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Minister of Religious Affairs and National Guidance Godfridah Sumaili says processing pornographic material is not acceptable, and people should not condemn her for keeping quite on the Lawrence Sichalwe scandal, saying she has been doing ‘a lot of work” on the minister in the back ground. And Rev Sumaili insists that the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) […]

Four opposition political parties have accused the Opposition Alliance and the church of trying to use the dialogue process as a vehicle for regime change. At a joint press briefing, Sunday, Sakwiba Sikota of the United Liberal Party, Felix Mutati, leader of one of the two Movement for Multiparty Democracy factions, Edith Nawakwi of the Forum […]

Ministry of Home Affairs Spokesperson Nephas Chifuta has announced that all Democratic Party (DP) political activities have been banned pending the Attorney General’s court appeal against the High Court’s decision to squash the ministry’s decision to deregister the party. But DP spokesperson Judith Kabemba has advised all party members to conduct party activities freely saying the […]

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) says he is ready to let someone else from the Opposition Alliance become running mate as long as that person helps the alliance win the 2021 general election. And GBM says the Opposition Alliance will formally reach out to Democratic Party (DP) president Harry Kalaba with an invitation to join […]

Mines Minister Richard Musukwa has announced that ZCCM-IH chief executive officer Dr Pious Kasolo has been fired. Musukwa says Dr Kasolo will be replaced the ZCCM-IH chief investment officer Mabuto Chipata.

Luangeni PF Member of Parliament Charles Zulu says his allegiance lies with the people who elected him as member of parliament and not any group of people who have their own interests. And Zulu says the people of Luangeni are ‘suffocating’ with the news that their member of parliament has been suspended from the ruling party, […]

Itezhi-tezhi UPND member of parliament Herbert Shabula says his party has already won the 2021 general elections as PF has de-campaigned itself with a bad governance record. And Shabula has refuted claims by a youth activist, Twambo Mutinta, and other Itezhi-tezhi residents that he had abandoned his constituency.

Police officers caused Vesper Shimunzhila’s death and criminal charges should be preferred against them, recommends the Human Rights Commission. And HRC says the state must cover all medical expenses and compensate students who lost property in the fires caused by police officers on October 4, 2018.

President Edgar Lungu yesterday led hundreds of mourners at Cathedral of the Child Jesus in putting to rest Zambia’s former vice president Lupando Mwape. President Lungu described Mwape as a man of integrity who believed in doing the right thing all the time.

If the mines find the new tax regime unbearable, they must pack and go, says Busakile independent member of parliament Pavyma Kalobo. But the Zambia Chamber of Mines says it’s the mining tax policy inconsistency that is frustrating the investors, warning that even if the mining firms wholly comply with the new tax regime, government would […]