PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Zambia media and corporate affairs chairperson Samuel Muyunda says when the COVID-19 pandemic began, it was expected that the price of certain essential items would go up due to demand and other factors. In an interview, Muyunda refuted assertions that some pharmacies inflated prices of certain drugs in order to gain more...

FAMILIES are Nations president Judith Mwila says government should not be in a hurry to access and roll out paediatrics COVID-19 vaccines. In an interview, Mwila said there had not been many babies and children being infected with COVID-19. "You know, in the health sector things are changing every month, the health preventive measures have...

OVER the years that I have facilitated a parenting program to prevent HIV/AIDS, we have often ask the question, ‘What are some of the causes of rape or child sexual abuse?’ And one of the answers that parents offer is, “Akazi benangu si bavala bwino” (Some women don’t dress properly). Arguably this statement is shared...

UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda says there is nothing to thank the previous administration for because every new government is expected to continue from where the others left off. Commenting on remarks by PF presidential hopeful Mutotwe Kafwaya that the UPND should be thankful to the former ruling party for creating capacity for them...

In a recent decision, Magistrate Jennipher Bwalya sitting in the Zambia's Economic and Financial Crimes Court (EFCC) discharged former tourism minister Ronald Chitotela in a case he was arrested for, on two counts of possessing property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. Chitotela's arrest had been at the hands of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)....

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says government is seriously scrutinising whichever investor that shows interest in investing in Zambia. In an interview, Kabuswe said the government was using the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria in scrutinising the investors. "We are really serious on scrutinising, very very serious. Whichever investor comes in any...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says government should update the nation on what Lazard Freres has done so far to help the country in its debt restructuring process. Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane told Parliament in October last year that government would not cancel the debt restructuring contract with Lazard Freres because it would only cost the...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says Zambians cannot be faulted for having high hopes and expectations in the UPND government because that is the bare minimum. And Bwalya says the UPND government is doing everything possible to restore credibility in the corruption fight. Speaking on Sun FM, Friday, Bwalya said the UPND government had not forgotten...

FORMER Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda says some ministers are embarrassing President Hakainde Hichilema with some statements which they are making. Last week, Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima called for patience among those pressing for publication of the list of teachers that have been recruited. Responding to a question from Mfuwe PF member of parliament Maureen...