupiah Banda’s SA Trip
Attorneys for former Zambian President Rupiah Banda plan to ask the High Court Tuesday to release his passport so he can travel to a conference in South Africa. “Today, hopefully, we get a hearing...
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