PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says politics in Zambia are nomadic in nature and politicians are expected to move from one party to another whenever they feel that they are going through a tough time. According to Mr Lungu, politicians are like footballers who can play for one club today and switch to another club tomorrow. He...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says politics in Zambia are nomadic in nature and politicians are expected to move from one party to another whenever they feel that they are going through a tough time. According to Mr Lungu, politicians are like footballers who can play for one club today and switch to another club tomorrow. He...

THE appointment of Dr. Denny Kalyalya to the World Bank as Independent Co-Chair of the International Development Association’s twentieth replenishment is not just a great achievement for the recently dismissed Central Bank Governor. It’s a statement. It’s a statement that says a lot about Zambia. It’s a statement that says a lot about our government....

HIS name is Chishimba Kambwili. He has been arguably the most outspoken politician in recent years. He has previously served various government positions, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister of Youth and Sports, and finally Minister Information and Broadcasting Services, as well as Chief Government spokesperson. After being fired from his last...

We have observed that there are mixed sentiments from the clergy over the "Church Empowerment Fund". While some churches have declined to take up this generous gesture from government for various reasons, some churches who intend to take full advantage of this initiative have rose to castigate those that have respectfully refused to be used...

LEGEND has it that in 2008 after losing the first round of elections, then Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe sanctioned what was called “Operation wavotera papi” (meaning who have you voted for). The narrative is that after Morgan Tswangirai beat Mugabe’s Zanu-PF in the first round of elections that year, a rerun was called between the...

THIS long weekend, Christians across the world did what they have been doing for thousands of years — celebrate Easter, the day of Jesus’ resurrection on the third day after his death by crucifixion. According to Christian beliefs, this day, this event, is considered to be the most important on the calendar, owing to the...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says he would like the African Union and the SADC leadership to consider the forthcoming August elections illegitimate, owing to the “unfair and impartial manner” in which the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) conducted the voter registration exercise. In his letter dated March 25, Hichilema said the ECZ validated electoral roll...

FOLLOWING the arrest of Belarusian businessman Aleksander Zingman in the Democratic Republic of Congo, those aligned to the Patriotic Front government expressed anger at the fact that we introduced the alleged arms dealer as President Edgar Lungu ally. They asked why we were dragging the President’s name in the arrest of Mr Zingman. They accused...

LIKE many other citizens of this country, we were perplexed when we heard President Edgar Lungu making a proclamation that the state of our economy indicates that people have a lot of money and are living well. On Wednesday, President Lungu told the nation that economic activities in the country showed that the people were...