MATERO constituency PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says government should emulate Europe by installing free WiFi at markets and bus stations. And Kanchibiya PF member of parliament Sunday Chanda says government must consider transitioning the Smart Zambia Institute into an agency because of the scope of work and mandate it carries. Meanwhile, Technology and...

MINISTER of Agriculture Reuben Phiri says government will ban the export of maize if the dry weather spell the country is experiencing persists. In an interview, Friday, Phiri said there was no way the exportation of maize would continue if the weather pattern continued to be adverse. “We are alive to that fact and we...

BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley says the continued talks between the Zambian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are stirring investor confidence in the country. In an interview, Woolley said the talks between the Zambian government and IMF had the potential to put Zambia on the trajectory of addressing its debt sustainability...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has allowed Ndola lawyer Zachariah Mooya to testify in a matter in which KCM provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu is facing theft and money laundering charges. This was after the defence objected to having Mooya as a third state witness, citing lawyer-client privilege. In this matter, Lungu, 43, is charged with theft...

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says a technical team at the Ministry of Health is deliberating on whether the government will procure COVID-19 booster vaccines. Responding to a question in Parliament from Chama North PF member of parliament Yotam Mtayachalo on whether government had plans to procure COVID-19 booster vaccines to improve the protection of citizens...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says there will be a little bit of itchiness and necessary discomfort in order for his government to straighten the country and put it where it's supposed to be. And Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says the 2022 budget will address some of the challenges within the Zambia police...

A LUSAKA resident has been dragged to court for allegedly obtaining over K1 million cash by falsely pretending that she was head of marketing at Mika Lodges and hotels, when in fact not. In this matter, Walyuya Makwere is charged with one count of obtaining money by false pretence and three counts of forgery contrary...

MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says the removal of fuel subsidies should not directly translate to an increase in fuel pump prices when the Kwacha has in the past few days appreciated against the Dollar. And Mundubile says the Minister of Green Economy and Environment must put his foot down and completely ban...

PF member of the central committee Paul Moonga says it's “foolish” to think that the PF cannot consult former president Edgar Lungu on political issues just because he lost elections. In an interview, Moonga said Lungu had so much wisdom and knowledge about politics, and that President Hakainde Hichilema should ignore his advice at his...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) executive director Maurice Nyambe says his organisation is extremely disappointed that President Hakainde Hichilema last week shunned the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day as well as the Zambia Anti-Corruption Conference. And Nyambe has commended the Anti-Corruption Commission on the arrest of Ministry of Health officials over the Honeybee scandal. In an...