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...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has with immediate effect appointed Dr Denny Kalyalya as Bank of Zambia Governor. President Hichilema has also appointed Mulilo Dimas Kabesha as Attorney General while Marshal Mubambe Muchende has been appointed as Solicitor General. In a statement Monday, Special Assistant to the President and Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya said all appointments were...

MINISTER of Health Sylvia Masebo says only 3.8 per cent of the targeted population had so far been vaccinated against COVID-19. And Masebo says the country has recorded a 24 percent drop in new COVID cases in the last two weeks. In a statement, Monday, Masebo said she hoped the two-day vaccination campaign to be...

RAINBOW Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says if President Hakainde Hichilema continues making pronouncements that the PF government was corrupt, he will force investigative agencies to start rounding up innocent people. And Kabimba says youths did not vote out PF because of corruption but because they wanted jobs. In an interview, Kabimba said it was...