PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the economy is almost shutting down in some sectors due to the COVID-19 pandemic so it is imperative that he takes control of the situation, as the man in charge. And President Lungu says he will not hesitate to fall on the opposition like a ton of bricks if they misbehave....

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says consultations on issuance of National Registration Cards to inmates are ongoing. And Kampyongo says over 331,472 people have been issued with National Registration Cards in five provinces since the exercise commenced. Speaking at a press briefing, Monday, Kampyongo said there was a need for a census to be conducted...

FORMER Attorney General Musa Mwenye says presidential appointments must take into account tribal balancing in order to build unity in the country. And Mwenye has advised the Patriotic front government to stop governing like it's an opposition party, citing an incident where President Edgar Lungu attacked the Anti Corruption Commission. Meanwhile, Mwenye has wondered what...

THE impasse between the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) and Zesco Limited has reduced investor confidence and will negatively impact much-needed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into Zambia’s energy sector, says Public Financial Management Consult senior economist Bright Chizonde. And Chizonde says that the Ministry of Energy has failed to provide clear policy guidance to provide...

PATRIOTIC Front secretary general Davies Mwila has suspended Eastern Province youth chairperson Emmanuel J Banda commonly known as Jay Jay for misconduct. And Eastern Province Police Commissioner Luckson Sakala says Jay Jay did not appear in court yesterday because he was not yet indicted. In a letter dated August 24, Mwila gave Jay Jay 14...

GOVERNMENT still needs to implement strong fiscal policy where the budget deficit and high levels of inflation are kept under control if the Bank of Zambia’s (BoZ) relaxed monetary policy is to have any meaningful impact, says economist Chibamba Kanyama. And Kanyama says interest rates on loan facilities should not be expected to significantly decline...

SUSPENDED Patriotic Front Eastern Province youth chairperson Emmanuel Banda, commonly known as Jay Jay, and four others have been dragged to court for allegedly assaulting a police officer at Lusaka Central Police Station, with intent to steal. Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale could, however, not explain the charge to the accused persons yesterday as...

LUSAKA Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has summoned Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) acting director general Rosemary Khuzwayo to appear before him today and show cause why contempt of court proceedings should not be instituted against her for suspending an investigations officer who testified in Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s case. Magistrate Mwale directed that Khuzwayo be...

SOUTH Africa's Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni says his Tweet about mobilising against President Edgar Lungu for firing of Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor Dr Denny Kalyalya had nothing to do with internal politics. Mboweni, who is also former chairperson of the SADC committee of Central Bank Governors, said he wants the regional body to...

WE are concerned that since assuming power, our President has changed Finance Ministers four times and this is the second Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor under his six year reign so far. Surely, that shows that the problem is not the appointees, but the appointing authority. What is even more worrying is that despite all...