PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged newly sworn in Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Gilbert Phiri and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General Tom Trevor Shamakamba to work fearlessly in speeding up investigations and prosecutions of wrongdoers. And President Hichilema has reminded Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa that he was within the system when people were...

ZAMBIA Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB) in partnership with Thy Word Network (TWN) has donated Christmas hampers worth K20,000 to mothers at the University Teaching Hospital's Neonatal ward. In a statement, ZICB Corporate Affairs Manager Luke Njovu said the K20,000 funding was for the purchase of assorted items like diapers, baby milk, soap, wipes, among others....

KWACHA UPND member of parliament Charles Mulenga says he doesn’t get affected when PF lawmakers walk out on him because he will continue holding the seat even in the coming years. He, however, says it’s time the country graduated from petty politics. Party Whip Stephen Kampyongo recently said PF still considered the Kwacha and Kabushi...

FORMER PF member of the central committee Charles Kakoma says some PF presidential aspirants have nothing new to bring to the table because their characters are known. In an interview, Kakoma argued that it would be difficult for the new faces to sell their names. “As for any of those that have been selected to...

THE Ministry of Technology and Science in partnership with the Global System for Mobile Association of Zambia (GSMAZ) has announced a project to phase out airtime scratch cards. Minister of Technology and Science Felix Mutati says the project will contribute to government's digital transformation agenda and environmental protection. In a statement, Tuesday, GSMAZ said the...

A WITNESS has narrated to the Economic and Financial Crimes Court how Stephen Kampyongo's wife, Wanziya, allegedly acquired two properties valued at K3 million in 2019. ERDEN Construction Property Manager Daniel Phiri was testifying in a matter in which Kampyongo and his wife are facing 12 counts of possession of property suspected to be proceeds...

YOU have not been load shedded yet because of the work we have been doing behind the scenes, says President Hakainde Hichilema. The President says although his government has performed well in its first year in office, it's not enough, as more needs to be done. Meanwhile, President Hichilema says there is no competition between...

IT's now clear that rain-fed electricity generation has not done well in Zambia. Every year, the news is the same. We are told that the power deficit will be resolved once this or that project is commissioned. Projects are being commissioned, but the problem is not going away. Governments keep changing, but the speeches and...