Current Affairs

LOCAL AUTHORITIES URGED TO UTILIZE DIGITAL PLATFORMS TO COMMUNICATE

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has directed all Local Authorities to utilize their websites as digital communication platforms, to share information to keep communities well-informed of developmental activities in their localities. The Ministry, in conjunction with the e-Government Division, recently completed the development of 116 websites for…

PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA TO ADDRESS COP 28 IN DUBAI

President Hakainde Hichilema is expected to deliver a keynote address at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change High-Level Segment for Heads of State and Government in the United Arab Emirates. President Hichilema’s attendance is at the invitation of the President of the United Arab Emirates, his Highness Sheikh…

PRESIDENT HICHILEMA ACCUSED OF CONSENTING TO UPND PLUNDER OF STATE COFFERS

Opposition Golden Party of Zambia President Jackson Silavwe has described as appalling the number of senior UPND officials and friends of President Hakainde Hichilema whom he says have sued the state and have allegedly been compensated. His comment comes in the wake of reports that Minister of Transport and Logistics,…

HH NOT COMPELLED TO DECLARE HIS ASSETS ANNUALLY- MWEETWA

Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says there is no law that compels the President to declare his assets and liabilities annually. Recently , US Ambassador to Zambia Michael Gonzales said President Hakainde Hichilema and Vice-President Mutale Nalumango must declare their assets “immediately” and do so annually until their term in…

VEEP SAYS GLOBAL OIL PRICES AND CLIMATE CHANGE NEGATIVELY AFFECTING COMESA STATES

Vice President Mutale Nalumango says the increased global oil prices and the advent effects of climate change, have negatively affected COMESA member states’ commitment to ending poverty in the regional bloc. Mrs. Nalumango said this in Lusaka today when she officiated at the 44th session of the COMESA council of…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMISSION CONDEMNS DEATH OF A SUSPECT IN POLICE HANDS

The Human Rights Commission has condemned the alleged torture of a suspect to death at Mkushi Police Station in Central Province. Commission Spokesperson Mwelwa Muleya has told RCV News today that the reported torturing to death of Allan Sikalango, aged 37 at Mkushi Police Station on 19th November 2023 is…