Former agriculture minister Bob Sichinga says government, under President Edgar Lungu, is unable to implement debt sustainability as it will lead the country into further debt distress. And Sichinga says he doubts the accuracy of government’s official debt figures. Reacting to Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng'andu's state of the economy briefing in an interview, Sichinga...

UNZALARU secretary general Dr Kelvin Mambwe says workers at the institution have decided to sue UNZA management for failing to pay workers' salaries on time. In an interview, Dr Mambwe said the union had initially tried to report the matter to the police but officers refused to receive their statement and referred them to court....

GOVERNMENT is likely to end up refinancing Zambia’s huge public debt because of the possibility of failing to service repayments when they fall due, says economist Professor Oliver Saasa. And Prof Saasa observed that the country’s current debt figures, coupled with the climatic conditions, clearly prove that the Treasury is strained. Speaking on Diamond TV's...

AN accountant at MTN Zambia has dragged a police officer and the Attorney General to the Lusaka High Court, demanding K800,000 compensation for torture, false imprisonment and detention, after his arrest. Hamanyanga Kaseele further wants, among other claims, an order of interim injunction restraining the said police officer a Mr Mutono, through his agents or...

A State witness has also testified that former Minister of Community Development and Social Services Emerine Kabanshi ordered the reinstatement of ZAMPOST as payment service provider for the Social Cash Transfer programme after the contract was terminated due to poor performance. Kenneth Mapani, a former head of procurement in the said ministry, told the Lusaka...

SINAZONGWE UPND member of parliament Gift Sialubalo has asked government to consider working on the Batoka – Maamba road as it helps victims whose houses were recently washed away by flash floods. Last week, over 50 houses were submerged along with crops in Sinazeze area after heavy rains, forcing people to relocate to an unfinished...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says that there is a strong possibility that the State is involved in the gassing incidences happening in Zambia. And Hichilema says law and order has broken down in the country, as evidenced by the disruption of a LAZ-organised discussion on Bill 10 by PF cadres on Monday. At a press...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the high level visits between Zambia and the Russian Federation, such as the visit to Zambia by Russia’s Federation Council Chairperson, Valentina Matviyenko, is a demonstration of the warm relations that exist between the two countries. Speaking during a courtesy call paid to him at State House by Matviyenko, Tuesday, President...

LUSAKA businessman Harry Valden Findlay has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that he is still wants to prosecute the matter where he has sued NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili for drug dealing accusations. Findlay has, therefore, asked the Court to throw out Kambwili’s application to have the said matter dismissed. In this matter, Findlay has...

A CORPORATE services manager at Zesco Limited has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that an electrician filled in an application form for the supply of electricity to nine flats in Ibex Hill and further indicated that the said properties were for former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Eric Chimese. Kennedy Chisanga further testified that 21...