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HOME Affairs Minister Jack Mwiimbu says for the first time in history, political parties will be allowed to hold meetings at their party premises without informing the police under the recently passed Public Gatherings Bill. Mwiimbu says the Bill should not be feared as it will n

MANDEVU PF MP Christopher Shakafuswa says he has applied to be adopted in Mandevu constituency under UPND, attributing his decision to the ruling party’s “good policies”. Speaking when addressing pupils at a school in the presence of DEBS officials in Mandevu constituency, Shakaf

NEVERS Mumba has reminded those seeking power that it does not last forever, saying he has seen how powerful men shrink like a leaf when that power is removed. And Mumba says the country does not need 30 presidential candidates, but four or five serious contenders with real plans

PRINCE Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika has charged that the UPND is the worst government in terms of establishing a democratic environment for a free and fair election. Lewanika says the electoral environment ahead of the August 13 election has been more unfair, less free and les

A LUSAKA couple has dragged Pearl of Health Clinic Limited and its resident gynaecologist to the High Court, demanding K3,500,000 in damages for negligence, breach of duty of care and “unwelcome sexual advances”. Alice Makani Vantra and Ismail Vantra, who have sued the clinic and

CHINA has announced a zero-tariff policy on imports from 53 African countries with diplomatic ties to Beijing, a development that has excited debate on whether Zambia can benefit from this opening. Economist Dr Trevor Hambayi argues that Zambia must own at least 60 per cent of it

KAPUTA UPND MP Elvis Nkandu says Brian Mundubile can only defeat President Hakainde Hichilema by a landslide in the August polls in his dreams. Nkandu further says Mundubile is not popular enough to be compared to President Hichilema, adding that he could even be more popular tha

ECONOMIST Dr Trevor Hambayi says the country must own at least 60 percent of the mines and find a direct link to China in order to benefit from that country’s zero-rate tariff. And economist Bright Chizonde has called for the suspension of exports of raw materials if Zambia is to

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says the recovery team has found it difficult to rescue the five miners trapped at Matala Gold Mine in Mumbwa because the tunnels are not conventional and do not follow a mine plan. Meanwhile, Kabuswe says copper production fro