ZRA seizes cooking oil worth K1m
By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has seized 3,830 litres of cooking oil in Kafue worth close to K1 million suspected to have been imported using forged permits from…
UPND MP withdraws motion
By SIMON MUNTEMBAUPND Mwinilunga Member of Parliament Newton Samakayi was yesterday forced to withdraw a private notice of motion after Parliament unanimously rejected it.Mr Sakakayi presented a notice of motion…
Pope Francis declares support for same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope
Gay couples deserve legal protections for their relationships, Pope Francis said in a new documentary. Also in the film, which premiered in Rome on Oct. 21, less than two weeks…
HH ‘STUPID’ REMARK ‘RILES’ POLICE
By KALOBWE BWALYAA STATEMENT by Hakainde Hichilema describing an alleged Inspector General call out as “STUPID” has incensed police who have objected to the language and have revealed that no…
IMF wants relaxed conditions for Africa
By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for the relaxation of external financial conditions for Sub-Saharan Africa to access hard currency bond markets.Hard currency is money that comes…
Tempers flare up in parley
By SILUMESI MALUMOTEMPERS flared in Parliament when UPND Mwinilunga Member of Parliament Newton Samakayi accused the Patriotic Front (PF) of buying councillors.Mr Samakayi said he had proof that the ruling…
CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT
THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has just demonstrated that it wants to regain its lost credibility by being an active participant in the country’s political life in a nonpartisan…
HH NOT BEHIND TRUCK DRIVERS’ PROTEST’
By AARON CHIYANZOHAKAINDE Hichilema did not sponsor the truck drivers to protest so eyes should not be rolled on him, the United Party for National Development (UPND) has said.It also…
UPND’S ABDUCTION OF COPS CONDEMNED
By SILUMESI MALUMOPOLICE officers should pull up their socks and apprehend people behind abduction of police officers and attacks on villagers in Muchinga province, Patriotic Front (PF) vice chairperson for…
Give flood victims more relief food, Lungu directs DMMU
By MARTIN AKENDE in ChilubiPRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit to increase the relief food allocation for flood victims in Mayuka area in Chilubi Swamps.The…
