THE Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (SAIPAR) with support from the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) has launched the Support to the Electoral Dispute Resolution Oversight and Capacity Building Zambia (SEDROBZ) project. The objective of the project is to contribute towards increased knowledge on accessing election dispute resolution in Zambia and...

PATRIOTIC Front media director Antonio Mwanza has accused the UPND of training 60,000 youths to cause violence in Lusaka and Copperbelt provinces. But UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says his party has no capacity to train anyone. Meanwhile, Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says police in Kaoma have arrested 15 people for riotous behaviour. Speaking at...

THE Attorney General has argued that the President, as head of the executive, is mandated to conduct executive functions including assenting of bills until the President-elect is sworn in. And the Attorney General has said that President Edgar Lungu did not contravene the law when he assented to a bill after the dissolution of Parliament....

NAREP president Steven Nyirenda says PF wants to be re-elected so that they can fulfil their personal greed and satisfy their egos. In an interview, Nyirenda wondered why the ruling party was insisting on being voted back into power when they had failed to run the country. “I was thinking that if President Edgar Lungu...

ZAMBIA Aquaculture Cooperative Society chairperson Collins Kachaka says Zambia's economy can grow within a short period if government becomes serious about growing the fish farming industry. In an interview, Kachaka said the country's economy would significantly improve if government was committed to promoting fish farming. "It (fish farming) has a great potential to grow the...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kennedy Malama says getting a COVID-19 vaccine early, before the predicted fourth wave, will save lives. And Malama has asked people to stop spreading myths about the vaccine. Speaking when he appeared on a Diamond TV’ programme sponsored by Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) project, Thursday evening,...