THE Ministry of Finance has announced that a technical team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to visit the country from September 27 to October 1, 2021. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Finance public relations officer Chileshe Kandeta, Friday, the visit follows Cabinet’s approval of the Budget Policy Concept Paper...

THE Patriotic Front has now become a poisoned chalice which no one wants to drink from. The most vocal vuvuzelas of the former ruling party have actually taken lead in resigning from the party. Things fall apart doesn’t even start to describe what is happening in the party. The jostling for party positions that we...

PF vice-president Given Lubinda says party members should not rush for a general conference before the structures are examined. In an interview, Lubinda said the party was yet to analyse the postmortem report which would help it understand what led to the loss of the August elections. He said this report would be ready within...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has directed Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu to give a ministerial statement before Wednesday next week on the violence incidents which have engulfed the country. Speaker Mutti was ruling on a point of order raised by Shiwang’andu PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo. Kampyongo said...

MANDEVU PF member of parliament Christopher Shakafuswa says he will move a motion in Parliament to compel the UPND government to implement the free education policy so that it benefits the Zambian youth. But Katombola UPND member of parliament Clement Andeleki says the said motion will be "brought in dead" because government is committed to...

A LUSAKA resident has dragged Innocent Kalimanshi and five others to court, claiming K245,000 for the purchase of land which has not materialised. According to a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, Diamond Mushota stated that Kalimanshi, Nathan Phiri, Evans Mwanza, Capson Mwanza and Chola Chishimba offered him a piece of land...

PF secretary general Davies Mwila says it is unfair for US President Joe Biden to assume that Zambian youths denounced corruption by voting for UPND and President Hakainde Hichilema. In an interview Mwila said it was unfair to assume that the PF were corrupt when no one had been convicted for the vice. Mwila said...

MINISTER of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali says there is a proposal in the pipeline regarding at what age a driver should cease being a road user because of old age. Speaking when he toured RTSA Ridgeway station, Thursday, Tayali said government remained committed to ensuring it put in place legal frameworks as a way...

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says government will ensure that investors in the mining sector are properly taxed so that they are not discouraged from making investments. Addressing management at Nonferrous Company Africa Mining (NFCA) in Kalulushi, Wednesday, Kabuswe said mining was key to the country's economic development "Mining is key to our...

THE state has argued that the President has the power to appoint and swear in ministers even before they are sworn in by the National Assembly. This is a matter in which governance activist Isaac Mwanza petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of swearing in nominated members of parliament before they could take oath...