UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the ruling party respects Mutinta Mazoka’s decision to leave the party and can’t question it because it’s her personal choice. Mutinta, who is UPND founder Anderson Mazoka’s daughter, confirmed in...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says government should learn from neighbouring Malawi how corruption can be fought without shielding those occupying high public offices. Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima was last week arrested on allegations that he...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema is not thinking about the 2026 general elections because he is preoccupied with actualising the commitments made during campaigns. In its latest report, the Economist Intelligence Unit...

FORMER defence minister George Mpombo has condemned the beating of police officers in Katete district but argues that it’s “cringeworthy and befuddling” that professionally trained cops can be overpowered by villagers. And Mpombo says government...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says she’s not aware of any UPND member who has been appointed to state institutions such as ECZ. During the Vice-President’s question time, Friday, Leader of the opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile asked...

THE Ministry of Health has terminated the contract awarded to TFM Holdings Ltd for the construction and equipping of seven by 150 bed capacity COVID-19 hospitals in Zambia. The Ministry of Health says the termination...

THE Securities (Amendment) Bill passed through the Second Reading stage on Thursday, after Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane refused to withdraw it. The parliamentary committee for planning and budgeting rejected the Securities...

UPND deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says opposition PF members are against private audit firms because they know that the Defence Ministry was a conduit for a lot of illegalities. In an interview, Thursday, Imenda...

POLICE say former president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Kaizer Zulu is still in their custody and may appear before the Magistrate Court either today or on Tuesday. On Friday, police arrested Zulu for another offence...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has advised students against using the “fast lane” during their learning journey but to always follow procedures. And President Hichilema has insisted that his government doesn’t like to lie to its people...