CHAIRPERSON for the organising committee of the National Day of Prayer Esther Jani says after the commemoration of this year's event, people should not lazy around or go to sleep but must rise up and work. Speaking during a press briefing yesterday ahead of the National Day of Prayer which falls on October 18, Jani...

THE cost of living for a family of five living in Lusaka has reduced by K227.48 for the month of September 2022, according to the JCTR Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket. And UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has bragged that this is how an economy is run, further hoping that by 2023, the ruling party will...

KATOMBOLA UPND member of parliament Clement Andeleki says CDF guidelines should be quickly streamlined because the bureaucratic process will compromise President Hakainde Hichilema’s goodwill of improving people’s livelihoods. In an interview, Andeleki noted that while the CDF was decentralised, the power to sign for CDF projects remained centralised, a situation which meant that money was...

KAFULAFUTA Independent member of parliament Jeffrey Mulebwa says he felt like breakdancing when listening to the 2023 budget speech because "everything was absolutely gorgeous". And Mporokoso PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says a time will come when Zambians will make the UPND government account for what motivated certain decisions, especially in the mining sector....

THE insights by Madam Mizinga Melu into how criminals use banks to launder money make interesting reading. The renowned bank executive who now heads the Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) says her association is actually frustrated because, contrary to popular belief, banks report money laundering cases, but the investigative wings don’t act. Madam Melu shed...

THE Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Republic for the Financial Year ended December 31, 2021, has revealed that the Ministry of Defence in July 2017 signed a contract price of $49,400,000 for the supply of a Zambia Air Force Aircraft, and $7,800,000 was paid, but it has not been delivered as at...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the soon-to-be convened follow-up official creditors meeting is an opportunity for Zambia “to rise from the ashes” and become a trusted global investment partner. And Dr Musokotwane says Zambia is on course in her quest to resolve the crippling debt crisis. According to a statement issued...

BANKERS Association of Zambia (BAZ) chairperson Mizinga Melu has lamented that the financial sector is taken aback when no action is taken against certain individuals after they are reported for suspicious financial transactions to relevant authorities. And Melu revealed that in some instances, people holding high public offices call banks and openly ask for help...