FOREIGN Affairs and International Relations Minister Stanley Kakubo was at the centre of controversy over the Easter long weekend after pictures from an unknown source went viral depicting him with a gift bag at Sinoma Cement company, interacting with some Chinese nationals, while the Chinese Ambassador's vehicle was also in the vicinity. Shortly after the...

TAKE responsibility of your failures and stop blaming the harsh living conditions on the previous regime, Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Dr. Alick Banda has advised the UPND government. Archbishop Banda says it is immoral and illogical for the UPND government to continue vilifying the previous regime while busy officiating and officially opening PF-initiated projects without...

UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the ruling party's victory in all the by-elections held last Thursday shows the unity of the nation in endorsing the UPND government. And former Lupososhi PF member of parliament Bwalya Chungu says it is sad that the party lost but it is still quite popular. Meanwhile, Socialist Party president Fred...

THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) has sued Juldan Motors Limited seeking payment of over K250,000 uncollected bus fees and penalty, owed to the council. The council argues that the bus operator was for a few years loading from their offices along Freedom way for three routes, an action which deprived it from collecting its revenue....

POST Newspaper proprietor Dr Fred M’membe has been joined to a case in which High Court judge Sunday Nkonde is challenging the Judicial Complaint Commission’s decision to proceed to reopen a complaint lodged against him. Constitutional Court judge Martin Musaluke granted Dr M’membe's application to join the proceedings, saying he has enough interest in the...

NEW Heritage Party president Chishala Kateka has welcomed Zesco Limited's decision to export additional 80 megawatts to Namibia, saying this will earn the nation, foreign exchange. Zesco recently signed another power supply agreement with Nambia’s NamPower Limited for the supply of an additional 80 megawatts on the already existing 100 megawatts power supply agreement. And...

BANKERS Association of Zambia (BAZ) chief executive officer Leonard Mwanza says the association is working on how to completely digitalize last mile transactions so that citizens can transact using their phones without transferring or withdrawing their money. In an interview, Thursday, Mwanza said the banking sector was progressing steadily towards digitalizing last mile transactions. "We...

FORMER Finance Minister Ng’andu Magande says Zambia should begin to think of investing in a modern fertilizer plant as prices of the commodity are likely to soar, especially next year due to shocks on the international market. In an interview, Magande predicted that the price of fertilizer is likely to increase to about $1000 per...

FORMER Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa says the appointment of Judges or magistrates should be done on merit without any political persuasion or interests. In an interview, Mwitwa said certain things in the Constitution should be acts of Parliament so that it was easy to amend them in the future. “Coming from...