The Livingstone High Court has sentenced a 23 year old man of Kanchele village in Chief Sipatunyana’s area in Kalomo district to 45 years imprisonment for manslaughter. High Court Judge Mwila Chitabo convicted Talent Nchimunya in connection with the murder of 26-year old Mapalo Chanda the brother of PF Media Director Sunday Chanda. Munkombwe murdered Mapalo on 2nd September, 2017 ...

Political Analyst Alex Ng’oma says President Edgar Lungu and UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema are now speaking the same language with regards the dialogue process. This follows President Lungu’s welcoming of the UPND’s suggestion for the Church to be the one to lead the national dialogue process. Dr Ng’oma says this should give hope to the Zambian people. He states that this clearly ...

The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says there is need to expedite the dialogue process in view of the current political situation in the country. ZCTU President Chishimba Nkole has since encouraged all stakeholders to participate actively and unconditionally in the dialogue process. Mr Nkole has also welcomed the commitment by the Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) to ...

President Edgar Lungu has appealed to the Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue to immediately find the necessary space for the church to join the leadership of the dialogue process. This follows united party for national development UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema’s demands that the church should spearhead the national dialogue. The Head of State has welcomed Mr. Hichilema’s affirmation that a ...

The Zambia National Building Society has awarded its unionised employees a Salary increment of K1,000 across the board for the financial year 2018-2019. Making the announcement during the signing ceremony of a collective agreement between ZNBS and Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) in Lusaka today, ZNBS Managing Director, Joseph Chikolwa said management is committed to improving ...

The National Democratic Congress NDC has condemned the murder of Patriotic Front Siavonga District youth Chairman Panodti Chinsesi by unknown people. Mr Chinsesi, 48 was murdered by unknown people around 19 hours on Monday, 21st May,2018 in Matinangala area in Chief Simamba’s chiefdom. NDC Secretary General Mwenya Musenge has expressed concerned over the escalation of political violence in the country. ...

Government has directed foreign Contractors to adhere to the twenty (20) percent sub contraction policy so that indigenous Zambian contractors benefit from every contract awarded to foreign contracting companies. Acting Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Michael Katambo has reminded foreign contracting companies that failure to do so is tantamount to breaking the law. Speaking at a workshop aimed at enhancing ...

Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo has cautioned traditional leaders in Chienge and Nchelenge districts to stop harboring and facilitating movements of refugees without informing authorities. Briefing journalists on the death of seven Congolese refugees who drowned after their boat capsized on Lake Mweru in Chienge, Mr. Kampyongo says to avoid similar calamities in the future, his ministry has intensified the ...

UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says the call by President Edgar Lungu for his party to restrain its members from engaging in violence is neither here nor there. Mr Katuka says the UPND has been a peaceful party which does not engage in violence therefore does not need to restrain its members. He says this explains why the party has ...

Government has launched the first ever national policy on honors and awards aimed at improving transparency and administration of honors and awards in the country. Speaking during the launch of the policy in Lusaka, Republican Vice President Inonge Wina explained that it was discovered by the inter ministerial committee on honors and awards that some awards given out during public ...