THE Zambia Under-23 men’s national team’s AFCON credentials will be tested this afternoon when they face off with Niger in friendly match. Both Zambia and Niger are using the game to prepare for their final-round qualifiers against Egypt and Sudan respectively. Zambia will be away to Egypt for the first leg at the Air Defense...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says there is increased expression of interest from Independent Power Producers (IPPs) because of cost reflective tariffs. In an interview, Thursday, Kapala encouraged more IPPs to come on board. “There is a lot of interest now, look, it is all about confidence there is so much confidence that the tariffs are now...

FORMER defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that he has been running his businesses genuinely and that it would be unfair for anyone to accuse him otherwise. In relation to the charges he is facing of conflict of interest, Mwamba told the court that when he was defence...

SOCIALIST Party Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says the new dawn government should not spoil the name of politicians because of its failure to "fix" the economy as promised. In an interview, Wednesday, Bwalya said most politicians fear that people may begin to view them as liars because of the UPND's failure to fulfill its promises of...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he will spend a lot of time on the ground this year in order to appreciate people's challenges directly. Addressing Lufwanyama residents, Thursday, President Hichilema said in 2023, his administration does not want to hear stories through social media. “This year [the] President's time, the ministers' time, MPs' time, the mayors'...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says concluding the country's debt restructuring process will help stabilise cost of living. And Dr Musokotwane says government has done everything possible to get the country's debt restructured. Speaking during an online interactive forum, Wednesday, Dr Musokotwane said the Kwacha had lost value because of pressure on...

MUNALI Member of Parliament Mike Mposha says his bar, Paddy Blues, is a well established business which does not promote moral decay like some establishments which PF licensed. Debating the Presidential speech on national values and principles in the National Assembly, Tuesday, Mposha said underage children are being exposed to alcohol because the PF was...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says President Hakainde Hichilema should give his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, some respect because he is not his agemate. And Mwila has wondered what wrong the former president has committed that President Hichilema has continued "insulting him". On Wednesday, President Hichilema warned Lungu that it will soon get bad for...

MINISTER of Health Sylvia Masebo says the Strengthening Immunisation Systems through Serosurveillance (SISS) project has revealed that only 83% percent of Zambia’s population has developed immunity against measles, which still puts the country at risk for outbreaks. And Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) Director Professor Roma Chilengi says the Ministry's statutory institutions should work...

Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma says the Zambia National Service plans to make presentation of an NRC a prerequisite of buying mealie meal in Kasumbalesa in order to control smuggling. In an interview, Wednesday, Lufuma said it was difficult to control maize and mealie meal smuggling. “The Zambia National Service plan to do that [not to...