PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says the pain citizens will suffer in the short-term is foundation needed as government works towards building a much stable, sustainable and productive economy for everyone. In an interview, Bwalya said President Hakainde Hichilema fully understood citizens’ anxiety regarding a possible increase in the cost of living arising from the turmoil...

PEOPLE’S Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda says it is wrong for parastatal companies to purchase vehicles on a regular basis, especially now that the economy is not performing well. The Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) said it bought about 40 vehicles to replace its fleet after being accused of buying the vehicles...

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says government will soon issue an SI which will restrict the number of active mining rights one can hold at a given time, revealing that some people are owning more than 50 licenses. Addressing the media, Monday, Kabuswe said initial audit findings had confirmed that some companies owned...

GOVERNANCE activist Rueben Lifuka says UPND is sending mixed signals in the fight against corruption as they do not seem to understand the full magnitude of the problem. Meanwhile, Lifuka says while UPND was ready for elections, they were not extremely ready for the running of government. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV, Sunday,...

DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Mary Chirwa says the problem of drug and substance abuse is rampant and needs an urgent solution. Speaking during the launch of a book written by former national planning minister Lucky Mulusa's son Michael, Chirwa said families and communities needed to come together to fight the scourge. The book...

GERMAN Ambassador to Zambia Anne Wagner-Mitchell says analysing and strategically addressing the root causes of Zambia's debt, governance crisis and enduring poverty and inequality must be the starting point for the forthcoming 8th National Development Plan implementation. And Acting Secretary to Cabinet Dr Patrick Kangwa says the progress made so far in realising Zambia’s aspirations,...

SINCE the UPND won the 2021 general elections, law enforcement agencies have made a good number of arrests involving high profile figures who served in the previous government. Names like Given Lubinda (former Minister of Justice), Joe Malanji (former minister of Foreign Affairs), Bowman Lusambo (former minister of Lusaka Province) are facing corruption charges after...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says government should give an account of where the resources which the previous government borrowed went. And Hambayi says there is nothing wrong with President Hakainde Hichilema requesting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to consider converting Zambia’s debt to that country into a grant. In an interview, Monday, Hambayi noted that at...

DRUG Enforcement Commission Director General Mary Chirwa says the Commission is not persecuting anyone, stressing that the evidence it has against former Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji is credible and will stand in court. Last week, DEC through its Anti-Money Laundering unit, arrested Malanji who is Kwacha PF Member of Parliament, for money laundering activities...