PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema appointed former vice presidents Inonge Wina and Enock Kavindele, former secretaries to the cabinet Leslie Mbula and Simon Miti, as well as lawyer Dickson Jere as part of his envoys to mediate... […]

UPND Deputy Secretary General Getrude Imenda says the construction of the national house of prayer is not a priority for government because it has other more urgent issues to deal with. Imenda says the non-completion... […]

FEIRA Member of Parliament Emmanuel Tembo has urged the Food Reserve Agency to discard the mobile money payment system in the purchase of maize this crop marketing season. Tembo says the initiative to use mobile... […]

GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Stafford Mulusa says the behaviour portrayed by Nkana Independent Member of Parliament during the point of order in parliament on Friday is unacceptable, as it sets a bad example to the youths.... […]

THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning released K15.8 billion to finance public service delivery of which K5.5 billion went to debt servicing. In a statement released by the Ministry of Finance, K2.8 billion went... […]

ECONOMIST Dr Lubinda Haabazoka says the Kwacha will continue to appreciate up to December. Dr Haabazoka says the appreciation of the Kwacha can be attributed to the tax period. Commenting in an interview recently, Dr... […]

POLICE in Choma have arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl he is suspected to have spent a night with. Southern Province Police Commissioner Auxensio Daka said the girl left home around... […]

THE Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) says former Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief and co-founder Mathew Winkler’s presentation on Zambia’s macroeconomic growth is commendable and reflects progress in sectors such as mining, energy and agriculture. However, ZACA Executive Secretary... […]

SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says government has a financing strategy that will sustain Zambia’s economy post the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF), which will be concluded in October. On Friday, the Civil Society... […]

FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s family has revealed that his body will arrive in the country from South Africa on Wednesday, and will lie in state at the funeral house in Lusaka’s Chifwema area. And Secretary... […]