NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili must stop complaining about being squeezed and just come back to the PF, says PF central committee member Paul Moonga. And Moonga, who is also PF Lusaka Province acting chairman, says Kambwili should not complain about failing to pay his children's school fees because he enjoyed the sweet...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says the six former government officials that wrote a letter to President Edgar Lungu on the state of Zambia’s economy had a different objective other than a genuine intention to offer advice. And Dr Ng’andu says President Lungu cannot respond to a letter which was publicised in the manner it...

THE Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) has requested government to render extra care to health professionals on the frontlines of fighting COVID-19 by giving them relief in terms of personal protective equipment, compensation and other incentives. On Sunday, RDAZ acting secretary general Dr Wilson Bwalya issued a notice to members of the association in...

REPUBLICAN Progressive Party (RPP) leader James Lukuku has denied publishing racial statements against Chinese nationals, saying he has no hatred for humanity whatsoever. This is a matter in which Lukuku is charged with expressing hatred or contempt against Chinese nationals due to their race. Lukuku is alleged to have uttered words and published writings, expressing...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he admires First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda’s fight for freedom and independence of all African nations. Speaking when he presented a 96th birthday cake to Dr Kaunda at his residence in Lusaka’s State Lodge area, Tuesday, President Lungu said he admired Dr Kaunda’s gallant fight for Zambia’s liberation. President Lungu...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the PF government is more concerned in having more councilors than fighting COVID-19. In an interview, Katuka said the announcement of the date for the upcoming by-elections by the Electoral Commission of Zambia in Nakato, Imayo and Bulilo wards indicated that the PF was more concerned about having more...

FORMER minister commerce Bob Sichinga says former finance minister Alexander Chikwanda is responsible for Zambia's debt crisis and it is illogical for him to wash his hands of it today. Recently, Chikwanda dismissed a letter written by former ministers of finance and other economic stakeholders to President Edgar Lungu and Finance Minister Ngandu Magande as...

FORMER Finance Minister Felix Mutati says the entire 2020 budget needs to be re-worked to provide clarity to the nation regrading what is achievable this year given the huge expected government revenue shortfall amid COVID-19. And Mutati has urged Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu to remain resolute during the novel Coronavirus induced turbulence. In an...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s desire to re-open some sectors of Zambia’s economy is not a feasible plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, says Alliance for Democracy and development (ADD) president Charles Milupi. And Milupi has expressed concern over the continued suspicious deaths as people are now dying in various parts of the country with suspected COVID-19...

NALIKWANDA UPND member of parliament Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa has called on the Ministry of General Education to make an effective assessment to the newly-launched electronic educational programmes to establish if they are attaining their intended objectives. And General Education Minister David Mabumba says his Ministry will engage the Ministry of Energy to see how best...