ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says the recently launched Economic Recovery Programme will end up like the much acclaimed Zambia plus program if there is no commitment from government in ensuring that the plan is implemented. In an interview, Prof Saasa noted that failure to implement the Zambia plus program worsened things for the country as...

NATIONAL Guidance and Religious Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili says her Ministry condemns political violence and abuse of human rights in the country. In an interview, Rev Sumaili said her Ministry was on top of things and played its part in ensuring that there was national unity in the country. Reacting to heightened concerns by...

TRIBALISM is like a fire, easy to light up, but extremely difficult to put out, veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga has warned. In a statement, Monday, Mwaanga stated that there was need for serious introspection among leaders and citizens, noting that the environment was ripe for manipulation by tribalists. “On the political front, we still have...

CIVIL Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN) has called for quick, decisive action against civil servants stealing farming inputs meant for the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) beneficiaries. In a statement, CSO-SUN country coordinator Mathews Mhuru stated that the continued pilferage of farming inputs by civil servants entrusted to look after the commodities with no...

ARC Save Travel Tours and Car Hire Limited has asked the Lusaka High Court not to dismiss a case in which it has sued President Edgar Lungu’s former special assistant for political affairs Kaizar Zulu seeking payment of over K130,000 owed to it for air tickets. It has submitted that the lack of progress in...

A 31-year-old woman of Ndola's Chipulukusu compound has appeared in the Magistrates' Court for throwing her baby in a pit latrine. In this case, Lydia Mwenshi is charged with Infanticide, contrary to the laws of Zambia. It is alleged that on December 9, 2020 in Ndola, Mwenshi by willful act or omission, caused the death...

THE Kitwe Magistrate court has sentenced two men to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a motor vehicle worth K20,000. Daniel Mwale, 30, of Luangwa Township and Komani Kaunda of Mulenga Township were charged with theft of motor vehicle contrary to the laws of Zambia It is alleged that the accused, on November...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says President Edgar Lungu's statement in which he questioned why opposition supporters escorted Hakainde Hichilema to the Police was irresponsible and a mockery to the spirit and integrity of the presidency. And Lusaka lawyer Mulambo Haimbe says he has written to the Judiciary to convene an inquest hearing to ascertain...

ZESCO Limited cannot allow load shedding to continue into 2021 because it will destroy businesses, affecting livelihoods and exacerbating poverty levels, says the Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR). In September, during the opening of Parliament, President Edgar Lungu assured the nation that load shedding will be “a thing of the past” once he commissioned...

ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says the ruling party is trying to use frivolous allegations to eliminate UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema from the 2021 race so that one crook, President Edgar Lungu, "remains in front". And Archbishop Mpundu says the current government is totally irresponsible. Commenting on the shooting of two unarmed citizens by police in Lusaka...