REPUBLICAN Vice-President Mutale Nalumango says citizens who cannot afford to buy breakfast mealie meal should consider roller meal which is more nutritious and costs less. The Vice-President has, on the other hand, directed the local authority in Lusaka to urgently embark on a clean-up exercise, particularly around the Central Business District, in order to prevent...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says government is discussing how ZNS milling plants can produce more mealie meal to put on the market in light of increased commodity prices. The price of mealie meal has in the last few weeks escalated in the country with the commodity selling at more than K200 for a 25-kilogram bag....

EMERITUS Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says the UPND should cheer him on when he speaks out against wrongs in government the way it did when he spoke for the party earlier. Archbishop Mpundu, who is OCIDA Chairperson, claims that the new dawn government tried to convince him to postpone last week's conference as it was uncomfortable...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says food security is key for political stability and enhancing democracy. Speaking in Dakar, Senegal, at the Agriculture Summit held under the theme "Feed Africa; Food Resilience And Food Sovereignty", President Hichilema said people think better when they have eaten. "It is shameful for us to be hungry as Africa. We must...

THE Chinese Embassy in Lusaka says the United States of America should deal with its own indebtedness and stop "sabotaging" other countries’ efforts to solve their debt problems. And the Embassy has charged that the United States is not qualified to make "groundless accusations" around debt against other countries, out of selfish interests. The Embassy...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says all his government's "good efforts" to reconstruct the economy may be distorted if Zambia’s debt negotiations are not concluded soon. And IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has described Zambia’s potential as enormous, saying it's the IMF's honour to be partners with the country as it strives to better the lives of...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has advised married couples to be tolerant of each other and to avoid checking their spouses' phones frequently, which he says leads to polarisation of marriages. And Paramount Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni people has insisted that traditional leaders work with the government of the day. Speaking when he hosted Paramount Chief...

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says Vedanta may resume running KCM if, in the current negotiations, it comes out best and it's agreed that it will behave. And Kabuswe says UPND is a serious government unlike the past leadership that was interested in “pints”, further arguing that its successes or failures can only...

PF candidate for the Nyatanda Ward by-elections of Chavuma Town Council in North-Western Province Newstead Chitale says he has resigned from the race after being offered a job at the Ministry of Health. And Solwezi UPND MP Stafford Mulusa has revealed that Chitale is campaigning for the ruling party. Meanwhile, PF Deputy Campaign Manager for...

THE Constitutional Court has allowed the State to engage a private counsel to defend a matter in which Judge Joshua Banda is challenging the decision to remove him from office as High Court judge. The Constitutional Court granted the State permission after it submitted recently that most State advocates, including the Attorney General and Solicitor...