SOUTHERN Province Minister Cornelius Mweetwa says the budgetary allocation to the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has to be increased to US$1 million. Speaking during the installation of Mazabuka Mayor Javen Simoloka, Monday, Mweetwa said the increase in CDF would mean that the council would grow their capacity, especially when it comes to issues of accountability...

In April 1952, a 26-year old man stood before the Northern Rhodesia Chief Justice, who had been asked by the Attorney General to consider whether this young man was ‘a danger to peace and good order’ and whether he had been ‘inciting Africans against Europeans’. The judge was further asked to consider whether he found...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his trip should not be reduced to acquiring an IMF bailout package because he effectively represented the broader interests of the Zambian people and the benefits will soon show. And President Hichilema says his government will exploit the goodwill it has generated to benefit the people of Zambia. Meanwhile, President Hichilema...

BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley has disclosed that Zambia is set to benefit from the £100 million fund aimed at protecting some of the world's biodiverse landscapes. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu, Monday, High Commissioner Woolley said six environmentally critical landscapes across...

PF DEPUTY national chairperson Davies Chama says US President Joe Biden was misinformed because PF was not voted out of office due to corruption. In an interview, Chama said challenges like COVID-19 and droughts cost PF the August elections. “It is an unfortunate statement by the President who I think was misinformed. The PF government...

FORMER Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says most political parties in Zambia experience power struggles due to lack of succession plans. And Ngulube says if PF member Chishimba Kambwili wants to be PF president, he should wait until the position is vacant rather than imposing himself. In an interview, Ngulube suggested that...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says US President Joe Biden's statement that Zambian youths denounced corruption when they voted out PF is not surprising because graft had gotten out of hand. And TIZ says the onus is on the UPND government to reverse the negative perception which the international community has. In an interview, TI-Z executive...