As long as Zesco continues to be abused as a conduit for corruption by the ruling Patriotic Front party, Zambia’s recurring power challenges will persist, says People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda. In

Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa has said the expected electricity tariff hike will not spare anyone as mining companies and other industries are equally expected to “pay their bit” or shut down. But Chamber of

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to stop moving around like a “cockroach in the kitchen” as he insists on carrying out his donations. And Lusambo has charged that Hichilema’s

Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo has challenged UPND president Hakainde Hichilema to provide evidence that any people have died from the current hunger situation to merit declaring a national disaster. And Kasolo

Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emanuel Chikoya has wondered why government officials take an issue whenever opponents make some donations in communities when they do the exact same thing. In an

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has declared hunger a national disaster, asking President Edgar Lungu to emulate him in order to avoid deaths as a result of starvation in some parts of the country. And Hichilema

Former Minister of Commerce Robert Sichinga has said parliament and the judiciary are among the country’s institutions of governance that are under capture. And Sichinga said the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Bill No. 10 will

Former Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Dr Roger Chongwe says the coalition government clause in the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Bill No. 10 of 2019 is nonsensical and perhaps made by people who are

Former Minister of Transport and Communications William Harrington says he will seek judicial review if Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima rejects his application that a tribunal be set up on the allocation of plots in Forest

Government must prioritise paying its debt in unpaid allowances owed to public sector workers in the forthcoming 2020 budget, says Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) president Davies Chiyobe. In an interview,