Transparency International Zambia says if dismissed ZAF commander Lt Gen Eric Chimese was corrupt, then the investigation should be spread to others whom he acted with like the procurement officers. And TIZ chapter president Rueben Lifuka has demanded that law enforcement agencies must carryout lifestyle audits for the top command in all security and defense...

By Abraham Kalito. Former UPND vice-president for politics Dr Canisius Banda has charged that it's idiotic for his former party to say "Bandas are a problem", following the defection of the adopted candidate for the Kasenengwa by-election. Dr Canisius was responding to a statement by UPND spokesperson Stephen Katuka who said Banda’s are a problem,...

Government should step up its investment in agricultural extension services if the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) is to yield its intended results, says the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD). Ahead of the highly-anticipated 2019 national budget, CTPD head of programme & research Brian Chiko Mwiinga appealed to government to ensure that sufficient...

A money laundering compliance officer at Zanaco Bank Plc has testified in the matter where Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili is facing 39 counts of being in possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime, uttering a false document and obtaining pecuniary advantage by false pretences. Sellah Mtonga told the court...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says there is no need for the continent to needlessly spend US $35 billion annually on importing food when it can be the breadbasket of the world. And AfDB says with the advancement of technology, future farmers will be sitting in their homes with computer applications using drone to determine...

The Zambian government lost an estimated K400 million between 2014 and 2017 as a result of the illicit tobacco trade, according to British American Tobacco (BAT) Zambia Plc. But the company says it remains excited about the opportunities that the local tobacco industry has, given the progressive measures government has put in place to revive...