NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says it is shocking that government is restoring the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 in Parliament when the country is engulfed in an economic crisis. And Kambwili says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) wants to use the online voter registration exercise to reduce the number...

UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango says President Edgar Lungu is scheming to arrest her party leader Hakainde Hichilema because he fears to face him on the ballot next year. And Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo has asked all UPND supporters to stay away from reacting to statements from chiefs "who survive on...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says government’s request for a suspension on interest payments on all three of Zambia’s Eurobonds for a period of six months is an embarrassment and compromises the country’s investor attractiveness. In a Tweet, Tuesday, Hichilema disputed government’s assertion that the failure to repay Zambia’s sovereign debt was down to COVID-19 challenges...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has promised to always support and consult his Malawian counterpart Lazarus Chakwera. And President Chakwera has expressed his gratitude over Zambia's support to his country during times of crises. Speaking when President Chakwera visited State House, Tuesday, President Lungu said Zambians and Malawians are one and must work together to fight problems...

BISHOP John Mambo says if President Edgar Lungu goes ahead to constitute a commission of inquiry into the privatization process, he, as a former board member of the Zambia Privatization Agency (ZPA), is ready to also be investigated. And Bishop Mambo says there is a need to set a proper political level playing field before...

A FRESH investigation into the supply of toxic drugs by HoneyBee Pharmacy has revealed that the firm actually submitted falsified financial statements to the Ministry of Health in order to win the US$17 million Health Centre Kits tender. And the World Health Organisation (WHO) says it does not accredit any pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, contrary to...

GREEN Party president Peter Sinkamba says the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s (ECZ) online voter registration process has potential to cause civil war because around 70 per cent of the country's population lack access to technology. And Sinkamba says the ECZ can hire experts from the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA) to clean up the existing voter...

LEADER of the Opposition Jack Mwiimbu has insisted that Bill 10 died on June 4 adding that PF wants to use it as their ventilator which can prolong President Edgar Lungu’s tenure of office. But deputy chief whip Tutwa Ngulube says with or without Bill 10, the PF can continue in power after 2021. Debating...

VICE-President Inonge Wina says government has not yet decided on which mode of action to use in dealing with the involvement of public figures in the privatisation process. And Vice-President Wina says President Edgar Lungu has not failed to run the economy of this country following the abrupt dismissal of former Bank of Zambia (BoZ)...

PEOPLE’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda says the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) should take interest to investigate how Honey Bee Pharmacy won the tender to supply drugs to government if it has proved that it has no capacity to do so. And Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) director general Quince Mwabu says...