ACTING Secretary to the Treasury Danies Chisenda says the Treasury is worried about the poor financial and operational performances of institutions under the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), revealing that losses increased from 3 billion to 235 billion from 2018 to 2020. And Ministry of Finance Accountant General Kennedy Musonda says the debt swap creates a...

NGOCC Executive Director Anne Mbewe says corruption can be prevented if the media can make citizens aware of how resources should be managed. And Mbewe says the media should take a leading role in providing platforms for people's views to be heard now that government, through the Ministry of Finance, has announced that they are...

ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says the three-month suspension of the 2022 negotiations for improved salaries at Konkola Copper Mines might be for purposes of allowing government and Vedanta to conclude negotiations for the company's come back. And Kabimba says as the country commemorates Africa Day, government should reflect on whether or not the continued...

ACTIONAID Zambia country director Nalucha Ziba says the loss of confidence in the Anti-Corruption Commission and the country's justice system is due to the delay in handling corruption cases. On Tuesday, ACC acting Director General Silumesi Muchula appealed to citizens not to lose hope in the corruption fight, assuring that the Commission was doing everything...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the UPND government is working towards unlocking challenges in the economy such as the cost and availability of food. Speaking to journalists after a stakeholders' engagement in the supply and distribution of fertiliser in the country, Tuesday, President Hichilema said his government's focus was to better the lives of the people....

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says government will not force school leavers to join the "compulsory" life skills training through the Zambia National service, but incentives will be granted to ensure that people volunteer. In an interview, Lufuma said the training programme was expected to target youths aged between 18 and 25, adding that once government's...

GOVERNMENT, through the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, has commenced preparations for the 2023 National Budget and the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). Acting Secretary to the Treasury Danies Chisenda has called on members of the public, private sector, among others, to submit tax, non-tax and expenditure proposals for review and possible inclusion...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 2,045 inmates to commemorate Africa Freedom Day which falls on May 25. Addressing the media, Tuesday, acting Home Affairs Minister Ambrose Lufuma said among those pardoned, 2,649 were male, while 90 were female. "To commemorate Africa Freedom day which falls on 25th May every year, His Excellency, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema,...

THE Judicial Service Commission has transferred at least 10 Magistrates, among them Lusaka magistrate Jenipher Bwalya who recently discharged former Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Development Ronald Chitotela of two counts of possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. According to sources, Magistrate Bwalya has been transferred to Mansa, Luapula Province, while...