Fighting corruption is not an easy undertaking. It requires a lot of commitment because it is risky. Those who truly fight corruption have no personal benefit in it. Fighting corruption means engaging the powerful - politically, financially and otherwise. It is for this reason that all well-meaning Zambians must join the fight against corruption for...

President Edgar Lungu has continued touring the country in the name of inspecting development projects. Wherever President Lungu goes on his so-called tour of duty, he meets ruling party officials whom he tasks to mobilise votes ahead of the 2021 general election. There is nothing sinister about this combination of government and party activity on...

WE are continuing to raise questions against the decision by Zesco to implement the smart metering project at a cost of US$40 million. We recall that a few months ago when the power utility announced an increase in electricity tariffs, we wondered why Zesco was increasing the price of a commodity that it did not...

IMAGINE buying bread for your family and you consume half of the loaf for breakfast. In the evening when you want to make tea, you find the bakery owner who sold you the bread has grabbed it, saying "you need to save the remaining half for breakfast tomorrow because I don't have enough flour to...

WHEN we started writing about the infamous Belarusian businessman Aleksandr Zingman and his association with President Edgar Lungu and Valden Findlay, there was no malice in the questions that we were asking. We were writing and asking questions purely as concerned Zambians. We believe that any well-meaning Zambian who would come across the material we...

STATE House says President Edgar Lungu will not suspend or dismiss Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya despite the corruption allegations and his subsequent arrest by the Anti Corruption Commission, arguing that the accused is innocent until proven guilty by the courts of law. This is not the first time that State House is being defiant...

THE arrest of Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has obviously excited many people who are disgusted by the unprecedented levels of corruption in the PF government. Understandably, all indicators point to the fact that corruption has brought Zambia to its knees. Almost every national problem can directly or indirectly be linked to corruption. There are...

"EDGAR Lungu is a good man, but the people around him are bad". We can't count how many times we have heard this expression before. At first it made sense, some bad decisions that we have seen come out of State House could not make sense being attributed to the Head of State. Bad pronouncements...

WE are concerned that many of our people have decided not to vote in by-elections. Some of the reasons they have given for not participating include: our previous votes have not made any difference. Our vote was a ticket for others to enrich themselves. Our vote was rigged. They, therefore, don’t see any reason why...

OUR country has suffered a slow pace of development because our politicians spend more time attending to non-issues while neglecting the real problems that are affecting our people. This is reflected in the kind of debates that our leaders engage in. The quality of politics in our country calls for deep meditation from all citizens...