THE Ministry of Health has announced that the country has recorded 1,289 new COVID-19 cases out of 11,862 tests done with 16 deaths in the last 24 hours. And Zambia Correctional Services Commissioner General Dr Chisela Chileshe says over 60 inmates and correctional officers have tested positive to COVID-19 with one life lost in Chipata....

In contrast to the shortage of authentic, consistent heroes in public life, Zambia had a huge surplus of disappointing individuals and institutions in 2020, as the competition for shameless and uninspiring conduct grew even fiercer than in previous years. Indeed, such is the surplus that if we are really serious about diversifying and resuscitating Zambia’s...

ZAMBIA has a lot of money. Contrary to popular belief, we are not a poor nation. We are materially rich, but our money is wasted by politicians and their appointees who work as conduits of corruption. Even when we make a lot of money as a country, it does not last long because it is...

ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda says the Free Trade Area is not working as it ought to because member countries are still imposing barriers on this country's exports. Speaking when he appeared before the parliamentary budget committee in Lusaka, Monday, Chanda revealed that foreign countries were still insistent on protecting their local...

A CHAIRPERSON of Chief Shakumbila Royal Establishment Committee and two others have discontinued a case in which they dragged dethroned Chief Shakumbila, Patrick Chibamba, to the Constitutional Court seeking an order restraining him from acting as Chief Shakumbila of the Sala people. Ackson Shachele, a chairman of the Chief Shakumbila Royal Establishment Committee; Edgar Mwambula...

WOMEN for Change (WfC) executive director Lumba Siyanga says there can never be development if the majority of Zambia’s population, who are women, are not involved in the leadership of the country. In an interview, Siyanga called for more women's participation in the forthcoming August 12 election for the country to move forward and achieve...

NDOLA High Court Judge Mary Mulanda has acquitted a police officer who allegedly raped a woman at the inquires office after establishing that the sex was consensual. This is in a matter where Dominic Miyoba, 52, was charged with two counts of rape and abuse of authority of office. It was alleged that Miyoba, on...

ZAMBIA Tourism Agency (ZTA) chief executive officer Felix Chaila says the second wave of the Coronavirus has hit the tourism industry hard due to a drastic drop in the number of foreign tourists because of travel restrictions. In an interview, Chaila, however, said the tourism industry was expecting the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine to cushion the...

THE Lusaka High Court has thrown out a case in which two individuals were challenging UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s acquisition and possession of a farm in Kalomo District on account of too much time having lapsed since the alleged incident happened back in 2005. Lusaka High Court Judge Catherine Lombe Phiri dismissed the case for...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) chapter president Sampa Kalungu says the NAPSA, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board's (WCFCB) US $44.8 million investment into a Chinese-owned tile-making company lacks transparency as the company is not listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE). In response to a press query, Kalungu stated that the...