Introduction The 2025 national budget, themed “Building Resilience for Inclusive Growth and Improved Livelihoods,” comes at a time when the nation grapples with pressing challenges. A dry 2023/2024 farming season and an energy crisis have […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Finance and Investments advisor Jito Kayumba says government is looking for mine investment partners, saying the state is holding on to over 40 licences. In an interview, Kayumba revealed that Barrick Gold... […]

MMD president Nevers Mumba says government must adopt a vigorous system of appointing diplomats to foreign missions, advising that cadres must not be given such roles because they risk compromising the country’s image. Last week... […]

ACTING Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Douglas Syakalima has disclosed that a total of 74,392 marketeer booster loans, worth over K153 million, were disbursed in 2022 to 2023. Syakalima was responding to a question... […]

MINES Minister Paul Kabuswe has told Mulenga Kabaso, popularly known as Spax, that government will not take threats from individuals or organisations involved in mining. In a viral video recently, Spax lamented that UPND cadres... […]

FORMER president Edgar Lungu says there is no genuine desire to reconcile from anyone in government, alleging that “they want to put a bullet in my head”. And Lungu says he has been reliably informed... […]

FINANCIAL Intelligence Centre (FIC) Director General Clement Kapalu says despite numerous achievements that the centre has scored in detecting illicit financial transactions, it remains significantly underfunded, making its operations difficult to execute. On Wednesday last... […]

UPND member Kelvin Sampa says some people within the ruling party are working against him. Sampa was recently arrested by the police for allegedly defrauding some Japanese investors of $80,000 in a botched transaction involving... […]

FORMER PF secretary general Davis Mwila says UPND has slim chances of retaining office in 2026 if it fails to address the economic challenges which Zambia is currently facing. On Saturday, President Hakainde Hichilema said... […]