JACK Kalala says 2021 will be a brutal year because the PF have already declared themselves winners of the forthcoming general election and are determined to crush all dissenting voices. In an interview, Kalala, who served as president Levy Mwanawasa’s special assistant for policy implementation and monitoring, feared that the PF will squeeze the opposition...

MUNALI PF member of parliament Professor Nkandu Luo lied that all Catholic members of parliament are in support of the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019, say UPND members of the Catholic Parliamentarians’ Association. Speaking when he addressed journalists at Parliament Media Centre in Lusaka, Friday, UPND Catholic parliamentary representative, who is also Kabompo...

LIVINGSTONE Magistrate Benjamin Mwelwa has argued that the petition where he is seeking an order that the Registrar of Societies de-registers all political parties, which have not practiced regular, free and fair intra-party elections, is rightly before the Constitutional Court. He adds that his petition is premised on the contravention of the Constitution and meets...

UPND member Fred Hamamba has sued the State in the Lusaka High Court claiming damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution after he was acquitted on charges of aggravated robbery. Hamamba, who has cited the Attorney General as the defendant, is also seeking aggravated and exemplary damages, general damages, interest and costs. In a statement...

Leadership positions in most African countries end up with the bad, selfish and greedy individuals, whose primary intent is to enrich themselves at the expense of their people. This is more evident now than ever because the intelligent good, those noble men and women with impeccable character, are increasingly being intimidated out of taking up...

FORMER North-Western Province Minister Dawson Kafwaya says it is not fair for people to call him “unstable” simply because he has left the ruling party, arguing that politics is about ideas. In an interview, Kafwaya explained that he left the Patriotic Front (PF) because he did not agree with the party’s principles and ideologies. The...

The Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) says it has launched investigation into the Ministry of Health tender number MoH/SP/032/19 for the supply of 50,000 health centre kits, under which an individual called Imran Lunat and two other companies were awarded a US$17 million contract. ZPPA was reacting to an investigation by News Diggers that revealed...

TAKE advantage of the upcoming International Monetary Fund (IMF) consultation to elevate Zambia’s credit rating that is affecting yields on the Eurobond and worsening the foreign exchange rate, economist Chibamba Kanyama has advised the government. He has, however, expressed doubt that the consultation will generate a positive bill of health for Zambia owing to heightened...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's contemplation of reducing his country’s aid to Zambia should be a wakeup call for government to generate its own resources from God-given natural endowments. And TIZ says the apparent non-desire to suspend officials facing corruption charges does not paint a good picture of Zambia and...

PF Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri says lack of coordination in the party is what makes people think the ruling party is not working. Speaking when she met all party structures in Central Province, Saturday, Phiri said some elected leaders had let the party down because they were not connected to party structures. "Lack of...