RAINBOW Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says there is no dictatorship in Zambia and that those preaching about it should read researched works about how dictatorial regimes treat their people. And Kabimba says he has no emotions regarding NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili's imprisonment because the former is neither his friend nor his relative. Speaking on...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the party will write to the international community, including the United Nations and the Commonwealth, on the continued arrest of its members. And Katuka says it is not right that his members are living in constant fear of arrest in a country which is supposed to be a democracy....

UPND national youth chairman Likando Mufalali says police have undoubtedly and notoriously become supporters of the ruling Patriotic Front as evidenced their harassment and torture of opposition leaders. In a statement, Sunday, Mufalali charged that police were persecuting PF opponents. "As United Party for National Development, we have extensive accounts of police arbitrarily arresting and...

ZAMBIANS should not be too expectant of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) appointment of Preya Sharma as the country’s new resident representative because her office does not carry much authority, says economist Chibamba Kanyama. The IMF recently named Sharma as its new representative to Zambia last week two years after her predecessor, Dr Alfredo Baldini,...

OVER 30 employees of ABSA Bank Zambia PLC, formerly known as Barclays Bank Zambia, have appealed to the Lusaka High Court against Minister of Labour and Social Security Joyce Simukoko’s findings that they have been maintained on the old conditions of service when in fact they have been given new conditions to sign. Jonas Matende...