Author: Zambia Reports

President Edgar Lungu says the rate of inflation will be maintained within the range of six to eight percent in 2020. President Lungu said the economic prospects for 2020 are positive. He said projections include a real growth rate of three per cent and inflation to be maintained within the range of six to eight […]

Mixed reactions continue to arise over the safety of celebrated musician turned politician Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine. This followed a move sparked by the State Minister of Internal Affairs Hon. Obiga Kania. While meeting the Parliamentary Committee on Security, Minister Kania revealed a plan for government to take over the security of […]

The Ndola High Court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for fondling breasts of an 11-year-old girl. Lombani Kaonga was, in this case, charged with indecent assault on a female, which is contrary to the Laws of Zambia. It was alleged that in June last year, while coming back […]

Copperbelt Province Police Commissioner, Charity Katanga has disclosed that more than 150 police officers have been deployed to keep vigil in Chingola following continued riots. Chingola has witnessed a number of riots and looting of shops by residents in Chiwempala over alleged ritual killings in their communities. Mrs. Katanga has advised residents in Chingola to […]

Acting Inspector General of Police Eugene Sibote has dispelled online reports suggesting that there are rampant cases of ritual killings in Chingola and surrounding towns on the Copperbelt Province. Mr. Sibote says the videos and audios being circulated on Social media of purported crimes have not been committed in Zambia. “We would like to urge […]

Bwana Mkubwa Member of Parliament Jonas Chanda has said that the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 (Bill 10) debate which was hosted by News Diggers and others last Friday was deliberately stage-managed to propagate UPND slander and hooliganism. In a statement issued to the media, Dr. Chanda has accused the hosts of the […]

Malimba Primary School has been flooded while 102 family households have been displaced in the second wave of flooding in Mambwe district. The school was flooded around 11:00 hours yesterday forcing the authorities to release the pupils who were attending classes. Eastern Province Minister Makebi Zulu who is also Malambo member of parliament was forced […]

Royal Shalom Lodge housekeeper Ms. Mercy Nyoni on Tuesday narrated in court how she found faecal matter on bedsheets and a bathing towel in the room which was booked by a Chisamba farmer who is charged with sodomy. Mr. Douglas Watt, 53, of farm number 4007 in Chisamba is charged with unnatural offences and another […]

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to two years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing his father’s laptop, car side mirrors and phones. Mr Mubanga Sampa of Woodlands Chalala was charged with theft, to which he pleaded guilty. He was reported to the police by his father Katongo Sampa after he stole […]

Government has maintained that it will not withdraw the constitution amendment bill number 10 of 2019 from parliament despite various calls from stakeholders to do so. Minister of Justice Given Lubinda has also expressed disappointment with some opponents of the bill who are threatening those who in support of its enactment. Mr. Lubinda says there […]