YOUTH, Sport and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu says Zambians will continue extending the ruling party's mandate as long as it continues to fulfil its campaign promises. And Nkandu says the new dawn administration is doing everything possible to end load shedding, arguing that if it was the PF, "they would've just been drinking Jameson and...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says it will have no problem if President Hakainde Hichilema decides to pardon Katele Kalumba on health grounds because lessons from his incarceration are visible. The Former Parliamentarians Association of Zambia recently appealed to President Hichilema to consider pardoning the incarcerated former finance minister on medical grounds and old age. In...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the government wants to promote investments and self-reliance and gradually reduce the system of begging and giving. And President Hakainde Hichilema has called on the US and the global community to expand the capital envelope, and support countries like Zambia. Meanwhile, United States Secretary of the...

UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda says the PF should start thinking of how they will compete with Fred M’membe's Socialist Party, arguing that the battle is now between the two parties. But PF chairperson for legal affairs George Chisanga says the former ruling party lost three recent ward by-elections due to violence and other electoral...

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the fund is providing all necessary information and assurances to Zambia’s creditors for them to reach a favourable conclusion on the common framework negotiations. And Georgieva says it's paramount for Zambia to have strong governance institutions to handle the shocks of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war. Meanwhile, Finance and...

ACC investigations officer Ackless Phiri has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that staff at Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre used to be paid money meant to cover unforeseen events whenever they undertook international travels. The witness was testifying in a matter in which former Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre director Kaela Siame is...

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka says there has been little traction in terms of recovery of stolen assets despite "eloquent" statements from various UPND government officials. And Lifuka has urged law enforcement agencies to avoid actions which can be misconstrued as a political witch hunt in pursuing criminal confiscation of assets. Solicitor General Marshal Muchende recently...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says all his government's "good efforts" to reconstruct the economy may be distorted if Zambia’s debt negotiations are not concluded soon. And IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has described Zambia’s potential as enormous, saying it's the IMF's honour to be partners with the country as it strives to better the lives of...

A MONEY lending company, Simon Kalunga and Associates Financial Solutions, has sued Kabwata UPND member of parliament Andrew Tayengwa for allegedly failing to liquidate over a K100,000 loan. The company is demanding payment of K114,689.64, being the sum allegedly owed by Tayengwa under a loan agreement. The company is also demanding damages for breach of...

GOVERNMENT says the signed agreement on duty-free treatment for Zambian products into the Chinese market, corresponding to 98 percent of the tariff lines, is in effect, describing the response from Zambian exporters as good. Last year at the China-Zambia Trade and Investment Forum, the two countries signed an exchange letter of duty-free treatment for Zambian...