COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) secretary general Reverend Emmanuel Chikoya says the church mother body has not backed any political party in the forth-coming 2021 general elections. In a statement, Wednesday, Rev Chikoya called

PEOPLE’S Alliance for Change president Andyford Banda says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) will not be able to attain the nine million voters target at the current pace of registration. In an interview, Banda

BANK of Zambia Governor Christopher Mvunga says the central bank will not print out money for next year’s general election because elections do not warrant the criteria for printing additional currency. And Mvunga has dispelled

FORMER Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says for millions of Zambians, life is a living hell because they are victims of a collapsing economy. In an interview, Dr Sacika said Zambians were not

THE Non-governmental Gender Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) executive director Engwase Mwale says the lack of decisive action by political leaders to end political violence in the country is saddening. In a statement, Mwale noted that

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has urged stakeholders to desist from interfering in their internal process of dealing with erring staff. And the Commission says the deployment of registration kits around the country was

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka has urged police to arrest the known culprits who attacked Chilanga UPND aspiring Charmaine Musonda, failure to which the UPND will assist in apprehending the culprits themselves. In an interview,

ECONOMIST Caesar Cheelo has urged the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at eight per cent as increasing it will tighten liquidity conditions in the financial market. And Cheelo says

VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says 832 registration assistants and field officers have been recruited in order to beef up man power in the on-going voter registration exercise. And Vice-President Wina has announced that the Electoral Commission

THE Zambian government’s lack of engagement and transparency does not provide for the conditions that would allow bondholders to consider providing near-term relief, says the Zambia External Bondholder Committee. And the Committee says there is