ECONOMIST Caesar Cheelo says the Bank of Zambia’s (BoZ) increased lending to government is tantamount to the printing of more money that has been reflected in the increased amount of cash in circulation. The central bank has remained silent on the official position as to whether or not it is printing money in response to...

AFRICAN Parliamentarians’ Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Zambia chapter chairman Cornelius Mweetwa says corruption in the country has thrived under President Edgar Lungu’s administration because of his motto: "ubomba mwibala, alya mwibala" Last week, President Lungu said the thieves who destroyed the economy were now the ones saying there was corruption in the country. But in...

THE University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers’ Union (UNZALARU) says it foresees a go-slow by lecturers at the university due to delays in paying their overdue February salaries. But Ministry of Higher Education Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame says the grant to the institution was released last Friday and that the lecturers were likely to start...

PATRIOTIC Front national mobilisation committee chairperson Richard Musukwa says the donations of cement he made to a Catholic Church in Chililabombwe District was consistent with the guidance he issued. On Sunday, PF secretary general Davies Mwila led party members into donating over K300,000 cash at St Pius Catholic Church in Chililabombwe. At the same event,...

THE Kafue Town Council has asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss with costs, a matter in which Lafarge Zambia PLC has sued it, the Commissioner of Lands and another, over a piece of land situated in Shimabala area of Kafue district. The council has also denied claims by Lafarge Zambia that the Commissioner of...

DR CHARLOTTE Scott says 2021 is a difficult year for women because women voices continue being trampled upon. And Dr Scott says it is worrying that other neighbouring countries have initiated a COVID-19 vaccination program whilst no progress has been made in Zambia. Speaking in an interview, Dr Scott who is former vice-president Dr Guy...

UPND vice-president Mutale Nalumango says it's stupid for the Patriotic Front to suggest that the opposition has connived with Constitutional Court judges and is trying to bribe them to declare President Edgar Lungu ineligible to contest the August 2021 elections. Commenting on Lusaka Province PF chairman Paul Moonga’s remarks who stated that the opposition was...

People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda says the PF through their vote buying schemes are targeting women as they are the majority voters. In an interview, Banda said the scheme is however unsustainable and that the PF will have to find other ways of manipulating the electorates. “We have learnt something about the...

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says Zambia has in the last 24 hours recorded an all-time low of 183 patients in COVID-19 isolation facilities since the peak of the second wave. In a statement, Monday, Dr Chanda stated that despite the low number, the majority of the patients, however, remained critically ill. “We continue to...