LAST week, the Drug Enforcement Commission executed at least two shambolic investigative operations targeted at establishing and seizing property suspected to be proceeds of crime belonging to the former Head of State. Angered by the development which, in all fairness, left the investigative wing exposed, Mr Lungu posed a challenge on President Hakainde Hichilema to...

Indeed it is true that news sometimes is stranger than fiction. About two days ago it was reported by some not so credible blogs that the Drug Enforcement Commission had issued a seizure notice on a property called Crest Lodge located in Ibex Hill in Lusaka. It was reported that the seizure notice was addressed...

THERE have been some strange complaints from leaders of the ruling party to the effect that their youths are not benefiting from the government as they expected. We are being told that the youths are frustrated, hence their demand for a change of leadership in the party structures. Last week, we heard from UPND Deputy...

ALTHOUGH the church does not accept homosexual tendencies, homosexuals are not criminals and they must therefore not be criminalised, says the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). This is one controversial statement that has attracted mixed reactions from members of the public, including the Catholic faithful. Not surprisingly, homosexuality is one word that means more...

THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has insisted that government should increase the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) threshold in the 2023 National Budget because the country's economy has relatively been stabilising. The Union holds the view that in order for the take-home pay of the workers to make sense, the tax-exempt threshold should...