Economics Association of Zambia president Dr Lubinda Haabazoka says President Edgar Lungu is not responsible for the high levels of unemployment in Zambia because it has been prevalent since the privatization era commenced in the early 1990s. And Dr Haabazoka says contrary to popular belief, President Lungu holds a lot of press conferences, but in...

Abdul Suppliers and General Dealers and its Managing Director Abdul Uwayezu have sued Zambia Sugar Company in the Lusaka High Court claiming damages for false imprisonment and loss of business after the company accused them of selling counterfeit sugar. They stated that as a result of Zambia Sugar’s actions, the company has suffered great humiliation...

National secretary of the Felix Mutati-led MMD Raphael Nakacinda was yesterday abandoned by his lawyer in a matter regarding MMD leadership wrangles. This was after High Court Judge Sharon Newa refused to stay the proceedings of the main case, pending Nakacinda’s appeal to the Court of Appeal. Nakachinda had appealed over the court's ruling that...

A Lusaka man has dragged provincial minister Bowman Lusambo to court for failing to pay a K70,000 balance on a property he purchased at K350,000 last year. Coxcy Mudenda, owner of a property known as Lot No. 19897/M Lusaka, is seeking for a declaration that there is no contract between them as Lusambo has breached...

President Edgar Lungu has fired Works and Supply Minister Felix Mutati and has also revoked his nomination to Parliament with immediate effect. The MMD faction leader has been replaced with Lunte PF member of parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya. But the Mutati-led MMD faction’s national secretary Raphael Nakacinda says the party is not surprised, adding that it...

Solicitor General Abraham Mwansa has insisted that the High Court should wholly dismiss the UPND Presidential petition on the right to be heard, saying it's a waste of the court's time because the lower court has no powers to direct the Constitutional Court to rehear the case. But UPND lawyer John Sangwa has insisted that...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja says Police will investigate individuals who orchestrated falsehoods that led to the riots in Kitwe on the Copperbelt. Thousands of Residents in Kitwe’s Kawama, Buchi and Chimwemwe fought running battles with the Police on Monday demanding that government explains the alleged sale of ZAFFICO industries to Chinese nationals. State...

Civil Rights activist Brebner Changala says the Constitutional Court was not necessary because it has only added to more confusion in the country. And Changala has questioned why the ConCourt takes long to deliver judgements on matters of national interest saying its torture for Zambians to remain in suspense. Last week, the ConCourt upheld Lusaka...

We understand that there are hundreds of thousands of citizens out there who are submerged in misery and are looking for ways of letting out their anger and frustrations. Some have lived in poverty for generations because successive governments have not cared enough about their plight. Others have seen their businesses collapse as a result...

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy” – Proverbs 31:8-9 We can all clearly see that the debt situation is very bad and getting worse every day. The debt burden is truly...