GOVERNMENT has announced that Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo will represent President Hakainde Hichilema at the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York. According to a statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Monday, the minister is scheduled to address the General Assembly during the high-level general...

AIRTEL Zambia says it has invested over $41 million for a new spectrum, which has since been deployed for customers to have a better data experience. In an interview, Airtel Zambia Head of Corporate Communications Yuyo Kambikambi said as a result of network enhancements, customers were enjoying better and faster internet speeds therefore consuming data...

GOVERNMENT has expressed confidence that the newly procured modern biometric web cameras, permit card printers, among other equipment for border posts will help cut on travellers' dwell time. Last week, the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry handed over equipment procured under the COMESA Trade Facilitation Programme: Zambia Border Post Upgrade Project to RTSA and...

In last week’s opinion, we looked at the dynamics of domestic debt for domestic resource mobilization in Zambia. We went further to look at the country’s domestic debt stock and composition, including some of the merits and demerits of domestic debt. The opinion highlighted that many countries have increasingly turned to the domestic securities markets...

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says various accounts for suspects involved in the gold scandal have been restricted and money suspected to be bribes and extortion from victims has been recovered. Mwiimbu further says investigative wings have launched a pursuit of other individuals who participated in the gold scandal and are believed...

GENDER Division Permanent Secretary Mainga Kabika says the Division has achieved more things than what the ministry of gender actually attained. The Non-governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has been advocating for the re-introduction of the Ministry of Gender, calls which former minister of gender Elizabeth Phiri recently backed. Phiri argued that the gender ministry was...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says government wants oversight institutions to enjoy true freedom, adding that the Judiciary can't be part of weaponiSing the law as was witnessed in the recent past. And UN Resident Coordinator in Zambia Beatrice Mutali says democracy should go beyond elections because leaders need to be held accountable. Meanwhile, former President...

THE Southern Africa Network Against Corruption (SANAC) has called for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) which will be an official body tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by either State or non-state actors. In a statement, Sunday, SANAC Executive Director Gregory Chifire said the country was in need of healing,...

LUSAKA Lawyer Makebi Zulu says the refusal by Cabinet Office to grant authority to former president Edgar Lungu to travel to South Africa for medical review is misplaced. In a letter dated September 7, 2023, Deputy Secretary to Cabinet Dr Oliver Kalabo informed Lungu that his request to travel to South Africa had not been...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the country has upgraded its relationship with China into a strategic partnership. And President Hichilema says it's unfortunate that some people in the country seem to cherish disorder, arguing that successful societies are organised. Speaking when he arrived in the country from China, Saturday, President Hichilema said his trip was fruitful....