YALI is shielding its own crimes by supporting calls from the Patriotic Front government to disband the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), says civil rights activist Brebner Changala. Commenting on YALI president Andrew Ntewewe’s call for FIC Director-General Mary Tshuma’s dismissal for allegedly putting the country’s security at risk, Changala said YALI was increasingly becoming a...

Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway, widely-reported to cost US $1.2 billion, is not a true figure. And Mwanakatwe blasted some commercial banks in the country in the habit of offering expensive loans with high interest rates, despite the Bank of Zambia’s move to lower the Statutory Reserve Ratio (SRR) to five...

Prominent among the few who travelled to Kenya with President Edgar Lungu last week was Mr Valden Findlay, a powerful Lusaka-based businessman with influential links to State House. Last time this businessman travelled with the President to Swaziland, there was a public outcry about public resources being used to finance luxurious trips for private individuals...

Those who want to study witchcraft can set up their own private universities for that because we won't offer such courses in our institutions at the moment, says Minister of Higher Education Professor Nkandu Luo. Prof Luo was responding to a question from Mufulira PF member of parliament Evans Chibanda who wanted to know why...

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has ordered Mines Minister Richard Musukwa to render a ministerial statement over the death of 10 jerboas after Black Mountain collapsed on them yesterday. Speaker Matibini made this ruling after leader of the opposition in the House Jack Mwiimbu rose on a point of order, wondering why...

Works at Vendata’s Kokola Copper Mines (KCM) in Chingola have resumed after a fatal accident that claimed one life during an underground operation in Nchanga Underground Mine. KCM Public Relations and Communications Manager Shapi Shachinda confirmed this in a statement, Wednesday, explaining that management at KCM had worked closely with the Mines Safety Department, the...