ZAMBIA’S external public debt, along with the country’s major commodity prices, have more than doubled since 2015 when President Edgar Lungu first assumed office in January. Analysis of data from February, 2015 after the Presidential by-election, shows that fuel and mealie meal prices more than doubled to well over 100 per cent, while the kwacha’s...

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa has insisted that President Edgar Lungu is not eligible to contest elections next year saying he has already been elected twice to the Presidential office and cannot therefore demand a third term. Sangwa has further encouraged Zambians to reject the controversial Constitutional amendment Bill number 10 saying it is the only...

The State has denied allegations by nine Chongwe traditional leaders and Chalimbana Headwaters Conservation Trust that it did not comply with the law regarding Environmental Impact Assessments prior to the commencement of the Kingsland City Project. It has further denied claims that the construction works abrogate the plaintiffs' right to a clean, safe and healthy...

A 30-YEAR-OLD banker of Atlas Mara has been dragged to court for allegedly stealing about 54,000 British pounds and over US$38,000 belonging to the bank. In this matter, Regis Phiri of Lusaka’s Makeni area is facing 12 counts of theft by servant and fraudulent false accounting. In count one, it is alleged that on July...

THE National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has applied for leave to serve court process on ADD president Charles Milupi by way of public advertisement in a newspaper, in a case where it has sued him and News Diggers Media Limited. It has argued before the Lusaka High Court that it attempted to obtain Milupi’s physical...

Police in Lusaka have warned and cautioned Baba Kabaso Mulenga commonly known as Spax of Chingola on the Copperbelt for one count of Murder. According to police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Monday, the murder occurred in Chingola on the Copperbelt contrary to section 200 Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia. "The suspect has further...

A COMPROMISED, poverty stricken church is a danger to the holistic development of any country, says Council of Churches of in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya. And Fr Chikoya says there is no need for politicians to invite clergy to leave the pulpit to join the political arena whenever they comment on governance...

CIVIL Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says the continued increase in Zambia’s domestic and foreign debt will exacerbate poverty levels in the country. In an interview, CSPR programmes coordinator Chimuka Nachibinga said the increase in foreign debt will reduce funding to social protection programmes like the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) and Social Cash Transfer,...

MEMBERS of parliament unanimously agreed, Wednesday evening, to adopt a motion that urges government to enforce a law that criminalizes the use of divisive, tribal hate and discriminatory statements in Zambia. The motion, which was moved by Mazabuka UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo, was seconded by his Livingstone counterpart Mathews Jere. In his preamble,...

OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA DR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU Comrade President, It was not my intention to repeat this subject to you Comrade President. Neither is it my intention to make a habit of sending you open letters. I am in the afternoon of my life and my...

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says the story we published to the effect that diplomats abroad have not been paid their foreign service allowances from September to December 2019 is fake. We heard the Minister explain that government has put in place a liquidation plan to pay off the arrears, so we wondered what arrears...