New Heritage party president Chishala Kateka feels the recent transfers of magistrates to some extent contradicts the New Dawn Government’s aspiration of uniting couples in the civil service. About ten Lusaka Magistrates have been transferred by the judicial service commission to various parts of the country. But Ms Kateka is however, hopeful that the Magistrates that have been transferred are ...

The Lusaka Province Planning Appeals Tribunal has granted the Lusaka City Council permission to proceed with demolition of structures built on the Zambia Railways Njanji Commuter Reserve Land in Libala area. This is in a matter where some Lusaka residents challenged the decision by the Lusaka City Council and Zambia Railways Limited to demolish their structures built on the land in ...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has revised the pump price for petrol upwards by 80 ngwee per litre, while prices of diesel and kerosene remain unchanged. The price changes take effect midnight of Tuesday, 31st May, 2022. ERB Board Chairperson Reynolds Bowa says since the last price review, the average international price of the three petroleum products generally increased from ...

Police in Ndola have gunned down four criminals suspected to have been terrorising people’s homes and businesses. Six other criminals are still at large and a manhunt to track them down has continued.  ZANIS reports that Copperbelt Police Commanding Officer, Sharon Zulu, has disclosed that Anti Robbery Officers from Kitwe and Ndola gunned down the criminals early this morning. Ms. ...

Republican President Hakainde Hichilema has commissioned the US$65 million Kenneth Kaunda International Conference facility at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre ahead of the African Union Heads of State and Government July summit. And president Hichilema has used the occasion to warn those involved in government projects to desist from inflating projects costs for personal gain. He has reemphasized on the ...

Republican President Hakainde Hichilema has held a telephone conversation with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. The two leaders spoke of the unshakable friendship between the two nations, and the solid bedrock of cooperation that underpins the relationship dating back to the days of Chairman Mao Zedong and First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda. They noted the importance of building ...

Republican President Hakainde Hichilema has held a telephone conversation with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. The two leaders spoke of the unshakable friendship between the two nations, and the solid bedrock of cooperation that underpins the relationship dating back to the days of Chairman Mao Zedong and First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda. They noted the importance of building ...

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Elijah Muchima has urged officials in his ministry to take keen interest in knowing how much land in the country is under customary and how much is under statutory if they are to be effective. Speaking when he officially opened the multi stakeholders National Land Policy Implementation Plan Dialogue in Lusaka today, Mr. Muchima says ...

The Tobacco Free Association of Zambia (TOFAZA) has stressed the need for government to make the tobacco industry pay for its environmental damages through adequate taxation. Association Executive Director, Brenda Chitindi says government must also support viable alternatives to tobacco farming in order to limit the environment impact of the practice. In her World No Tobacco Day message, Ms Chitindi ...

The Center for Primary Care Research (CPCR) has called on the New Dawn Government to expeditiously pass the Tobacco Control Bill and domesticate the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which will pave way for the implementation of the health treaty signed in 2008 and still awaits implementation. CPCR Director Dr Faston Goma has also called on the ministries of health, ...