PF vice-president Given Lubinda says President Hakainde Hichilema's delay to announce his Cabinet is an indication that he was not prepared for victory. And Lubinda says if the PF had won the elections, Nelly Mutti would not have been Speaker of the National Assembly. Speaking at a press briefing, Monday, Lubinda said the delay in...

SOCIALIST Party deputy general secretary Dr Fred M'membe says his party's poor performance in the just ended general elections was surprising and unexpected. And Dr M'membe says the UPND government does not need to do much to satisfy Zambians because the previous administrations' performance was poor. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV's Costa programme,...

FORMER Lands Minister Jean Kapata says reducing the number of cabinet ministers will result in ineffectiveness as people will be stressed with work. And Kapata says PF is confident about bouncing back in 2026 because they performed, despite the poverty situation in the country. In an interview, Monday, Kapata wondered what miracles the UPND administration...

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka has wondered why the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has failed to formally charge Valden Findlay’s company for importing fake COVID-19 vaccines. Responding to a query, Lifuka said ZAMRA’s conduct, which included the destruction of the vaccines without undertaking any formal testing, was a serious abrogation of duty. “The handling of...

THE Lusaka High Court has struck out a matter in which African Life Financial Services commenced contempt proceedings against FDD leader Edith Nawakwi after she alleged that former Anglo-American workers were not paid their dues before the company transitioned in 2000. In the said matter, Dickson Mtonga and 22 other security guards sued African Life...

UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says his party did not dribble PF regarding the election of Nelly Mutti as Speaker of the National Assembly, arguing that the former ruling party simply failed to field any candidate. And Mweetwa says President Hakainde Hichilema has not breached the Constitution by appointing Fanwell Siandenge as Deputy Inspector General of...

UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says it's shameful for former president Edgar Lungu to ask the UPND to re-think their position on the One Zambia, One Nation motto when he divided the country during his time in office. In an interview, Imenda said Lungu, who is also PF president, should keep quiet and concentrate on...

INTERNATIONAL trade economist Trevor Simumba says President Hakainde Hichilema should use his address to Parliament on Friday to inform citizens of Zambia's actual debt figures. Last week, Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane said some reports he had received indicated that the PF government had acquired new debt even during the campaign period. However, former Finance...

A MINISTRY of Health audit of accounts for the financial year ended December 31, 2020 has revealed that the University Teaching Hospital has been using 25 faulty ventilators which were supplied by MA and C Office and Industrial Supplies Limited. According to an interim management letter on the audit of accounts for the Ministry of...

PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the party has began a process of bringing in new leaders for positions of party president, national chairman and secretary general. Speaking during a press briefing, Monday, Mwila said no one is in leadership forever and he intends to retreat to the farm after his replacement. “I think the...