Month: March 2023

By Bennie Mundando   THE case in which United Party for National Development (UPND) deputy Secretary General Patrick Mucheleka and three others have been charged with aggravated robbery and malicious damage to property has been adjourned to October 13 and 14, 2020. The Kasama Magistrate Court has adjourned the matter to

By Bennie Mundando THE Electoral Commission OF Zambia (ECZ) has postponed the meeting which was scheduled to be held today at 14:00 with all political parties at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre. This is on account that the issues which should have been discussed during the meeting are actively before

By Bennie Mundando SENIOR Chief Mukuni of the Leya people Kazungula, Livingstone, and Zimba Districts has laid bare, a plot by the ruling party to purposefully create kerfuffle in the Southern Province when President Edgar Lungu visit the area tomorrow and then implicate United Party for National Development (UPND) leader

By Bennie Mundando THE Russian Government has praised the efforts of the Zambian Government in combating the spread of COVID-19 and its contribution to the normalization of the global health situation. On Monday, Russia’s Ambassador to Zambia, Alexander Boldyrev, handed over Russian relief consignment to Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya,

By Bennie Mundando   THERE has been no change to Zambia’s current visa regime and all types of travelers are free to visit the country, the Immigration Department has said. Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka has dismissed reports suggesting that Government has halted the issuance of all tourist visas and

By Bennie Mundando The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) says it is encouraged that the Zambian Government has joined other countries in implementing measures aimed at cushioning the negative economic effects of COVID-19, including debt management.  EAZ president Lubinda Haabazoka says earlier this year when the Association analysis had forecasted

By Bennie Mundando THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has been left fuming after Minister of Agriculture, Michael Katambo, lied to President Edgar Lungu that the hiccups surrounding early maize which should have been supplied around April and May this year have been resolved, when not.  On September 18, 2020,

… As it calls for concerted effort from stakeholders to thwart the threat By Bennie Mundando THE outbreak of African migratory locusts in Central, Southern, and Western Provinces has become a major source of concern ahead of the 2020/2021 rain season with Government now planning to undertake a comprehensive surveillance