PMRC executive director Bernadette Deka struggled to defend weak accountability systems in the country at an Oasis Forum-organised public discussion, Wednesday evening. And economist Trevor Simumba says with government’s uncontrolled borrowing, the private sector will soon be crowded out of the economy. Meanwhile, NAREP president Elias Chipimo has urged heads of investigative and law enforcement...

The end of the Cold War signalled seismic changes across Africa. In Zambia it ushered in the return to multiparty politics after 18 years of single party rule, when president Kenneth Kaunda lifted a ban on political parties in the face of popular unrest in 1990. He was ousted by Frederick Chiluba, leader of the...

Mealie meal prices will increase in the short-term given Zambia’s 3-year record low maize harvest, says the Jesuit Centre of Theological Reflection. In a statement, the JCTR have predicted a rise in mealie meal prices due to limited supply of the staple commodity on the market in the wake of a low maize harvest. Zambia’s...

We would like to know the nature Edgar Lungu's so-called private visit to Kenya which is so important that he can abandon the funeral of his own Minister Victoria Kalima whom government has even declared a period of national mourning. We believe it's being highly insensitive and culturally and morally disrespectful for Edgar Lungu to...

Mulenga Sata says he wants to be adopted to contest the Lusaka mayoral elections on the PF ticket so that he can implement various projects which he left hanging when he served in the same capacity. Speaking when he re-joined the Patriotic Front at the party secretariat, Thursday, Mulenga denounced his loyalty to the opposition...

President Edgar Lungu has effected major fiscal policy changes at the Ministry of Finance and announced new austerity measures in order to get government out of its current debt crisis situation. In a statement released late Thursday, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe stated that the Head of State who is currently on a State Visit to...