The World Bank says 75 percent of the Zambian Cabinet's decisions are never implemented. In its “Zambia Systematic Country Diagnosis” report of March 2018, the World Bank noted that weak capacity to manage public expenditure and implement policy programs was undermining service delivery effectiveness. “The weak capacity to manage public expenditures and implement policy programs...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has adopted Saboi Imboela as its candidate for the Lusaka Mayoral elections slated for July 26, 2018. Unveiling Imboela at the party secretariat, Sunday, NDC secretary general Mwenya Musenge said the party received overwhelming response from members who wished to be adopted for the Lusaka Mayoral by-elections. Musenge said Imboela...

A research by the Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) shows that further growth of the country’s economy is being threatened by an electricity supply system that is increasingly showing signs of stress. And Ministry of Energy Permanent Secretary Brigadier General Emeldah Chola has admitted that Zambia is one of the countries in Africa facing...

Alliance for Community Action executive director Laura Miti says President Edgar Lungu should fire Mines Minister Richard Musukwa for calling Black Mountain victims scavengers and for declaring the dump site safe. On Thursday, Musukwa told Parliament that he would not resign over the Black Mountain collapse which claimed 10 lives and injured 17 saying they...

The Zambia Chamber of Mines has backed calls not to enforce the Statutory Instrument that compels mines and other businesses to transport 30 per cent of their bulk cargo by rail until Zambia Railways has beefed up its capacity. During the Rail Africa 2018 conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 13, Zambia Railways board...

President Edgar Lungu yesterday officially opened Zambia's first paperless hospital in Chipata City, and directed the Rural Electrification Authority to connect power to the rest of the health facilities in the province where government intends to roll out the technology. Addressing Chipata residents at the new health facility, President Lungu said his government was committed...

About nine months ago, on 29 September 2017, six human rights defenders and activists staged a peaceful protest outside the Parliament buildings in Lusaka to demand answers for the controversial purchase of 42 fire trucks by the government in 2015 at a cost of US$42 million. Zambians questioned both the procurement process and the cost...

‘Mr Jameson Kadansa,’ said the judge, as he leant forward towards the accused, ‘you have been charged with various offences, the first of which is that you have been found drunk in charge of the Alcoholic Fright Bus Company. You are the president of this company, is that correct?’ As the accused swayed rather unsteadily...

Our beloved Minister of Higher Education Professor Nkandu Luo is at it again. On Wednesday she took her differences with media organisations to the National Assembly, telling her fellow members of parliament that she had seen too much irresponsible journalism in Zambia. She announced to the House that in order to improve journalism standards in...

British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet has insisted that there is a serious corruption problem in Zambia which needs to be tackled in order to give investors confidence that their resources are safe. And High Commissioner Cochrane-Dyet says it is unfortunate that the Zambian Watchdog misconstrued his tweets to drive a wedge between Britain...