The Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) Financial Journalism Training Program to advance business and financial reporting has been launched in Zambia. More than 50 delegates will take part in the first intake of the training that will be offered in partnership with the University of Lusaka Business School, and the University of Zambia’s Department of...

Lusaka Magistrate Rachael Mwansa has advised the State to consider a ‘plea bargain’ or reconciliation in the matter in which a 16-year-old juvenile and her auntie are facing one count of malicious damage to property worth K70 as it’s a misdemeanour. The duo were on Monday last week discharged of the offence of idle and...

President Edgar Lungu should be vigilant enough to know that some of his civil servants are making his government fail to respond to the cries of the people, says Sinda politician Thaulo Banda. In an interview, Banda cautioned the Head of State to be alert because some civil servants are frustrating government's ability to deliver...

Introduction by Hon Davies Mwila As out lined in the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP), the Patriotic Front Government under His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, continues to recognise the importance of foreign relations in creating an enabling environment for sustainable socio-economic development. The country’s foreign policy emphasises the key role of economic diplomacy in...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa was a national hero when he led troops to overthrow Robert Mugabe who had been at the helm of Zimbabwe for nearly four decades. But this man was no stranger to the Zimbabwean voters. He ruled the former Southern Rhodesia alongside Mugabe and agreed to literally everything that old Bob did. He...