ZAMBIA's highly ranked table tennis player Kunda Mubanga and her partner Leba Essevoh have qualified for the quarterfinals of the women's doubles competition at the ongoing Africa Cup in Algeria. The duo beat Beranda Dina and Lailaa Edward 4-2 in the round of 16 at the ongoing championship that has attracted more than 120 participants....

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya has advised the UPND government to stop using lawfare to fix political opponents, urging them to change the narrative that politicians are all the same. And Fr Chikoya says government should forgive those who have been accused of defaming the President, arguing that even...

FORMER Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo says hearing the Constitutional Court’s ruling in his matter against ECZ was more like winning a general election to remove UPND from office. And acting PF secretary general Nickson Chilangwa says the atmosphere in the country has become very toxic because President Hakainde Hichilema has failed to...

SOCIALIST Party vice-president Dr Cosmas Musumali says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is currently functioning at half capacity, and that he suspects political interference in its operations. And Dr Musumali says the IMF package will bring about foreign direct investment but will not improve Zambians' living conditions. Meanwhile, Dr Musumali says it's unacceptable that...

THE Auditor General’s Report on the Audit of Government Payroll for the years ended December 31, 2017 to 2021 has revealed that six officers at Rufunsa Council who were arrested for money laundering continued receiving salaries totalling K7,152,152 for over eight years after being suspended on May 6, 2014. The report stated that between January...

BANKERS Association of Zambia (BAZ) chairperson Mizinga Melu says it's now the right time for the common man to venture into business in view of the Kwacha appreciation. And Melu says banks will gradually reduce interest rates depending on the developments in the financial sector. Speaking during the Government-IMF engagement with the private sector, Thursday,...

THE National Cyber Security Task Force has arrested 11 people, among them, mobile money booth operators and former employees of ISON Zambia, a company contracted by Airtel Zambia in managing their call centre services, for theft of phones and withdrawal of money from mobile accounts. In a statement, Thursday, Inspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba...

FORMER deputy Inspector General of Police Charity Katanga yesterday appeared at the Lusaka Magistrates' Court but her matter couldn't take off because her docket wasn't ready. Meanwhile, Katanga's lawyers have expressed concern that after arresting their client, the State told them to appear at court yesterday, but were not present themselves. Last month, the Drug...

ECONOMIST Dr Grieve Chelwa has described the conditions attached to the IMF bailout package as heartless. And Dr Chelwa says the poor will be burdened by more taxes because one of the conditions is that government must limit the number of goods that are VAT exempt. Meanwhile, Dr Chelwa says although government has been encouraging...

IMF Resident Representative Preya Sharma says the outlook for Zambia is positive but much more still needs to be done. Meanwhile, Minister of Finance and National Planning Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government is doing everything possible to make the economy grow bigger. Speaking during the Government-IMF engagement with the private sector, Thursday, Sharma said it...