Yesterday’s 2-0 defeat to South Africa may have come at just the right time, not because it was acceptable, but because it serves as a timely and urgent warning that the Copper Queens are not...

UPND Deputy Secretary General Getrude Imenda says the ruling party did not adopt a female candidate for the upcoming Lumezi by-election because it is too fierce for women to compete in. Madam Imenda says UPND...

WHEN a government spokesperson tells the opposition to “just use radio and TV” to engage citizens, we are not witnessing responsible leadership, we are staring into the face of democratic decay. Honourable Elvis Nkandu, the...

Chief Justice Mumba Malila could not have spoken any better. It is true that democracy, especially in nations like Zambia, political leadership is no longer decided by the ballot alone. Increasingly, the courts are being...

Yesterday we dived into the “massage parlour phenomenon” following the arrest of 11 young women in Kitwe last week for engaging in sex trade under the disguise of running a massage parlour. These businesses are...

THE recent exposure of a brothel operating under the guise of a massage parlour in Kitwe is a tragic reflection of a moral crisis that is slowly tightening its grip on Zambia. Eleven young women,...

IT IS now clear that the UPND government has been unable to resist the persistent temptation of amending the Constitution, just over a year to the next elections. All earlier warnings regarding the dangers of...

SINCE the release of the promo for our scheduled investigative documentary dubbed “Chinese investment in Zambia “The good, the bad and the dangerous” our newspaper has been overwhelmed by attempts by some individuals and organisations...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he rates the UPND government’s performance so far with a solid seven out of 10. Addressing a crowd at a rally in Kalomo yesterday, the President said his administration is working...

UKA Chairperson Sakwiba Sikota, State Counsel, has appealed to the Judiciary that it should avoid incarcerating parliamentarians when they have committed offences that could be punished with a fine. Sikota has expressed concern that jailing...