The Zambia Pharmaceuticals Business Forum (ZPBF) has raised a red flag against the Ministry of Health for exclusively awarding tenders for the supply of drugs to companies of personal interests, against the public procurement guidelines. And ZPBF has written to Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, demanding the cancellation of tender number MoH/SP/016/17, among others, which...

The Lusaka High Court has granted Gemcanton Investments Holding chief executive officer Eliezer Nefussy leave to challenge his deportation through a judicial review. But the court has refused to stay his deportation of saying a court cannot stay an action which has already been taken. In this matter, Nefussy had applied for leave to commence...

Chitimukulu, the paramount chief of the Bemba speaking people, says an individual’s life cannot change without his/her effort no matter which political party is in power. And Chitimukulu says God created hunger so that people can work. Chitimukulu said this on a live Radio Mano programme dubbed “ifikala cimbwi tefikala inama iikata”. “Some people think...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) says the PF government spent 2017 doling out contracts to companies and cadres who helped the party during the 2016 general election campaigns. And TIZ president Rueben Lifuka says there is enough evidence to show that corruption in Zambia has taken new unimaginable forms and is mutating through the fabric of...

Party of National Unity leader Highvie Hamududu says he expects more poverty among citizen who depend on agriculture because the government has killed the sector by failing to distribute farming inputs on time. And Hamududu says 2021 is too far for Zambians to continue suffering at the hands of the Patriotic Front. Giving a 2017...

Minister of Agriculture Dora Siliya says she spends sleepless nights trying to make sure that all farmers receive their inputs in good time for planting. And Siliya says government is ready to fight army worms because they were detected early enough. Speaking when she featured on ZNBC’s Chintobentobe programme on Sunday, Siliya said she was...

Lusaka Lawyer Dickson Jere says the UPND should accept the fact that the rest of the country has moved on and the opposition party's failure recognise a legally sworn-in Head of State is a sheer waste of time. Commenting on UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema's adamancy on moving away from the 2016 presidential election petition, Jere...

Chilufya Chanda had very high expectations of life after his studies at the tumultuous University of Zambia. Working in a video arcade sandwiched between bars in Lusaka's sprawling Garden compound was not one of them. Chanda 33, is a holder of a bachelor's degree in English and Literature and is supposed to be teaching in...