FORMER Ministry of Health, Chief Human Resources Officer, Henry Kapoko has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour. Kapoko was in 2017 jailed for two years for related offences. Government was forced to refund cooperating partners, the $8million allegedly stolen by Kapoko and his associates. The money donated was meant for HIV/AIDS awareness […]
A research by World Vision Zambia has revealed that the country has the highest child marriage prevalences in Africa with Eastern Province recording the highest rate in comparison to other Provinces. And a Sansamanje Secondary School pupil in Isoka says parents in the area rush schoolgirls into marriage to gain an income and as a […]
THE Bank of Zambia has announced that it will be issuing into circulation banknotes that have been upgraded with new security features. BOZ said the new features would strengthen the security of the banknotes against counterfeiting and for easy verification by members of the public. However, the bank says it will start circulating the upgraded […]
Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says President Edgar Lungu does not enjoy travelling out of the country, as critics believe. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC TV’s Government Forum programme Monday, Kampyongo also said his party would visit the UPND secretariat yesterday to reciprocate the opposition’s earlier visit to the PF secretariat, where they shared […]
ZANACO’s economic research unit head Dr Patrick Mumbi Chileshe says while this year’s economic growth picked up in the second quarter, there are risks that still exist going into the last quarter of year. And Zanaco expects tighter food supplies towards the end of the year, with rising costs. In a presentation during Zambia National […]
Patriotic Front (PF) deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has asked party deputy media director Antonio Mwanza to stop talking about the opposition UPND and its President Hakainde Hichilema each time he appears on radio. Speaking when she called Radio phoenix where Mwanza had featured for the “Let the People Talk” programme yesterday, Phiri said it […]
CHIEF government spokesperson Dora Siliya says government will invoke available laws on media houses that defy the use of palatable language. However, Siliya says there is absolutely nothing wrong with one having a different opinion from the President or even stating their position that “they think the President or the government has failed”. On Tuesday, […]
LUPOSOSHI Member of Parliament, Lazarus Bwalya Chungu has escaped death when his vehicle overturned several times. Chungu was travelling from Kasama to Luwingu when the Ford Ranger vehicle overturned about 15 km from Kasama, after a tyre burst. The accident on Tuesday evening. Chungu who is also ruling Patriotic Front Northern Province Chairperson, survived the […]
THIS government will only listen when we demonstrate, Ndola’s Ndeke residents have warned. And the residents on Sunday evening assembled to protest over the continued poor state of the Chiwala road, which leads to Senior Chief Chiwala, Dangote Cement, and Ndola Lime. In June 2018, police fought running battles with residents of Ndeke, who protested […]
FINANCE minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says Zambia will not take unilateral action on bond holders should the offer from Turkish company that is being courted on refinancing the 2022 Eurobond crystalise. Mwanakatwe insisted that the government stood by the commitments made to bond purchasers at the time of issuance of the Eurobonds not to take any […]