BANKERS Association of Zambia chief executive officer Leonard Mwanza says there is need for enhanced financial literacy as the nation contemplates partial pension withdrawals, arguing that beneficiaries should be educated on the consequences of doing that. In an interview, Thursday, Mwanza said enhanced financial literacy would help beneficiaries get ready for what would come so...

PF member of the central committee Elizabeth Phiri has advised party members not worry about the appointments made by the acting leadership at the moment, saying they will all be nullified at the convention. And Phiri says PF has a long way to go for them to think about another election. In an interview, Phiri...

ACTIONAID Zambia has condemned the Anti-Corruption Commission's approach of signing settlement and immunity agreements which do not work in the interest of Zambians. Responding to a press query, ActionAid country director Nalucha Ziba said the organisation was concerned with the agreement brokered between ACC and former tourism minister Ronald Chitotela. She wondered how many more...

FORMER Lusaka Province minister Bowman Lusambo has denied attempting to interfere with witnesses. Meanwhile, Lusaka magistrate Nthandose Chabala has granted Lusambo K20,000 cash bail, and further ordered him to provide two working sureties bound in the sum of K20,000, but in their own recognisance. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recently charged and arrested Lusambo for allegedly...

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister, Charles Milupi says works at Kenneth Kaunda International Conference Centre in Lusaka are 95 per cent done. Speaking after touring the facility, Thursday, Milupi said the facility was expected to be handed over to government on May 16, 2022. "Our inspection reveals that all is going well, this facility...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is concerned about the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine and wishes to see an end to the conflict. Speaking when he received credentials from Diplomats, among them new Russian Ambassador to Zambia Azim Yarakhmedov, Thursday, President Hichilema said there was need to work together to bring the war to...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma has insisted that the United States of America is not establishing a military base in Zambia, reiterating that what is there is an avenue for more security cooperation. Lufuma says rumours that a base was being established were mere speculations, and should anything like that happen, the country would be well...

CHAPTER One Foundation executive director Linda Kasonde has commended government on its decision to approve, in principle, the introduction of a Bill in Parliament to amend the Public Order Act. And Human Rights Commission principal information officer Simon Mulumbi says the approval by Cabinet to introduce a Bill in Parliament to amend the Public Order...

HEALTH Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) Senior Public Relations Officer Terry Musonda has denied claims that the council reintroduced licensure examinations as a way of earning income. Responding to claims by Resident Doctors Association of Zambia president Dr Brian Sampa that HPCZ had no other source of income and hence wanted to use the licensure...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia president Sampa Kalungu says it's not surprising that former secretary to the treasury Fredson Yamba was arrested and is being investigated for corruption. And Kalungu says law enforcement agencies must do a thorough job and should not start running about simply because the President or government has called for the arrest of...