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Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says the ruling party does not take pleasure in the shutting down of the Post Newspapers. Mr Chama says he finds it most unfortunate that the closure of the Post Newspapers for none payment of taxes has been politicized. He says it is asking too much for anyone to suggest that the Post is ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has established that the driver of the Mitsubishi Rosa bus belonging to Hillcrest National Technical High School involved in a road accident in Choma last week where 4 pupils and a teacher died on the spot while another died in hospital, was intoxicated with alcohol. RTSA Head Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga says preliminary ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) is calling on political leaders to be genuine in their condemnation of political violence. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says his organisation is worried that political violence has continued despite numerous calls to end the vice. Mr. Cheembe says his organization’s fear is that if the current volatile political ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has charged that poverty in Zambia is by choice. Mr. Sinkamba explains that this is so because people chose to vote for leaders with no economic solutions for the country. Mr. Sinkamba says Zambians will on August, 11 chose to either continue wallowing in poverty or reduce it depending on who they vote for. He ...

Government has ruled out any possibility of a fuel stock out between now and the end of the year. And Indeni Petroleum Refinery has been shut down following the late arrival of a crude feedstock cargo that was scheduled to arrive on 15th June. Energy and Water Development Permanent Secretary Emelda Chola in a statement says the refinery will be ...

The US government has expressed deep concern at the timing of the closure of The Post Newspaper by the Zambian Revenue Authority, only weeks before important elections in Zambia. According to a statement issued by the US Embassy in Lusaka today, the closure of The Post is the loss of an independent voice during the campaign period and election cycle. ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says the printing of ballot papers for the August elections is expected to commence next month. ECZ Spokesperson Crispin Akufuna says the commission is in the meantime compiling data on the candidates that have successfully filed nomination papers to contest the elections. Mr. Akufuna says the commission has compiled and published data in print ...

Police this afternoon fired teargas at Post newspaper employees who were trying to sell copies of today’s edition outside the newspaper’s closed offices along Bwinjifumu road. This follows yesterday’s execution of a warrant of distress by the Zambia Revenue Authority over unpaid taxes. Meanwhile MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has charged that it is clear that the Patriotic Front is ...

Post newspaper proprietor Fred M’membe says the closing down of the newspaper by the Zambia Revenue Authority is a temporal setback. Mr M’membe has told his workers that it is him they are after by closing the newspaper. Addressing his workers outside the closed Post offices this morning, Mr. M’membe wondered why workers have to be made to suffer when ...

Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia is urging the two major political parties, the governing Patriotic Front (PF) and the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) to dialogue and pave the way for a better understanding of why Zambia as a nation should be the priority of the various parties. EFZ Board Chairperson Bishop Eddie Chansa has observed that lack of ...