TRANSPARENCY International Zambia TI-Z says the country's governance level deteriorated in the year 2020. And TI-Z says it was unfortunate that government trivialised corruption in 2020. In a statement, Sunday, TI-Z chapter president Sampa Kalungu said in 2020, there was a significant increase in the restrictions of citizens from enjoying their freedom of expression and...

ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama says government's decision to hire Highgate Advisory Limited as communications advisor in the debt management process is unnecessary because Lazard's contract should have come with that component. In an interview, Kanyama said wondered whether hiring an independent consultant for communication was not a duplication of efforts. “Government has hired Highgate Advisory Limited...

COMPETITION on who will be adopted on the PF ticket in Kabwata Constituency has heated up, with Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund (PEIF) national coordinator Clement Tembo joining those hoping to succeed incumbent area member of parliament Given Lubinda. In 2016 Tembo contested for the same seat as an independent member after failing to secure adoption...

ACTIONAID executive director Nalucha Ziba says government should not be under duress to unconditionally close down borders, but should instead limit non-essential travel while allowing movement of essential goods to contain the surge COVID-19 infections. Responding to a press query, Ziba stated that as a land-linked country, Zambia heavily depended on imported goods and services,...

WE have all said it’s President Edgar Lungu who will contest 2021 and for that to happen, we have to endorse him at the convention, so if anyone comes with another story, we should just laugh at such a person and say you are confused, says Minister of Transport and Communication Mutotwe Kafwaya. Speaking in...

THE National Aids Council (NAC) says it will be difficult to control the damage that has been caused by the distribution of defective condoms by the Ministry of Health because of the huge loss of public trust. In an interview, NAC public relations manager Justin Mwiinga observed that when citizens lose trust in the quality...

LUSAKA lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) says he is not convinced that former health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya was fired as a result of corruption, arguing that there are other factors which led to his dismissal. And KBF says it is not fair how MMD members such as newly-appointed Water Development Minister Raphael Nakacinda are...

Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says Zambia has in the last 24 hours recorded 1,531 new COVID-19 cases out of 8,749 tests done, with nine mortalities. And Dr Chanda has announced a new addition to the Isolation Center, the Maina Soko Military Hospital, which will admit moderate to less critical patients. In a ministerial statement...

WHAT is happening in the United States of America makes very interesting reading, literally. What we are seeing from the self-acclaimed ‘greatest country in the world’ is proof that bad leaders are not exclusive to Africa, America has them too. We have lying politicians, they have them too; we have thieves in government, they have...