UPND national spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says President Edgar Lungu’s pronouncement about Zambia having free and fair elections to the Diplomatic Corps is a sign he has realised that this country has seen too much blood. And Mweetwa has observed that the PF have hit a brick wall in that they have now returned to their...

A PATRIOTIC Front Mandevu constituency aspiring candidate has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining money from a Chinese national by pretending that he had Mukula logs and authority from ZAFFICO to sell, when in fact not. Amon Maviya, a businessman, is in this matter charged with five counts of forgery, uttering...

ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says Zambia still needs a debt management plan to help guide the path towards an International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic programme. In an interview, Prof Saasa said the presence of the debt management plan would provide comfort to the IMF as government continued its talks with the Fund. He said Zambia’s...

CHISHIMBA Kambwili has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that he was extremely shocked when he was charged with contempt of court in relation to the alleged lodging of documents at PACRA to alter the details of Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services. He told the court that he has never been to PACRA in person to...

PEOPLE’S Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda says UPND does not stand a chance to win the August 12 general election because the race is not straightforward. In an interview, Banda argued that the UPND did not stand a chance to win outrightly at the August 12 polls as voters remained undecided on who...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says while people are saying the economy is not booming, economic activities indicate that there is money in the economy and that people are living well. Speaking during the commissioning of Munali Fly over bridge which is under the Lusaka Decongestion project, President Lungu said the project was necessitated by the increased...

PF NDOLA District chairperson Benjamin Chitondo says the ruling party has halted the interviewing process for aspiring candidates in Bwana Mkubwa constituency after alleged corrupt practices being perpetrated by some officials. On Tuesday, confusion rocked the adoption process when incumbent Bwana Mkubwa PF member of parliament, who is also Health Minister, Dr Jonas Chanda lost...

THE Ndola High Court has granted NDC secretary general Bridget Atanga an ex-parte order of interim injunction restraining embattled party founder Chishimba Kambwili from masquerading as its president or purporting to make any decision in the party’s name. This is according to an ex-parte order of interim injunction signed by Ndola High Court Judge Mary...

AVIATION expert and former Zambia Airways employee Captain Charles Musenge says this is not the right time forZambia to set up an airline given the current situation in the sector. But Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) chief executive officer Mateyo Kaluba has insisted that the national airline is expected to be launched between the second and...