At a media briefing in Lusaka Saturday morning, UPND president Hakainde Hichilema said the following: The removal of meal mill, fuel and agriculture subsidies is a wrong decision. The increase electricity tariff is also a wrong decision. You may want to know why this is so and why this government is doing this. It is [...]

The opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) leader Elias Chipimo jr . says the removal of subsidies by government is regrettable. And speaking earlier, NAREP National Secretary Reverend Jevan Kamanga called on senior officers who will occupy offices at the new headquarters to work hard and promote the vision of the party. Mr. Chipimo says government [...]

The protest at Zambia’s third public university, Mulungushi has continued and students have demanded that senior government officials address them on their demands of bursaries, poor infrastructure and reintroduction of the mealie meal and fuel subsidy withdrawn by the government. After running battles with police last night in which four male students were apprehended but [...]

THREE MMD councilors have defected from the opposition party to the ruling PF citing infighting and political witch hunting in the former ruling party. PF District Political Secretary (DPS) Beatrice Changala confirmed the development in an interview in Mpulungu District, today. Ms. Changala said that the trio had defected to the ruling PF due to [...]

POLICE officers at Nkana East Police Station in Kitwe are alleged to have beaten a suspect to death and later dumped him at Kitwe Central Hospital (KCH) on Wednesday without informing the hospital authorities that they had brought a dead person. Kitwe District Police Commanding Officer Fred Mulenga said he was so busy that he [...]

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has set Thursday July 25, 2013 as the date for four impending by-elections to be held in Chipata Central, Mkushi, Kafulafuta and Solwezi East. ECZ Public Relations Officer Chris Akufuna said the ballot papers for the polls will once again be printed in the United Kingdom. Akufuna said the campaign [...]

Former construction workers at the New Lusaka stadium have asked United Party for National Development – UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to intervene in their plight of pursuing payments of terminal benefits. The workers claim that their terminal benefits have never been paid even after pressing government. The former workers said this when they marched to [...]

Armed Police have moved into University of Zambia Great East Road campus beating students and anyone within the premises. Some dormitories have been set ablaze as police and students fought running battles. Police surrounded UNZA around 14 hours local time after ailing dictator  Michael Sata has ordered the expulsion of students from higher learning institutions [...]

K95 million in old currency notes has been stolen from Serenje’s finance bank branch fater thieves broke into the bank in the early hours of today. Residents have called for intensified security at one of Zambia’s largest banks and owned by businessman Rajan Mathani. According to a statement made available in Lusaka today by Police [...]