LEADER of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile has urged the UPND government to enact the Access to Information Bill, saying it shouldn't use the PF's failure to do it as an excuse. In an interview, Mundubile said he expected the bill to be presented before the National Assembly once it resumes sitting. He said...

PF aspiring presidential candidate Brian Mundubile says the UPND government has neglected China in its debt restructuring programme. And Zambia-China Friendship Association (ZCFA) Secretary General Fred Mutesa says the USA government is being sensational by alleging that China is responsible for the delay to reach a conclusion on Zambia’s external debt. On Tuesday, the Chinese...

MMD president Nevers Mumba says the visit of IMF Managing Director Kristalina Geogieva and the US Secretary for Treasury Professor Janet Yallen is a monumental development to Zambia. And former vice president Enock Kavindele says the UPND is committed to fixing the wrongs done by the PF. Commenting on the visits, Mumba urged government to...

GOVERNMENT has signed an agreement to amend the SADC protocol on energy which seeks to promote and encourage direct participation of SADC member states in the development and efficient use of energy resources. Speaking during the signing ceremony, Energy Minister Peter Kapala said Zambia and the region had witnessed significant challenges in the energy sector....

THE Chinese Embassy in Lusaka says the United States of America should deal with its own indebtedness and stop "sabotaging" other countries’ efforts to solve their debt problems. And the Embassy has charged that the United States is not qualified to make "groundless accusations" around debt against other countries, out of selfish interests. The Embassy...

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says there is no consensus with China to effect a haircut on Zambia's debt. And Georgieva says Zambia defaulting on the Eurobond last year made discussions on the country’s debt with commercial creditors complicated. Meanwhile, Georgieva says the IMF will next month convene a meeting with creditors and indebted countries...

EONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says government should move away from single-digit inflation and focus on growing the country's GDP. Hambayi says in order for GDP to grow, there has to be liquidity in the market which will increase inflation but drive production at the same time. Recently, Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane said...

YOUTH, Sport and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu says Zambians will continue extending the ruling party's mandate as long as it continues to fulfil its campaign promises. And Nkandu says the new dawn administration is doing everything possible to end load shedding, arguing that if it was the PF, "they would've just been drinking Jameson and...

UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda says the PF should start thinking of how they will compete with Fred M’membe's Socialist Party, arguing that the battle is now between the two parties. But PF chairperson for legal affairs George Chisanga says the former ruling party lost three recent ward by-elections due to violence and other electoral...

WATER Development and Sanitation Minister Mike Mposha says the government expects a rapid pick up of water levels in Kariba Dam in the next two months. Speaking on Diamond TV's “Diamond Live” Programme, Thursday, Mposha said water from the upper catchment area had already begun flowing into the Kariba Dam. “We have a bigger problem...