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14 Mar 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Today’s crop of technocrats are cowards – Simumba

Trade and investment expert Trevor Simumba has charged that the current crop of technocrats are self-seeking cowards who are only looking out for their wellbeing. And Simumba says come 2021, himself and other progressive Zambians […]

13 Mar 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

UNZA, CBU impasse signals a broke govt, HH warned them – Mweetwa

UPND deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says what is happening at the university of Zambia and Copperbelt University is symptomatic of a broke, clueless government that is governing by chance without a recovery plan. And Chief […]

12 Mar 2019 | Milimo Namangala in Lusaka and Daniel Chansa in Kitwe

If govt can’t pay our salaries, let them close UNZA – striking lecturers

UNZALARU president Dr Evans Lampi says if government has failed to run higher learning institutions, it should close them down and allow people to go and seek employment elsewhere. And Copperbelt University Academics Union General […]

11 Mar 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Kasolo tells off US Embassy; talk to Trump about media freedom

Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo is breathing fire on foreign diplomats calling for the lifting of the 30-day suspension slapped on Prime TV. And Kasolo says ZNBC journalists fear ruling party officials, hence […]

11 Mar 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Women can’t achieve gender equality with shipikisha mentality – Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says it is difficult for women to achieve gender equality with a shipikisha (silent endurance to injustice) mentality. And President Lungu says there is need for revolutionary thinking in tackling gender inequalities […]

9 Mar 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

Private media still viewed as opposition in Zambia – US Embassy

Zambia has a lot of work to do in embracing divergent views because the private news media are still being viewed as a proponent of the opposition political fraternity, says the US Embassy’s public affairs […]

8 Mar 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Govt offers 4% pay rise to civil servants, leaving unions divided

Government has offered unionised public servants a four percent salary increase across the board, but the workers’ unions have rejected proposal, describing it as a disservice to the suffering workers who toil so hard to […]

8 Mar 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia is naturally dictatorial, democracy is a challenge – Kasolo

We are a naturally a dictatorial society and bringing in the foreign system of democracy is a real challenge, says Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo. And Kasolo says putting pressure […]

8 Mar 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Kambwili u-turns, drags Speaker to court over Roan seat

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has petitioned the Constitutional Court for a declaration that his Roan parliamentary seat did not fall vacant as ruled by the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini because the […]

7 Mar 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

There’s nothing special about Prime TV – Siliya

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says there is nothing sinister about the suspension of Prime Television’s broadcasting license, insisting that everybody deserves to be corrected whenever they error. And Siliya says government is hoping that […]