FORMER vice-president Inonge Wina says a leader in politics must not make enemies but must relate to other citizens in a manner that does not antagonise anybody. In an interview, Wina said leaders were just elected to serve the people and the nation, after that, they became ordinary citizens. “I think the life of honourable...

MINISTER of Commerce, Trade and Industry Chipoka Mulenga says the electric battery manufacturing venture between Zambia and Congo DR will create about 1,000 direct jobs and about 2,000 indirect jobs. And Mulenga says government is considering Ndola and Chingola for the setting up of a manufacturing plant, adding that a piece of land has already...

PF central committee member Paul Moonga says Elizabeth Phiri should read and understand the party constitution because they will only elect a president at the general conference expected to take place in June. And Moonga says the K5 million needed to host the general conference will not be difficult to raise because the party has...

PF member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says law enforcement agencies should also investigate scandal-ridden officials in the UPND government, including those who are rich like the President himself. In an interview, Mwamba said it was unfortunate that investigative wings were only targeting former PF government officials, leaving out those that had already been named or noticed...

AZADI Investment Limited, the company that constructed the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development is the same firm that built former minister Ronald Chitotela’s house “on loan”. And lawyer Noel Simwanza, who signed the Anti-Corruption Commission settlement agreement for the arrested former minister, says he cannot comment on the circumstances around the consent as the...

ZAMBIA’S High Commissioner to Malawi Colonel Panji Kaunda says he will justify his appointment by producing results which will benefit Zambia. And Zambia’s High Commissioner to Namibia Stephen Katuka says his appointment has come at the right time, committing that he will do his best to achieve President Hakainde Hichilema's vision and that of the...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says there is too much bureaucracy in government which is why projects are delayed. And President Hichilema says government should not look to the church as their enemies but as partners in serving the people of Zambia. Speaking during the Episcopal ordination of the Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Monze Reverend Fr...

GOVERNMENT says the World Bank has committed a total of $564 million concessional financing to Zambia, part of which will come now and the rest on condition that the country gets the IMF programme. And Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says there is no plan B because plan A, which is the...