Archive: 16 April 2020

THE Media Liaison Committee (MLC) has threatened to withdraw its participation in the drafting of the proposed statutory self-regulation of the media if government doesn’t rescind its decision on Prime TV. And MLC has demanded […]

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says ministers and mayors are not medical personnel who should involve themselves with screening citizens for COVID-19. Meanwhile, Kambwili says the cancellation of Prime Television’s broadcasting license is […]

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has issued a warrant of arrest against Lusaka lawyer Martha Mushipe for absconding court sessions in a matter where she is charged with seditious practices. In this matter, Mushipe is alleged […]

UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema says Mopani Copper Mines and Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) would have remained viable businesses capable of surviving COVID-19 had government taken proactive measures to strengthen them. […]

THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has called on government, through the the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), to ensure that vulnerable citizens do not face starvation as government implements restriction of citizens’ […]

What exactly is wrong with Africa? Many years after independence, most African countries are still wedged at the run-way. Poverty levels remain high, hunger and starvation are a common mark. Politicians, especially those in the […]

Our country has been caught napping by the Coronavirus pandemic. Our leadership was in slumber! With billions of dollars to pay in external and domestic debt, we have been hit by a calamity with no […]

ZAMBIA has recorded three new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 48. Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya announced at an update briefing yesterday that two of these cases […]