PF DEPUTY national chairperson Davies Chama says he has no doubt that Zambians will trust PF again in order for the party to continue providing leadership and developing the country. And Chama says the party will miss Edgar Lungu because he is a great leader who did so much within a short period of time....

NEWLY-APPOINTED Minister of Finance Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says some reports he has received indicate that the PF government was making things worse by acquiring new debt even during the campaign period, but he will know for sure in the next few days. And Musokotwane says his government wants to borrow from the IMF because its...

GOVERNANCE activist Brebner Changala says five years is sufficient for the UPND government to transform the country's economy if they apply their training, efforts, patriotism and vision. In an interview, Monday, Changala said for the new government to turn around the economy, there was need for political will and qualified people to hold government positions....

OVER 50 parliamentary petitions have been filed in the Lusaka High Court following the just ended August 12 general elections, the majority of which were filed by UPND losing candidates. The seats petitioned include, among others, Mansa Central, Mporokoso, Chiengi, Chawama, Lumezi, Luapula, Mansa Central, and Munali. According to the petition challenging the election of...

HUNDREDS of Kitwe vendors on Monday conducted a peaceful protest after the council removed them from the streets where they had been trading. The decision angered the vendors who started blocked the access road to the city council offices. The council removed the vendors from Pick n Pay, Shoprite and Salvation Army in the CBD....

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka says there is no need for people who have not done any wrong to start panicking and moving funds to offshore accounts. Commenting on the Financial Intelligence Centre's move to freeze Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) liquidator Milingo Lungu’s bank accounts following some suspicious transactions, Lifuka hoped that FIC would sparingly use...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has assured traditional leaders in Zambia that his government will not interfere in their matters. And UPND Alliance partner Nason Msoni has asked citizens to give President Hichilema time to work. Speaking on Sunday during the burial of Chieftainess Nyanje of the Nsenga people in Sinda District, Eastern Province, Msoni, who was...

THE Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has frozen Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) liquidator Milingo Lungu’s bank accounts following some suspicious transactions. But FIC Director General Mary Chirwa has declined to confirm the development, saying it would be unprofessional and illegal for her to names of people whose accounts have been seized by the centre. Sources close...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has appointed Anthony Bwalya as his Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations. Bwalya who takes over from Isaac Chipampe was sworn in today at State House. Others sworn in are Lieutenant General Dennis Alibuzwi who is the new Zambia Army Commander, Lieutenant General Collins Barry as new ZAF Commander, Lieutenant General...