Category: Zambian news

PAC kicked out of opposition alliance

376 ViewsThe alliance of 10 opposition political parties has announced that it has part company with the People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) for allegedly working with the ruling Patriotic Front. But PAC leader Andyford Banda, when reached for a comment by Zambian Eye, laughed off the allegations by the opposition alliance but could not comment…

Sureties jailed after Chinese fraudsters disappear

138 ViewsSix Zambians that have been sentenced to four months imprisonment after four Chinese nationals they signed bail for disappeared. The six have also been fined K20,000 each, without which they will serve an extra five months jail. The four Chinese nationals who are on the run were charged for being in possession of 55…

Parents urged to properly restrain their children in cars to save their lives

193 ViewsBy Daniel Mwamba Road traffic injuries remain one of the leading causes of premature deaths in Zambia. The sudden, often violent, death is all more tragic because it’s premature: wiping out abruptly so many years of future happiness – not for them, but also for their families and friends. Many of those road deaths…

Brenda Muntemba survives car crash in Kenya

211 ViewsZambia’s High Commissioner to Kenya Brenda Muntemba this evening cheated death after the car she was travelling in was involved in a head-on collision along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. Muntemba and her official driver Joseph Gutu sustained injuries after the Toyota Prado which was being driven towards Nairobi collided head-on with a trailer. Her vehicle collided…

“Save it for the ICC”: Opposition alliance fires back at Kachingwe

96 ViewsThe alliance comprising 10 opposition political parties has hit back at veteran politician Richard Kachingwe, telling him to save whatever defense he has of his son for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. And the opposition alliance has advised Major Kachingwe against singling out UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema because the decision to…

Zambia appeals for funding to support refugees

277 ViewsAs the number of refugees fleeing into Zambia continues to grow, albeit in small numbers the Government is appealing for increased funding from humanitarian and development donor countries to support the refugees operation across the country in 2019. Commissioner for Refugees in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Abdon Mawere, says that although there has…

Army best placed to restore sanity to Comesa Market

389 ViewsFollowing one of the worst cholera outbreaks in Zambia’s history, Government in February last year was compelled to introduce Statutory Instrument number 10 of 2018 which strengthens laws against trading in undesignated places and public nuisances. The Zambia Army was then unleashed on the streets of Lusaka to enforce this particular SI and stamp…
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