Heritage party president has charged that the setting up of commissions of inquiry by the Patriotic Front government is a sheer waste of resources. And Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda has observed that the Patriotic Front seems to be lost after winning the general elections. Gen. Miyanda says the setting up of the commissions of inquiry [...]

An ailment that is causing paralysis of legs of the girls at Luwingu high School has baffled the administration at the institution. School headmaster Teddy Musonda says the strange disease which broke out two weeks ago at the girl’s dormitories is paralyzing their legs making victims sick . Mr. Musonda says the disease is only [...]

President Michael Sata has revoked the appointment of Alexander Museba as Deputy Director-General of the Anti-Corruption Commission. The president has instead re-appointed him as Chairperson of the Police and Prisons Service Commission. Mr. Museba replaces Keli Walubita who was the chairperson of the Police and Prisons Service Commission with immediate effect. This is contained in [...]

THE Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) faces deregistration in under a month if it fails to pay an outstanding statutory debt of almost K400 million it owes the Office of the Registrar of Societies. Chief Registrar of Societies Clement Andeleki said in Lusaka yesterday that the money – K390, 980,000 – must be paid within [...]

PRESIDENT Michael Sata has warned that police will firmly deal with elements being used by some disgruntled politicians to protest against the decision to realign districts in Southern Province. The President wondered why the realignment of Chirundu and Itezhi Tezhi has been politicised when similar actions had been made in the past. Speaking at State [...]

THE Patriotic Front (PF) says some of its ministers are failing to articulate the party manifesto to the public and are instead “using common sense or personal opinions”
on matters of national importance. PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba said the party was disappointed that ministers were failing to propound the party manifesto, creating an impression that [...]

State House has refuted the headline story that appeared in today’s edition of The Post newspaper alleging that President Michael Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia, held a private meeting with former president Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda after a luncheon hosted in honour of the Chipolopolo Boys last Tuesday. This is contained in a [...]

First Lady Dr. Kaseba could not hold back tears when she visited the funeral house of a 12-year-old girl who was defiled and strangled in Chibombo at Musopelo village. The First Lady who wept, described the gruesome killing of Brilliant Muyuwa as barbaric. Dr. Kaseba says it is unbelievable that the nation has gone down [...]

RUPIAH Banda has pleaded with President Michael Sata not to send him to jail but instead forgive him over allegations of corruption. Well-placed sources disclosed yesterday that former president Banda made the plea during a private meeting last Tuesday with President Sata and a few ministers after a luncheon which was hosted for the Zambia [...]

THE case in which a Kalulushi expatriate worker, Evert Jan Wolf, has been accused of coercing a girl to have sex with his dog has been moved from Ndola magistrate to Kitwe due to the jurisdiction of Kalulushi being under Kitwe. The Dutchman Wolf appeared in the Ndola magistrate court yesterday with his co-accused 17-year-old [...]

Fugitive former President Rupiah Banda’s son Henry used three different Zambian passports during his visits to Keneya. QFM News reports that Kenyan High Commissioner to Zambia Kipiego Cheluget has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that Henry the most prominent of the former President’s sons, used passports number ZP005673, ZP005193 and ZP005131 when he [...]

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will during his visit to Zambia this week address the National Assembly in a special session. Mr Ban Ki Moon will also meet President Michael Sata and other senior Government officials. The UN Chief will also visit a UN-supported initiative that uses life skills and sports to reach and inspire [...]

Government has reversed the allocation of 20,000 hectors of land to an investor by a local Chief in Central Province. Central Province Permanent Secretary Edwin Zumbunu says government will only give One thousand hectares of land to the investor who wanted land for game ranching. Mr. Zumbunu has told ZANIS in Kabwe that government could [...]

PARAMOUNT Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni people in Eastern Province has said the MMD’s loss in the Msanzala parliamentary by-election is a sign that the former ruling party is slowly slipping into oblivion in the area. The traditional ruler said it was time political parties revisited their strategies because the trend was now changing in [...]

Picture – Some enterprising youths charge people as much as K1000.00 to ferry them around the muddy trading area. Marketeers at Soweto market, the biggest trading area in Lusaka, have asked government to fix the drainage system and internal roads in the area. The Marketeers who are trading in a filthy and muddy area say [...]

Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Labour says it has so far settled about K20 million debts incurred by Chanda Chiimba’s documentary which was aired on the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). Information ministry permanent secretary Amos Malupenga says unprofessional coverage of the public media during the run up to the September 2011 polls has left [...]

Police have since arrested and charged the Ndola-based soldier who allegedly got incensed and attacked the Kabwe-based woman after she turned down his sexual advances following a drinking spree. The 27-year-old woman, whose name has been withheld, was allegedly pinned to the ground before being stabbed. Central Province police commissioner, Solomon Jere, who confirmed the [...]