ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations collapsed without any commitment and that continued engagement will depend on the Zambian government’s actions and policies in the revision of the 2020 budget. And Prof Saasa says the fact that Zambia has opted to restructure its debt means it has technically defaulted, making...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested a 35-year-old businessman and leader of a drug cartel operating in Lusaka’s Chibolya compound for trafficking in over 40 grams of cocaine. DEC has also arrested 10 people for unlawful cultivation of fresh cannabis plants weighing 43.19 tonnes and trafficking in 76.20 kilograms of loose cannabis in a...

THE UPND should not expect to have it easy in the PF’s strongholds when its supporters have been violent and intolerant towards ruling party members, says PF media director Sunday Chanda. And Chanda says constitutional lawyer John Sangwa State Counsel is just looking for relevance by suggesting that the PF should “rent a crowd to...

STATE House says it has initiated diplomatic engagement with the Government of Rwanda to deal with allegations linking President Edgar Lungu to a rebel movement in that country that claims to have received funding from the Zambian leader to overthrow President Paul Kagame's regime. In a statement, Thursday, President Lungu’s Special Assistant for Press and...

UPND Lukulu East member of parliament Dr Christopher Kalila has called for the closure of Parliament and for all MPs to be quarantined, following the rising number of COVID-19 cases at the National Assembly. In an interview, Dr Kalila, who is also UPND health and nutrition chairman, bemoaned the lack of information being given out...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini says UPND members of parliament, who walked out of the House when Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 was being considered three weeks ago, were not out of order. Dr Matibini has, however, said, even though walkouts in themselves do not amount to a breach of...

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lillian Siyunyi State Counsel says prosecuting corruption cases can be a complex task, explaining that "sometimes there can be no evidence but it is in public interest to prosecute". And Siyunyi has explained that the case of Amos Chanda and others has not finished as her office could be looking...