SIERRA Leone coach Amidu Karim says Zambia has quality players that deserve a slot to showcase their skill and talent at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations. Speaking during the post-match interview after his team was eliminated from the 2023 AFCON qualifiers at the Heroes stadium, Karim tipped Zambia to go flat out and...

FORMER Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says he is a strategic politician who doesn't talk without thinking or understanding the environment. And Dr Chilufya says he served the people of Zambia diligently as Health Minister and didn't engage in corruption. Speaking when he featured on a millennium TV programme, Thursday, Dr Chilufya, who is among...

GOVERNANCE activist Brebner Changala says the abuse of parastatal bodies to fund political party activities is bound to happen under UPND if there is no separation of power and autonomy. On Wednesday last week, the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested former Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) Chief Executive Officer Priscilla Bwembya for corrupt practices. According to...

ACTIONAID Zambia has urged the government to treat complaints of water and air pollution by Lumwana mine in North-Western Province with urgency. Government, through the Mines Safety Department (MSD), recently announced the suspension of exploration activities for Lumwana mine in Lubwe area following complaints of water and air pollution by the host community. Meanwhile, North-Western...

MINISTRY of Local Government Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says traders who legitimately owned stands before City Market was gutted will be prioritised during stand allocation once the market is operational. Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo recently said the Simon Mwelwa Market and the new City Market are likely to...

ENERGY Regulation Board chairperson Reynolds Bowa says the monthly fuel pump price reviews are working very well for everyone, including government and oil marketing companies. In an interview, Bowa said it wasn't possible at the moment to extend the period for reviewing pump prices due to unstable international oil prices. "Well, as ERB we think...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya has described remarks by Shiwang’andu PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo that employing civil servants is not job creation as noise meant to distract the attention of Zambians. In an interview, Bwalya said the PF had the whole 10 years to do what President Hakainde Hichilema had done in just over...

ACTING PF secretary general Nickson Chilangwa says former president Edgar Lungu and President Hakainde Hichilema will only embrace each other if "one individual from Shantumbu" stops lying. And Chilangwa has urged individuals who left PF after the 2021 election loss to return to the party. Speaking during Michael Chilufya Sata’s 8th Memorial Service, Friday, Chilangwa...

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing, and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says the clergy shouldn't push for the fortunes of one political party against the other because God isn't partisan. And Milupi says an apology from PF would be meaningless if those who committed crimes didn't account for their wrongs. During late president Michael Chilufya Sata’s memorial service,...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says UPND's behaviour in the Kabushi and Kwacha by-election "fiasco" doesn't inspire confidence and gives an impression that the ruling party will stop at nothing to advance its political interests. And TI-Z says it's concerned about the leadership gap as ECZ, arguing that the absence of a substantive CEO and Chairperson...