Author: Times of Zambia

By FELIX NKINKE – FINANCE and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has said the Zambian government is in regular consultation with the Chinese government over the debt restructuring process.  

By PASSY HAACHIZO in Chisamba – HOME Affairs Minister Jack Mwiimbu has warned that the Government will clamp down on criminal acts such as witch-hunting which often results in the murder of innocent elderly members of society.Mr Mwiimbu said it was sad that some members of the public were hiring witch-hunters that were in the […]

By KENNEDY MUPESENI and MAYA NTANDA – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has maintained that his strong Christian and moral background does not allow him to support the lesbian and gay culture, maintaining that the country will continue to be a Christian nation.  

By JOSEPH BANDA – MOVEMENT for National Transformation (MNT) president Daniel Shimunza has said that former president Edgar Lungu risks losing the status of statesman or father of the nation because of his deceptive comeback acts and innuendos.  

By FELIX NKINKE – Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo has held talks with King Charles III of the United Kingdom at Buckingham Palace.Mr Kakubo also held talks with his UK counterpart, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Spencer Cleverly.  

By MAYA NTANDA and ESTHER NG’ANDU –PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has warned former President Edgar Lungu not to take his kindness for weakness.The President, who in the most direct reference yet to Mr Lungu’s rantings, said he did not want to avenge all the misdeeds perpetuated against him when he was an opposition leader, but clearly […]

By JAMES KUNDAZAMBIA has committed to upholding the Commonwealth’s vision of promoting peace and good governance across member states.  

By FELIX NKINKE – ON her second return to Zambia, but this time as an adult, United States Vice-President Kamala Harris is due in the country where she lived as a child when she visited her maternal grandfather.  

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Lusaka Magistrate’s court has removed former ministry of Education permanent secretary, Patrick Nkanza from a matter in which former Secretary to the Treasury, Fredson Yamba and others are jointly charged with willful failure to comply with the law in relation to the construction of FTJ Chiluba University.  

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged Auditor General Dick Sichembe for allegedly receiving payments of over K1 million for fictitious activities.