Author: Times of Zambia

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A NEIGHBOURHOOD association is seeking an injunction to restrain three leaseholders of a property unit and a private hospital in Lusaka’s Long Acres from allowing usage of a property as a Coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation centre. Old Brentwood Drive Neighbourhood Association chairperson Alick Sakala wants the Lusaka High Court to grant him […]

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has assured health workers that the Government will continue to provide them with safety clothing as they fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19). President Lungu said the Government is aware of the hard work that health workers are putting in hence the need to protect them.  

By MILDRED KATONGO and MUSONDA MANGILASHI  – LUSAKA should be placed under lock-down, the Green Party and the Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) have proposed in view of the rising numbers of the sometimes deadly Coronavirus. Party leader Peter Sikamba and FDD spokesperson Fred Mtayachalo both warned yesterday that if such a drastic measure […]

By JAMES KUNDA – THREE Coronavirus (COVID-19) hot-spots have been identified in Lusaka as it was announced the number of cases has gone up to 36 and that some senior government officials have self-quarantined. Meanwhile, Vice-President Inonge Wina has called for a new national response approach to halting the spread of COVID-19, which currently stands […]

By JAMES KUNDA – UNCERTAINITY still surrounds the Bulk Power Supply Agreement between Zesco and the Copperbelt Energy Corporation after its expiry yesterday, but Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa assured clients, particularly mining firms, of sustained supplies. The 27-year agreement expired last midnight, with Mr Nkhuwa warning at a Press briefing in Lusaka yesterday that any […]

By CHILA NAMAIKO – CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) cases have climbed to 35, with Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya stating that all the cases are directly linked to the ‘Pakistan tree’ which is being closely monitored. Giving the latest update yesterday from the weekend’s figure of 29, Dr Chilufya said one patient connected to the original source remained […]

By STEVEN  ZANDE – SOME civil servants will now be required to report for work on a rotational basis with some working from home, Secretary to the Cabinet Simon Miti has said. Dr Miti announced a civil servants’ work schedule which will see a reduction in the number of public workers physically reporting for work […]

By JAMES KUNDA  and STEVEN ZANDE – JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda is today expected to present the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment Bill) Number 10 (Bill 10) of 2019 to Parliament for the Second Reading as some stakeholders call for level-headedness among lawmakers. With the opposition threatening not to support the Bill, Mr Lubinda said on […]

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – COPPERBELT is currently facing intermittent supply of mealie meal on the retail market resulting in long queues and near stampedes whenever an outlet is fully stocked. A check in Kitwe and Ndola Central Business Districts (CBDs) yesterday showed the inadequate stocking of the staple food. At Kitwe’s Matuka Avenue Antelope Milling […]

By KELVIN  MUDENDA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged technocrats in the seed industry to find lasting solutions on how the fall armyorm can be controlled through dressing of seeds with appropriate agro-chemical. Mr Lungu said, equally, special attention should be given to the development of drought resilient crop varieties, in view of the effects […]