RECENTLY, we expressed our views on the state of the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) through an editorial opinion that highlighted some of the challenges that we have observed in the party. The opinion was necessitated by an admission from the party’s chairman for elections, Gary Nkombo, who said although the governance system...

A FARMER of Shicitaza Village of Chief Kaingu’s area in Central Province has dragged another farmer of the same area to the Lusaka High Court for allegedly accusing him of being a witch. Physical Muntanga, who has sued Humphrey Muntanga, claims that the latter accused him of being responsible for his illness and misfortune and...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says if he had his way, political parties such as Wynter Kabimba's Rainbow would be deregistered for failure to participate in electoral activities. Meanwhile, Katuka has lamented that Zambia is now subdivided into two parts; one for the PF and where laws are not applicable. Commenting on Kabimba’s remarks that...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says if Zambians decide to vote for the opposition in 2021, they must elect members of parliament, council chairpersons and councillors from the same political party, a situation he says makes it easy for the sitting President to deliver development. And President Lungu has told the PF mobilisation committee that it has...

LUSAKA High Court Judge Sharon Newa has sentenced a 22-year-old man of Mandevu to death by hanging for killing his 20-year-old girlfriend, whose lifeless body was discovered in her house by her elder sister. In this matter, Allan Lungu was charged with one count of murder. Particulars the offence were that on March 2, 2019,...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says government should start taking practical steps to rebuild the economy because prayer alone will not help in any way. And Kambwili says the National Day of Prayer and Fasting has not yielded any results as hatred among politicians is the order of the day. Last week National...

VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says a commission of inquiry in the privatisation process has a lot of issues that need to be exposed, adding that the government’s desire is to bring the matter to an end so that there are no more accusations in the future. And Vice-President Wina says police have not stopped members of...

GOVERNMENT is due to pay a total of over US $854 million in external debt service repayments to various Chinese entities in 2020 and 2021 as part of its ongoing debt servicing commitments, according to the Ministry of Finance. And the Ministry has reiterated that debt suspension requests to Zambia’s various creditors, including Eurobond holders,...

SUPREME Court justice and former Attorney General Dr Mumba Malila has observed that many judiciaries in the African region are still reeling from the devastating effects of political intimidation. In an article titled "Righting the wrongs: Justice Clever Mule Musumali’s legacy of judicial activism revisited", and posted on AFRICANLII 1, Dr Malila stated political intimidation...