Government’s continued borrowing from the domestic market has maintained limited funding available for the private sector, says the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD). And Chizonde has called on government to implement real austerity […]

Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) Resource Governance Coordinator Chimuka Nachibinga has urged Zambians to brace themselves for harder times amidst Zambia’s impending failure to achieve and fulfill the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP). And […]

Minister of Transport and Communications Mutotwe Kafwaya has ordered Zambian drivers of both trucks and buses to avoid traveling to South Africa with immediate effect following increased threats and acts of violence resulting from xenophobic […]

Three civil society organizations (CSOs) have advised the government to offload some nonessential assets whose proceeds can be used to pay off mounting debt. And the CSOs have warned of deteriorating debt position if the […]

Mealie meal prices have continued to soar to as high as K155 per 25Kg breakfast bag in Lusaka despite the announced measures by Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo over a week ago. Katambo had announced that […]

Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Director General Mary Chirwa has called on stakeholders to help make Zambia hostile to perpetrators of illicit financial flows. And Chirwa says illicit financial flaws are a drain on state resources, […]

Minister of Higher Education Dr Brian Mushimba says the government will not reintroduce meal allowances for students in universities. And Dr Mushimba has called on public universities to live within their resource baskets than always […]

Medical researcher Dr Lawrence Mwananyanda says there is need to reduce the mortality rate at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the University Teaching Hospital UTH), which reached alarmingly high levels of 60 per […]

Chishimba Kambwili says he will challenge the de-registration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in court because the move is illegal. And Kambwili says it is scared little men like Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo […]

UPND chairman for agriculture, food and water development Levy Ngoma has challenged government to offset maize on the market in order to curb the skyrocketing maize prices. And Ngoma has urged government to be honest […]