ZAMBIA NEWS

  President Edgar Lungu has officially commissioned the first ever first level maternal hospital in Lusaka’s Matero Township. And President Lungu expressed delight that the upgraded Matero hospital has helped to reduce referrals to the higher hospitals since 2016 when it became operational. Speaking at the official commissioning of the hospital President Lungu noted that the number of people being ...

Energy Minister David Mabumba has maintained that the proposal by the Zesco to adjust electricity tariffs by 75% is justified Speaking in Chipata, Mr. Mabumba has explained that Zesco is having many challenges to deliver its services due to lack of finances to expand power degeneration and supply in the Country. Mr. Mabumba says this is mainly because of low ...

Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) says threats by President Edgar Lungu to declare a state of emergency are disturbing. CiSCA mobilizing committee Chairperson Nicholas Phiri has reminded President Lungu that beating or corporal punishment by a public officer has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Mr. Phiri has referred to the case of Banda vs the People of 1999 ...

Minister of General Education Dr Dennis Wanchinga says his ministry has not issued any policy statement to allow the distribution of condoms in schools. Dr Wanchinga says he has continued to hear reports by some sections of the media who claim that the ministry has begun the distribution of condoms in some schools which he says are not true. He ...

  Lusaka Senior Magistrate Greenwell Malumani has reserved ruling on preliminary issues raised by lawyers representing opposition UPND Hakainde Hichilema and his co-accused in the case in which they have been charged with treason. In adjourning the matter to 26th April, Magistrate Malumani said he could not hurriedly make his ruling on the counter arguments by both Mr. Hichilema’s lawyers ...

President Edgar Lungu says the casual approach in putting up infrastructure should not be allowed to continue in view of the effects of climate change. Speaking when he officially opened the 2017 housing and infrastructure symposium under the theme: “Towards a smart and resilient infrastructure”, President Lungu says some of the infrastructure he has seen in the country leaves much ...

State House has dismissed assertions that Zambia has been placed under a semi-State of Emergency following the arrest of opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Amos Chanda has wondered why a State of Emergency can be declared when no such measure was instituted prior to Mr. Hichilema’s arrest. Mr. Chanda says ...

The Oasis Forum has noted with concern the degeneration of national identity in the face of tribal and regional politics in the country. In a statement, Oasis Forum Chairperson Fr Cleophas Lungu says today the country is seeing public officers such as the police, whose role is to protect every citizen from danger, refuse to discharge their functions impartially and ...

Lawyers for the incarcerated UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema have asked the Lusaka Magistrate Court to quash the charge of treason and release him and his co-accused on bail. The lawyers want the Magistrate Court to use its inherent jurisdiction to quash a charge on face value if such a case is not properly drafted to be tried in a court ...

Home Affairs Minister, Steven Kampyongo says it’s unfair and unfortunate for Chiefs in Southern province to issue threats to government following the arrest of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. Mr Kampyongo says the traditional leadership in the province ought to know that the UPND Leader is not above the law and that it is up to the courts of law to ...