Civil Rights Activist Brebner Changala says corruption will never end in Zambia if the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) does not go for the big fish that are holding power. On Monday, former Attorney General Musa Mwenye broke his silence on the ongoing debate about escalating corruption levels in the country, saying the graft fight should not...

Zambia Railways Limited has grown its business by 22 per cent in five months owing to the Statutory Instrument (SI) on heavy cargo, says Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba. And Mushimba says Zambia Airways will conduct a test flight in October in readiness to officially launch the national carrier to the public. In January...

We are rich because of the poor, President Edgar Lungu told Kalulushi resident on the Copperbelt yesterday. And has President Lungu directed the Kitwe Mayor Christopher Kan’gombe to find a solution to land wrangles in the district. Speaking upon arrival at Southdown Airport in Kalulushi, Copperbelt, Tuesday, President Lungu asked leaders to always act according...

The Zambia Revenue Authority has disclosed that many taxpayers continue to be evasive when reporting to Customs and to Domestic Tax on comparable transactions. In a statement, ZRA commissioner-general Kingsley Chanda revealed that results following the tax amnesty programme, which lapsed on June 30 this year, indicated that many taxpayers continued to be evasive when...

Government has signed a €28.4 million grant agreement with the European Union (EU) and KFW of the Federal Republic of Germany to finance the sustainable access to electricity in the southern region of Zambia. And German Embassy Head of Cooperation Dr Christoph Ritz says the project is expected to make more power available for distribution...

Young African Leaders Initiative President Andrew Ntewewe says the church must not hijack the national dialogue process because ZCID is the right organization to handle all matters regarding political parties in Zambia. And Ntewewe says the church must know that Zambia is neither in a crisis or in a war situation. In a statement, Tuesday,...

Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says a 23-year-old Sesheke man stabbed to death a 29-year-old female officer after she changed her mind about selling him her car. Revealing more details on the death of the female officer in a statement, Wednesday, Katongo stated that Edward Mwanza was not Constable Caroline Chembwe's lover as he had...

The Bank of Zambia has maintained the same Monetary Policy Rate and Statutory Reserve Ratio again in a bid to induce lower interest rates and revive economic growth. Speaking during a media briefing in Lusaka, Wednesday, BoZ governor, Dr Denny Kalyalya, announced that the central bank decided to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at...

Two weeks ago, we published an opinion detailing the corruption in the Zambia Police Traffic department. Little did we know that we were actually prophetically speaking about a scandal that would vindicate our critical position against the men and women in uniform. On Thursday last week, a zealous Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo toured some...

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