Chief Mwansa Kombe of the Ng’umbo people in Samfya district has been evacuated to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) for medical treatment. This was after the traditional leader suffered a suspected malaria bout and high blood pressure recently. The chief was in admition at Kasaba Mission Hospital in Samfya, before being referred to Mansa General [...]

President Rupiah Banda has advised the MMD on the Copperbelt Province to re-organise itself and turn a blind eye to the insults that he receives from opposition political party leaders. According to ZANIS, President Banda advised the party cadres in the Province not to pay attention to the insults he was receiving everyday from political [...]

Twenty four people are admitted at Lundazi District Hospital after the truck they were travelling in over turned some 30 kilometers north of Lundazi around 19;00 hours on the Lundazi-Chama road yesterday. Eastern Province Commanding Officer Mary Chikwanda confirmed the acciden. She said the driver of the truck registration number ABA 8319, Andrew Nkhoma 40, [...]

Former Ministry of Health human resources manager Henry Kapoko has been granted bail by a Lusaka magistrate court in a case in which he is jointly charged with 12 others for theft by public servant involving over K6.8 billion. But Mr. Kapoko remains in custody as he was denied bail by another magistrate Kenneth Mulife [...]

Ludwick Sondasi recently formed a party. Maybe he will joing the new pact National Revolution Party (NRP) president  Cosmo Mumba  has revealed that political parties without representation in parliament are discussing for the possible formation of an electoral pact. Dr. Mumba was quoted by ZANIS saying the proposed pact is likely to be the biggest [...]

The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has parried  fears that patients admitted to the hospital will be deprived of beef following alleged failure by the hospital to met the bill for the supply of beef to the institution. UTH Public Relations Manager Pauline Mbangweta said in Lusaka today that the hospital was up-to-date in payments to [...]

Workers in all  Shorprite Zambia outlets have gone on strike. The workers are upset over management’s decision to reduce the amount payable to them under the pension scheme. According to workers interviewed, the negotitions to set up a pension scheme for workers have been going on since 2005. The workers revealed that the negotiations were [...]

THE Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has supported the Government’s stance not to suspend the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) even in the face of the global economic meltdown. Vice-President, George Kunda on Wednesday told Parliament that the Government did not have plans to suspend the conference despite proposals from some opposition political parties. The opposition [...]