The UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) has announced Steve Beel as its new country head, taking over from Mark Richardson effective October 28, 2019. According to a statement, Monday, Beel currently leads the economic […]

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has demanded that the PF government considers timely payment of salaries to council and other public sector employees. And Hichilema has asked President Edgar Lungu’s government to “remove PF thugs” from […]

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is expected to arrive in the country tomorrow. In a press release availed by UNHCR representative in Zambia Pierrine Aylara, Monday, said Grandi is scheduled to hold […]

Disaster Management and mitigation unit (DMMU) national coordinator Chanda Kabwe has expressed disappointment with some unscrupulous individuals who are reselling the maize accessed from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to fight hunger. ZANIS reports that […]

Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano says the commission could not disqualify any party from running in last week’s Kaoma town council by-election despite the deadly violence because it lacked substantiated […]

Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says President Edgar Lungu can only win the 2021 general election if inflicting misery on Zambians was all it took to emerge victorious. Last week, President Lungu […]

Kapiri Mposhi UPND member of parliament Stanley Kakubo says government’s decision to allocate K636 million towards the Sinking Fund in the 2020 national budget is unrealistic because they have never deposited any money in it. […]

The Oasis Forum says it is extremely disappointed that both PF and UPND have continued to engage in political violence despite signing a peace pact last year. And the Oasis Forum has called on President […]

Ministry of National Development and Planning Permanent Secretary for Development Planning and Administration Chola Chabala says 54 per cent of the Zambian population, especially women and girls, have continued to live in poverty. Speaking at […]

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has laughed off President Edgar Lungu’s statement that the opposition party is bringing misery to the country by praying against rains so that the people get frustrated and kick out the […]