Category: Local News

NKANA Water and Sewerage Company workers on Friday boycotted work demanding to be addressed by management on the continued erratic water supply in townships in Kitwe which they say is endangering their lives in areas where they reside. According to workers who sought anonymity, workers wanted management to assure them when water supply would normalise […]

GEOFFREY Bwalya Mwamba says President Michael Sata should not be cheated that he wants to form a political party, saying those who feel frustrated should leave the Patriotic Front Mwamba who is defence minister said he will remain loyal to President Sata and the Patriotic Front. Speaking at Kalengwa Airstrip in Mufumbwe yesterday where he […]

NAREP president Elias Chipimo says President Michael Sata is playing politics due to the severe pressure exerted on him to show progress on the unfulfilled campaign promises. And Chipimo has accused the government of single-sourcing the K250 billion (US$50 million) Chiawa-Chirundu Road project which has been awarded on a presumed unit cost without considering the […]

UNIP candidate in the November 8 Mufumbwe parliamentary by-election Stephen Kamwengo says his party is gone, but MMD is going much deeper into the doldrums. Meanwhile, six Patriotic Front officials campaigning in Mufumbwe escaped death after the vehicle they were in lost control and overturned three times. In an interview ahead of the by-election that […]

FOREIGN Affairs minister Given Lubinda says officers at the Zambian mission in New York, US are not reporting for work because lower Manhattan where the mission was located is mostly affected by Hurricane Sandy. And the Zambian government will next year open up two new missions in South Korea and Saudi Arabia. In an interview, […]

PRESS Freedom Committee of The Post chairperson Leah Kabamba has appealed to political leaders to keep their cadres in check and sensitise them on the need to refrain from violence, including violence against journalists. In a statement condemning the attack on ZNBC journalists outside police headquarters by UPND cadres on Monday, Kabamba described the harassment […]

DEPUTY chairperson of parliamentary committees Chifumu Banda has cautioned cabinet ministers to stick to policy matters when debating and responding to issues raised by backbenchers. He also expressed sadness that members of parliament on his right (ruling party) were consulting loudly when their ‘own’ Isoka member of parliament Malozo Sichone was making contributions to the […]

DORA Siliya says she hopes the Patriotic Front will be responsible enough to make achievable promises now that it is in government. And Lubansenshi independent member of parliament Patrick Mucheleka says the PF risks losing the trust bestowed on them by Zambians due to failure to outline specific steps needed to implement various pronouncements. Contributing […]

MMD on the Copperbelt has advised President Michael Sata to be wary of some opportunistic politicians serving in his government that are preoccupied with the idea of taking over the PF presidency in 2016. In a statement, MMD Copperbelt information and publicity secretary Yotam Mtayachalo stated that it was unreasonable for some cabinet ministers and […]

THE public order Act will be reviewed, says information and broadcasting minister Kennedy Sakeni. In an interview after he opened the African labour media workshop in Lusaka on Tuesday, Sakeni said the government would engage stakeholders to review the public order Act. “People have been making comments and as government we will try to engage […]