Category: News

By CHUSA SICHONE – CHIEF Justice Mumba Malila has challenged lawyers to adise their clients to seek alternative dispute resolutions before approaching the courts.Dr Malila said some lawyers shunned court-annexed mediation becaue the fees were too low.  

By Hlupekile Nkunika – HEALTH Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Lackson Kasonka is concerned that chief nursing tutors are paying a blind-eye to some nurses who have assumed an indecent code of dressing in health institutions.  

By MUSONDA MANGILASHI – THE Government is in the process of collecting all harvested Mukula lying across the country for export purposes.Green Economy and Environment Minister Collins Nzovu said a mechanism and a special purpose vehicle had been put in place to collect the illegally harvested Mukula and buy it from the owners.  

By FELIX NKINKE – ZAMBIA has donated a consignment of humanitarian aid worth about US$1 million to Malawi to help mitigate the devastating effects of cyclone Freddy which has killed over 350 people in Blantyre and other cities.  

By MUSONDA MANGILASHI – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has challenged the public service workers to change their work culture and improve efficiency in the delivery of services to the people.  

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has so far arrested 18 treasury officials, which includes the Auditor General, his two deputies, a former Secretary to the Treasury and Accountant General, as part of its sweeping investigations on payments for fictitious activities and theft of public funds at the Ministry of Finance and National […]

By BARBARA CHANDA and JULIUS PHIRI – THREE Nyimba police officers have been arrested for allegedly beating up a suspect who later died in police cells.Eastern province commanding officer Limpo Liywalii confirmed the incident but declined to give further details because the matter was still under investigations.  

By KETRA KALUNGA and CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Institute for Policy and Research (ZIPAR) is confident that Zambia’s debt restructuring issue will be resolved through bilateral talks with China.Finance minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane said during an online interactive forum on Wednesday that the government was in regular consultations with China over the matter.  

By MAYA NTANDA, JANE MWANSA and KENNEDY MUPESENI – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has said the Government is critically looking into challenges surrounding the timber business on the Copperbelt.The Head of State has also assured Copperbelt residents that Chambishi Metals whose full operations have been on halt for more than two years will soon resume to […]

By FELIX NKINKE, JOSEPH BANDA and JAMES KUNDA – PATRIOTIC Front (PF) squabbles have continued with presidential hopeful Chishimba Kambwili turning against his ally Geoffrey Mwamba on their ploy to block other candidates, who they accuse of being MMD from ascending to the presidency of former ruling party.