Zambia has appointed a new deputy governor at the central bank but has yet to name a new governor, the bank’s spokesman said. “I can confirm that former Development Bank of Zambia managing director Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has been appointed deputy governor for operations at the Bank of Zambia,” central bank spokesman Kanguya Mayondi said, [...]

Newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) will today Thursday gather at National Assembly to elect a Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and Chairperson of Committees of the house. The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) chose Lusaka Judge Patrick Matibini as candidate for Speaker and Movement for Multi party Democracy (MMD) Lundazi MP Mukondo Lungu for the position of [...]

United Party for national Development Copperbelt Spokesperson Kennedy Kalunga has claimed that President Micheal Sata has violated several clauses in the constitution since he was ushered into office after the September 20 elections. In an interview with the watchdog, Kalunga cited the merging of ministries as one of the ways the President has breached the [...]

Presidet Michael Sata has appointed a Ms. Alita Mbahwe as the new Commissioner of the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC). “In exercise of the powers vested in me under paragraph 1 of the first schedule of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Chapter 96 of the Laws of Zambia, I hereby appoint you as Commissioner, [...]

Zambia Police (ZP) Inspector General (IG) Martin Malama says he will work with all police in the country to ensure they sweep out corruption. Speaking to the media in Lusaka, Malama said there is need to identify the grassroots of corruption if the vice is to be fought. He noted that corruption is a cancer [...]

The Opposition MMD owes the National Pension Scheme Authority -NAPSA- four Hundred and sixty one Million Kwacha in unpaid rentals. The debt is in respect of rentals accrued by the MMD through its National Secretariat housed at NAPSA building in Lusaka. According to documents given to PF government controlled ZNBC on Tuesday, NAPSA Director General [...]

President Michael Chilufya Sata has appealed to Members of Parliament (MPs) to support the candidature of Judge Patrick Matibini whom the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) is floating as Speaker of the National Assembly. The President has also called on MPs to support Lundazi MMD MP Hon. Mkhondo Lungu as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. [...]

Republican President Michael Sata has with immediate effect dissolved the entire Road Development Agency (RDA) as it has failed in its operations. President Sata said he has dissolved RDA because it has been revealed that the agency has been offering road construction contracts without tenders. The head of state was speaking when he swore in [...]

Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Roy Mwaba has said it is the duty of all unions in the country to work with the government of the day as they fight for the plight of the employees they represent. Speaking on   Radio Christian Voice chat back program, Mwaba noted that there is nothing [...]

The Lusaka Magistrate court has sentenced three former employees of Zambia Sugar Company to five years imprisonment with hard labour after finding them guilty of money laundering activities involving over K147 million. Geofrey Bwalya an accounts officer was sentenced together with Josia Dokowe an accounts clerk and Michael Chisangano a marketing assistant and all based [...]