ZAMBIA’S ECONOMY GREW BY 5.6 PERCENT IN FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022 – ZAMSTATS
The Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) has disclosed that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates indicate that the country’s economy grew by 5.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 from…
CHILANGA MP VOWS TO DEFEND OVER 1, 500 PEOPLE FROM DISPLACEMENT
Chilanga Member of Parliament (MP) Sipho Hlazo has vowed not to allow a woman of South African origin to displace over 1, 500 people through evictions and house demolitions. According…
SUMMIT FOR DEMOCRACY: LEADERS CALL FOR STRONG INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS
Republican President Hakainde Hichilema says independent institutions such as the electoral bodies are key democratic pillars that must be allowed to thrive. According to the President, such a system acts…
CROC ATTACK: FIVE MONTHS OLD BABY STILL MISSING ON LAKE KARIBA
The body of a five month old baby who was attacked by a crocodile while it was on the mother’s back is still missing on Lake Kariba. Gwembe District Commissioner…
MEALIE MEAL PRICES STILL HIGH IN NDOLA’S KAWAMA AREA
Despite government’s commitment to reduce prices of mealie meal, retailers in Ndola District have bemoaned inconsistent prices they describe as exploitative. Concerns from Kawama Township are that millers are selling…
21 YEAR-OLD YOUTH ALLEGEDLY MURDERS MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND IN FIT OF RAGE
A 21 year-old unemployed youth has allegedly murdered his mother’s 56 year-old boyfriend in an unexplained fit of rage this morning in Lusaka’s Helen Kaunda residential area. According to neighbours,…
FAMILY OF 37-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO DIED IN SUCCESSION DISPUTE CALLS FOR JUSTICE
Hundreds of residents of Mulakwa village in Chisanka Ward of Samfya District are calling for justice of slain 37-year-old Evans Bweupe. Villagers and the family of Evans Bweupe who was…
POLICE IMPOUND DRC BOUND TRUCKLOAD OF MEALIE MEAL
A Zambia Police Anti-Smuggling Team in Ndola has impounded a light truck Benz registration number AAM 7636 loaded with two hundred and one (201) 25kg bags of mealie meal destined…
MANSA COUNCILORS BEMOAN HIGH COST OF LIVING
Councilors from various constituencies in Mansa District of Luapula Province have expressed concerns over the high cost of living while calling on government to expedite the process of improving their…
EX-CROATIAN MP ALLEGES EIGHT ARRESTED CROATS ARE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
A former Croatian Member of Parliament (MP) Ivan Pernar has alleged that the eight Croatians who were arrested for child trafficking are part of a wider network of an international…