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United Party for National Development (UPND) Elections Chairperson, Garry Nkombo has said that the party has engaged independent individuals to oversee the elections at the UPND General Assembly. CISCA president Judith Mulenga will chair the process and will be assisted by Judith Mulenga and Macdonald Chipenzi of GEARS and that these are not UPND but had been asked to run the UPND elections. Mr Nkombo said that the National Management Committee (NMC) extraordinary meeting held at the UPND secretariat yesterday resolved that all party positions (including that of the party president) were ope...

Heavy and windy rains have left a track of destruction on shops and houses in Shiwang’andu district of Muchinga Province. Five business persons and three families have had roofs of their shops and houses due to heavy and stormy rain. The heavy rains being experienced in the district has also resulted in the collapse of one house. The business men and women as well as families affected by the heavy rains that caused destruction yesterday in Shiwang`andu include youths and elderly people. Speaking on behalf of the affected youths, Sekwila Chifuna said most of the goods in the shops have been ...

Zambia has crossed the 50,000 cases mark of Coronavirus with 1,408 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours. Minister of Health Jonas Chanda stated that a total of 13,524 tests were performed bringing the cumulative number to 50,319. In the statement to ZANIS in Lusaka today, Dr Chanda said Lusaka recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases of 456 seconded by Copperbelt that had 231. He further pointed out that North-Western province recorded 186, Southern 144, Muchinga 109, Western 77, Eastern 75, Luapula 60, Northern 47 and Central Province recorded 23 cases of Coronavirus. “As highlight...

Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says the country has recorded 1,476 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours. And Dr Chanda says a lot of patients are requiring high flow of oxygen. Speaking during a briefing, Tuesday, Dr Chanda said the 1,476 cases were from 11,683 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. “In the last 24 hours, Zambia has recorded 1,476 new cases out of a total of 11,683 tests performed. That represents a positivity rate of about 12 percent. So what we have seen, we had a [positivity rate at one time of eighteen percent but now ...

Lusaka - Zambia: Zambia Police Service has disclosed that about 8,557 cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) were recorded during the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to