Today is 12th August 2022. It marks exactly one year since Zambians went to the polls to choose their new leaders. Social media is awash with the hashtag #ThisTimeLastYear in reference to the experiences that Zambians had in the run up to that election. This time last year, many Zambians were living in fear of...

Notwithstanding my suspicion that the need for regulation is not the foremost issue facing the media in Zambia, I take a view that the regulatory framework proposed through the Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) bill appears to threaten the independence, freedom, professionalism, and even the self-regulation of the media that it appears to promote. I raise...

A LAWYER, Chali Chitala, has testified that Charles Loyana, the alleged owner of 51 houses in Lusaka's Chalala area, vigorously tried to convince him to claim ownership of the properties but he refused. This is a matter in which Loyana, a senior accountant at the Ministry of Finance and his wife Susan, an accountant at...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says during one of the Cabinet meetings, Ministers proposed an increment in their salaries but President Hakainde Hichilema looked them in the eyes and told them "it's never happening". And Bwalya says Zambians should trust President Hichilema's judgement because decisions are made based on information which has reached him. Meanwhile, Bwalya...

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says the need for Zambia to have a well functioning civil registration and vital statistics system remains critical. Speaking during the commemoration of African civil registration and vital statistics day in Monze district, Wednesday, Mwiimbu said implementation of Integrated National Registration Information System (INRIS) responded well to...

THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has revealed that the cost of living for a family of five in Lusaka for July has increased by K31.36 from K9,301.46 recorded in June, 2022. Meanwhile, JCTR has recommended that the Energy Regulation Board should consider reverting to 90-day pump price review cycles to aid in stabilising...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Siyunyi is deliberately trying to delay proceedings before the Judicial Complaints Commission. And Haimbe says former justice minister Given Lubinda's understanding of legal matters is lacking, which is why there were some weird things happening under his watch. In an interview, Haimbe insisted that Siyunyi...

ZAMBIA Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says allegations of corruption in the selection of census takers are being peddled by individuals who are dissatisfied after being left out. And Musepa has explained that some people were not picked despite scoring high marks on the aptitude tests because of multiple attempts. Reacting to complaints...

INSPECTOR General of Police Lemmy Kajoba has dispelled reports that former president Edgar Lungu has not been given adequate security, revealing that he was actually given an opportunity to pick his own team. But PF information and and publicity secretary Raphael Nakacinda says Kajoba is incompetent and he should be ashamed rather than trying to...

ZAMBIA National Farmers Union (ZNFU) president Jervis Zimba says CCPC's statement on tomato and cabbage dumping by some farmers is extremely irresponsible and must be condemned with the contempt it deserves. Recently, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) opposed ZNFU's appeal to farmers to "refrain from dumping" several fresh vegetables on the local market....