Former Rainbow party running mate Dr Cosmas Musumali has formed his own political party called the Socialist Party (SP). In August 2014, late president Michael Sata dropped Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba, who later formed the Rainbow Party and picked Dr Musumali as his running mate in the 2016 general elections. Musumali who is relatively new...

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Namugala yesterday threatened to stop leader of the opposition Jack Mwiimbu from debating after he mentioned Hakainde Hichilema on the floor of the house. This was when Mwiimbu, who is also Monze Central UPND member of parliament rose to debate the 2018 budget allocation for the Ministry of...

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says there is no illegality in the investment of money in offshore accounts, except that many individuals who have had chance to enjoy such incentives have been abusing them to a point where they completely evade the payment of tax obligations for their investments. And Kanyama who is former IMF communications advisor,...

Copperbelt University Students Union (COBUSU) president Njikho Musuku says it is selfish for leaders to plunder public resources at the expense of suffering citizens. The recent Auditor General’s report revealed that the Ministry of Higher Education paid K8.5 million to non students in the year ended 2016. Reacting to the revelation in an interview yesterday,...

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the remains of elephants legally hunted in Zimbabwe and Zambia can now be imported to the United States as trophies, reversing a ban under former president Barack Obama. African elephants are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that...

Mike Mulongoti says Zambians should not take seriously remarks made by PF Secretary General Davies Mwila that nothing will stop President Edgar Lungu from standing in 2021, saying the PF official was speaking as a cadre without any judicial authority. And Mulongoti says PF must be very careful with what they intend to do in...

Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya says he has to investigate why Savenda is regularly cited in the Auditor General’s report but being in good standing with government may be one of the reasons considered for the company to be awarded the contract to supply ambulances. And in response to queries on exorbitantly purchased ambulances, Dr Chilufya...

CTPD executive director Isaac Mwaipopo has warned government to be cautious of how abuse of public resources will affect tax compliance if the general public loses confidence in those entrusted with public funds. Commenting on revelations of the Auditor General for the year ended 2016, Mwaipopo observed that Zambia had potential to finance its own...

Chishimba Kambwili says he is wondering why ZNBC decided to suspend its Copperbelt-based staffer Misheck Moyo for associating himself with NDC, when was not suspended for applying to stand as Mufulira mayor on the PF ticket in 2016. Meanwhile, Kambwili says if a President can appoint a fool as minister, then people can assume that...

Young African Leaders Initiated president Andrew Ntewewe says his organisation is still preparing a reaction to allegations that its officers were involved in theft of donor funding, adding that the claims were malicious. And FODEP says the British Council has not yet availed the institution with the findings of the preliminary audit report for it...