MINISTER of Agriculture Mtolo Phiri says government has completed the distribution of fertiliser under the Farmer Input Support Programme for the 2022/2023 farming season. Honourable Phiri says as at January 26, 2023, his ministry had distributed 99.88 percent of inputs. He further says the farmers are also winding up with their redeeming exercise where they...

THE Corruption Perception Index is out. Our conclusion is simple, there is an aggressive anti-corruption talk in Zambia, but not really an anti-corruption fight. In terms of corrupt actors and their activities, nothing much has changed. In terms of aggression from law enforcement agencies, there has been zero improvement. According to Transparency International, Zambia has...

ON Monday, the Patriotic Front suspended Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa for issuing a statement that is “in extreme bad taste". Acting president Given Lubinda announced the suspension of Sampa from the party's central committee for a period of six weeks, stressing that the Matero member of parliament is henceforth prohibited from making any...

ONCE again, social media has been lit by yet another controversial statement from a top government official. Her Honour the Vice-President, madam Mutale Nalumango has taken a bashing from netizens after she urged underprivileged Zambians who cannot afford to buy breakfast mealie meal to consider roller meal which she says is not only cheaper but...