Kamanga residents in Lusaka today protested and looted a police post after officers shot dead a 17-year-old patron during a night operation. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo confirmed the incident in a statement saying police had commenced investigations into the matter. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday when police reserve officers with, members...

LAST weekend, United Party for National Development (UPND) chairperson for elections Honourable Gary Nkombo made a rare admission, stating that the biggest opposition party needed to make internal adjustments, instead of always blaming the Patriotic Front government for its loss of elections. This statement attracted a lot of praise from people who share the same...

TWO very important admissions have been made in the political arena this week; one from the ruling Patriotic Front and another from the opposition United Party for National Development. The Patriotic Front has finally agreed with the Law Association of Zambia that the Constitutional Court did not declare President Edgar Lungu eligible to contest the...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has announced that government will spend K119.6 billion in 2021, with more than K27 billion of that amount due to be spent on servicing Zambia’s external debt. And Dr Ng’andu has proposed to raise the exempt threshold for Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) to K4,000 from current K3,300 per month and adjust the...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has told the United Nations General Assembly that Zambia supports the call for major interventions, such as debt relief and/or cancellation, for developing member-states as a recovery path post-COVID-19. And President Lungu says despite several challenges, the world should not surrender to any cynicism on the accelerated implementation of the 2030 agenda...

THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) says it is investigating a case where HoneyBee Pharmacy allegedly falsified its financial statements purported to have been audited by I.Dore company, in order to win a US$17 million medical supply tender under the Ministry of Health. And ZICA says it is unable to state whether or not...

EIGHT-TIME Zambian league champions Zesco United have unveiled former Zanaco gaffer Numba Mumamba as head coach. Mumamba has been unveiled on a three-year deal after the club terminated the contract of George Lwandamina. The new coach was previously at Zanaco where he spent six seasons winning the FAZ/MTN Super League title in 2016, Absa Cup...

SEPTEMBER 15 was International Day of Democracy, we did not see or hear of any statement from State House regarding this special day. Why? Apart from announcing his intentions to arrest Hakainde Hichilema, how did our President celebrate this year's International Day of Democracy? On 8th March, we celebrate International Women’s Day, the President holds...

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