LOCAL

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife in Mpika District of Muchinga Province has apprehended a police officer for unlawful possession of government trophy. The cop was found with eight pieces of common duiker meat weighing 14kg and 2kg of warthog meat. The suspect is believed to have been illegally buying and selling game meat since 2013. He will appear ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has hinted plans of procuring advanced equipment that will be able to detect motorists that are driving under the influence of intoxicating drugs. RTSA Chief Executive Office Zindaba Soko says this will be done by spot checks. Speaking during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between RTSA and Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Lusaka has arrested ten people including three juveniles in separate incidences for trafficking in heroin. Two male juveniles of Zingalume area in Lusaka have been arrested and jointly charged with Matthew Bwalya, 19, of House No. 12/21 Lilanda Township; Patrick Mutale, 25; Webster Lumba, 19, a General Worker; Vernon Mwila, 21; and Alex Silwamba, ...

The opposition United Progressive People’s (UPP) has commended and congratulated President Edgar Lungu for hosting Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic Leader Dr. Brahim Ghali. UPP President Dr. Saviour Chishimba says it is important that President Lungu and the entire government have corrected a moral wrong and diplomatic blunder which was made by the ministry of Foreign Affairs during the 2016 General ...

The Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) says it is premature for President Edgar Lungu to start talking about 2021 general elections barely four months after he was sworn in as the President. TIZ President Lee Habasonda says there is need to follow the constitution and called on all relevant authorities like the Law Association of Zambia and the Constitution Court must ...

The Timber Producers Association of Zambia (TPAZ) has reemphasized the need for Zambia to hold an economic Indaba in order to diversify Zambia’s economy. The Association feels that the nation can benefit a lot from the sector in earning some foreign exchange during this difficult time. TPAZ Vice President Charles Masange says President Edgar Lungu should emulate late President Levy ...

The ruling Patriotic Front in Southern Province has joined some PF members who have come out in the open to support the candidature of President Edgar Lungu as the sole candidate for the PF in 2021 general elections. Provincial Chairman Charles Hamududu says the stance taken by President Lungu is an indication of a visionary leader. Mr. Hamududu says this ...

The Commission of inquiry on Voting Patterns and Electoral Violence has received a total of 36 submissions from the general public in Lusaka Province. Commission Chairperson Justice Munalula Lisimba has attributed the number of submissions to the time they gave the members of public in which they were expected to submit their submissions. Justice Lisimba says the commission has received ...

Political Scientist Dr. Alex Ng’oma has called on the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) not to remain quiet over the growing debate of President Edgar Lungu’s legibility to stand in 2021. Dr. Ng’oma says this is the time that the people want the association to interpret the constitution so that they know what the way forward is. He says according ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has demanded for a report from President Edgar Lungu over the revelations from Malawi where he and the Agriculture Minister have been cited to have been the main players of the scandalous maize deal. TIZ Acting Executive Director Wesley Chibamba says the organization is worried that the Head of State has failed to come out to ...