President Lungu holds talks with Israeli Leader. Vice President Inonge Wina says the good rainfall that Zambia is currently experiencing will result in reduction of load shedding. Government says it is ready to to make amendments to the public order Act and has assured that the matter is being given the importance it requires. The...

GOVERNMENT says junior Chipolopolo can camp in any country of their choice should they qualify to the World Cup finals. Speaking to journalists in Lusaka, sports minister Moses Mawere said the team’s dream to camp in the United Kingdom would be granted if they qualified. “As government, we shall only grant them their wish of...

Zambian poet, Doctor and Clergyman Paul Banda says Zambians are poor because they have a poor mindset. Lusaka District Commissioner Captain Davidson Mulenga has told Lusaka residents that his office is ready to tackle flash floods that whether men have predicted will sweep across most African cities. Chikondi Foundation director Bishop John Mambo has implored...

THE Bank of Zambia (BOZ) has declared Intermarket Banking Corporation (IBC) solvent; 90 days after the Central Bank takeover. The statement means that the commercial bank will soon be reopened and depositors would have access to their money. According to a statement issued by BOZ, the shareholders have proposed to restructure Intermarket Bank so as...

FINANCE minister Felix Mutati yesterday dodged questions on whether the Bank of Zambia was negligent in monitoring operations of Intermarket Banking Corporation. This was during a question and answer session in Parliament yesterday after the minister gave a statement on the re-opening of the bank after it was shutdown in November last year due to...

For many years now, I have been calling for dialogue among our political and civic leaders. This became more urgent after the disputed Presidential election of August 2016 and the shambolic manner in which the Constitutional Court handled the Presidential Petition.

Vice-President Inonge Wina today joined mourners at the funeral home of former president Fredrick Chiluba’s widow Regina. Regina died on Sunday after battling cancer for the last few years. Wina was received at the funeral house in Kabulonga by office of the Vice-President permanent secretary for administration Stephen Mwansa and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet...

Peoples Party leader Mike Mulongoti says the late Regina Chiluba was a hard working woman who fought tirelessly to mobilise MMD when she served as women’s national chairperson.

CATHOLIC Commission for Justice and Peace coordinator says government should expedite the land policy enactment in order to facilitate equitable distribution of land in Zambia. Speaking on Yatsani Radio’s the Platform Programme yesterday, CCJP coordinator Agnes Mumba said this would cut illegalities in land administration. “There should be proper guidelines; that’s why we are talking about the policy,...