Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says pointing a gun at a person for merely buying fish at the market is unacceptable. And Fr Chikoya says if there will be no genuine dialogue before the 2021 elections, the situation in the country will be "nasty". On Saturday night, about 20...

Choma UPND central member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa says the continued refusal by former ministers to pay back money they illegally acquired in 2016 is setting a bad precedent for Zambia's judicial system. Speaking on Prime TV's Oxygen of Democracy, Monday, Mweetwa said this had created an impression that Cabinet ministers were above the law....

German Ambassador to Zambia Achim Burkart says the high risk of debt distress and absence of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program has limited cooperating partners from helping Zambia. And Ambassador Burkart has called on government to deal decisively with Zesco’s fiscal situation and publish a reform roadmap for the power utility in a bid...

Zambia’s economic growth rate could drop to below two per cent this year, triggered by a cocktail of challenges, including constrained electricity generation and lower than anticipated mining output, says Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor Dr Denny Kalyalya. And Dr Kalyalya has defended the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) decision to drastically hike the Monetary Policy...

Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo says the massive UPND and NDC rallies on the Copperbelt Province last weekend were cosmetic because people were bussed from other parts of the country. And Lusambo says President Lungu will emerge victorious in 2021 despite load shedding and high mealie meal prices. In an interview, Lusambo bragged...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says the people of Zambia should stop government from borrowing US $2 billion for the construction of the Chipata-Serenje railway line because it is unnecessary. Last week, Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale said government was in the process of obtaining a financial loan agreement of US $2.03 billion from...

The Non-governmental Gender Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has asked politicians, both from the ruling party and the opposition, to desist from campaigning on tribal lines, warning of repercussions of such discourse. In a statement, Wednesday, NGOCC board chairperson Mary Mulenga condemned the broadcasting of tribal remarks by Lutanda Radio in Northern Province. "The Non-governmental Gender...

President Edgar Lungu says the 2019 farming inputs which will be distributed under the e-voucher system include drought resistant crops as a measure of mitigating climate change. And President Lungu has urged citizens to make planting trees a habit, warning that indiscriminate cutting of trees will not be tolerated. Meanwhile, President Lungu says government plans...

Police in Lusaka have remained tight-lipped on whether or not President Edgar Lungu's special assistant for politics Kaizer Zulu has been charged for careless driving. On Tuesday, Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo stated that Zulu's careless driving caused an accident as he tried to wrongly overtake a bus. Asked if Zulu would be charged for...