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PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya has urged political party leaders to maintain sobriety and common decency in the way they exercise their democratic rights and freedoms. “While it is heart warming that President Hakainde Hichilema and the new dawn administration have restored the credibility of Zambia’s civil and democratic space, there is need for members of […]
The UPND Chairman for Mines and Freedom Fighter Percy Chanda says opposition political parties have abandoned their role of providing credible checks and balances to the ruling Government. Mr. Chanda has noted that opposition parties have engaged themselves in spreading falsehoods and insults which he described to unfortunate especially now that the country needs them […]
Twitter’s shareholders have voted to approve a deal with Elon Musk to buy the company for $44bn (£38bn). The decision was made in a short conference call with investors from the company’s San Francisco headquarters. It means Twitter will now try to force Elon Musk to buy the company in the courts. The meeting followed […]
The Lusaka High Court has put on hold the Kabushi and Kwacha Parliamentary by-elections, until determination of the matter, in which former law makers, Bowman Lusambo, and Joseph Malanji, are challenging the decision of the Electoral Commission of Zambia, to reject their nominations. In its ruling, the court says the petitioners would be prejudiced if […]
An Ex miner in Mufulira District on the Copperbelt has lamented the low minimum monthly pay he has been getting as compensation from Zambia National Building Society-ZNBS-after he was declared redundant by Mopani Copper mines. On May, 24, 2022, Government through the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board increased the minimum monthly payment for injured workers […]
Over fifteen contractors and suppliers contracted by Mopani Copper Mines have bemoaned lack of payments. The firms have told mafken Fm Radio that scores of employees are being sent home due to Mopani’s failure to settle outstanding debt to contractors. In a statement availed to Diamond News, Mopani Copper Mines has confirmed that it is […]
Lusaka based lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube commonly known as KBF has launched his projected Zambia Must Prosper-ZMP-political party. Mr. Fube has now become President of the party following the launch and whose plans are that of contesting in the 2026 General elections. And speaking during the party official Launch yesterday, Mr. Fube announced that his […]
The opposition Patriotic Front-PF-Chairperson for Information and Publicity Raphael Nakachinda says there is a ploy to arrest former Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo on murder charges so that he does not file his nominations for the upcoming Parliamentary by-elections. Mr. Nakachinda claims that Police on the Copperbelt have been instructed by State House to […]
AN INFERNO has killed a woman, 31, and her seven biological children aged between two and 18 in Katwatwa village of Nsama district in Northern Province. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says the eight were burnt to death on Sunday around 22:00 hours after their grass-thatched house caught fire from a brazier. Mr Hamoonga said in […]
Commuters have called for a reduction in bus fares following a downward adjustment of fuel prices by the Energy Regulation Board ERB on Sunday 31st July, 2022. Flush Buses Proprietor, Ishmael Kankara, has supported calls by commuters to have fares reduced even though most bus operators, particularly drivers, have objected the call. In an interview […]
