THE Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTDP) says it will be extremely challenging to implement Zambia’s 2021 national budget as the country will find it almost impossible to borrow funds to finance 43 per

UPND secretary general Charles Kakoma says while the PF has failed to deal with the current economic challenges, his party can easily do so as it has individuals with a superior calibre and skillset. In

Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says people with brains should join politics and compete for leadership positions instead of always calling those leading them shallow. Speaking on Diamond TV’s ‘Costa, the other side’ programme,

ECONOMIST Noel Nkhoma says government should seek other means of domestic resource mobilisation and resist the temptation of over-taxing citizens in a bid to settle the country’s huge debt. Following a sovereign debt default last

FORMER Commerce Minister Bob Sichinga says the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s (ECZ) inadequacies in running the voter registration exercise are testament of a lack coordination between the commission and government. And Sichinga says he is

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has brought insults on himself from citizens owing to his own use of inappropriate and unpalatable language during his reign, says former commerce minister Bob Sichinga. Commenting on a recent incident where

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) vice-president Joseph Akafumba says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has demonstrated that they are incapable of handling next year’s general election from the way they are conducting the registration of

PF media director Sunday Chanda says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema should unveil his 2022 budget so that people can criticise it and determine whether he has the capacity to run government. During a radio program

LUSAKA Lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) says if President Edgar Lungu insists on standing in 2021, “we will share votes”. And Fube says President Lungu is tired and needs to rest so that people with

VETERAN politician Vernon Mwaanga says the issuance of National Registration Cards (NRC) has attracted attention because it is being handled in a discriminatory manner, which is unconstitutional. And Mwaanga says the national motto of ‘one