GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Stafford Mulusa has refuted allegations that members of parliament are pushing for a 20 percent salary increment, saying lawmakers are aware that the economy is not okay. During a programme on Millennium Radio, Monday, Economic Front leader Wynter Kabimba said MPs were trying to increase their salaries by 20 percent and that...

PF Media director Antonio Mwanza says the UPND government is a one man show and that is why ministers treat President Hakainde Hichilema's feelings as government policies. And Mwanza say's there's a battle of muzungu anikonde among ministers. In an interview, Tuesday, Mwanza said there was no single UPND minister who had the courage to...

PAC president Andyford Banda says the presidential trips are not really benefitting the country because he hasn't seen any progress reports on those taken previously. President Hakainde Hichilema yesterday undertook a State Visit to Kenya at the invitation of his counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta. Only a week ago, President Hichilema visited the Kingdom of Eswatini. ....

ENVIRONMENTALIST William Harrington has challenged Lands and Natural Resources Minister Elijah Muchima to a live public debate on his recent statement that his Ministry is undertaking yet another study on the environmental impact of the Forest 27 housing development. In a statement, Harrington described the statement as unacceptable, saying if government was unwilling to carry...

INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Monsio Sayeh says the fund does not anticipate Zambia's official creditors to fail to provide debt relief to Zambia. And Minister of Finance and National Planning Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says even if discussions with creditors conclude within a month, clinching an IMF deal will delay because the...

ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM-IH) says it has engaged a globally renowned investment bank, Rothschild & Co of South Africa, to assist with the strategic review of Mopani Copper Mines. In a statement, Tuesday, ZCCM-IH Corporate Affairs Manager Loisa Mbatha said the engagement followed a competitive procurement process in which five other companies, both local...

ZAMBIA'S former Ambassador to Ethiopia Emmanuel Mwamba will be required to issue a public apology to University of Zambia lecturer Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa and to pay him K30,000 nominal damages for defamation, following a consent judgement entered by the duo. And Dr Sishuwa says he intends to donate the money to a charity or orphanage...

THE Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has revealed that the National Housing Empowerment Fund (NHEF) never engaged the agency for a full Environmental Impact Assessment on the Riverdale City Estate property as purported. And NHEF says the one acre land which was purchased from Robert Kent was only acquired so that it could "provide road...

A FEW days ago, an announcement was made by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia and the BBC Media Action that they had withdrawn their support from the body that has been working on the statutory-self media regulation bill. This means that the two institutions will no longer participate in activities that have...