UK Minister for Africa James Duddridge has announced an extra £180,000 (K4.65 million) and expert technical assistance to design and deliver a new emergency power solution for the Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital, in order […]

Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) says it is very disappointed with Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) for allowing theft of medicine in public clinics and hospitals. In a statement, Thursday, MQHZ media and […]

THE Social Cash Transfer (SCT) scheme is a fraud and meant to keep beneficiaries in perpetual poverty because vulnerable people cannot survive on an increment of only K20 per month, says Dr Sketchily Sacika. According […]

UPND and NDC youths have vowed to continue with their planned nationwide peaceful protests despite refusal by police to grant them a permit. Speaking during a joint press briefing at the UPND secretariat, Wednesday, UPND […]

FORMER North-Western Province minister Dawson Kafwaya has returned to the UPND after resigning from the ruling party earlier this year. Kafwaya, who is also former Solwezi Central UPND member of parliament, says he was enticed […]

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has challenged newly-appointed Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor Christopher Mvunga to prove his critics wrong by restoring macroeconomic and foreign exchange market stability to Zambia’s economy. And Mvunga says there is no […]

ACTIONAID Zambia says the 2021 national budget lacks progressive fiscal reform to enhance domestic revenue mobilisation and risks plunging the country into a debt trap. In a statement, ActionAid country director Nalucha Ziba stated that […]

STAKEHOLDERS have reiterated calls that government removes the non-deductibility of Mineral Royalty Tax (MRT) payments, which result in double-taxation on mining companies to help encourage investment in the sector and revive Zambia’s economic growth. And […]

FORMER Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu says President Edgar Lungu’s leadership is worse than the former British colonial masters because he exhibits no tolerance for opposing voices as required in Zambia’s Republican Constitution. In an […]

ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says the presentation by Minister of Finance Dr Bwalya Ng’andu before the creditors fell short of the needed clarity and detail to give sufficient comfort to the Eurobond holders, hence their […]