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Copperbelt Deputy Permanent Secretary Daniel Kamenga is displeased with the dirty condition Kamuchanga district hospital in Mufulira district has been kept in stating that management has been too comfortable with the challenges being faced at the Health facility. Speaking when he visited the health facility during the Christmas period, Mr. Kamenga questioned management as to […]
The body of a Zambian student who was killed in Ukraine fighting for Russia has been returned to his home country. Lemekhani Nyirenda died in September but Russian officials only informed Zambian authorities last month. The 23-year-old, a student at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, had been serving nine years in prison for a drug […]
President Hakainde Hichilema has assented to the National Pension Scheme Bill. The Bill provides for an option for eligible individuals on the NAPSA scheme to claim for one off – age benefits. In a brief statement, Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says the President’s decision is a fulfilment of the United Party for National Development’s (UPND) […]
Cabinet has approved the parliamentary introduction of the penal code amendment bill of 2022 to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment and repeal the offence of defamation of the President. Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says the Penal Code contains archaic provisions including the death penalty and the offence of defamation of the President. […]
The Prisons Care and Counseling Association –PRISCCA- is calling on various stakeholders to promote the abolishment of the death penalty as the current law in its state does not give credibility that death penalty deters crime more effectively than a prison term. On Monday , Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe announced that cabinet has approved the […]
His three goals in the 6-3 thrashing of Manchester United at Etihad Stadium ensured he became the first player to net three successive hat-tricks at home in the Premier League. The 22-year-old is so used to scoring – and scoring hat-tricks – that he nonchalantly put his arm around team-mate Phil Foden in their post-match […]
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 […]
