RIGHT now, people are talking about hunger. Parents and heads of households are failing to provide for their families and loved ones because the staple food has become unaffordable. Interestingly, the ruling party finds it fashionable to increase the floor price for maize in order to impress the farmer. But everybody knows that this is...

According to the Global Peace Index, Zambia is the 4th most peaceful nation in Sub-Saharan Africa and the 44th most peaceful nation in the world. In general, Zambian laws do not restrict foreign investors in any sector of the economy. The country has affirmed its commitment to fostering private sector development and attracting Foreign Direct...

THE beating of stone-wielding PF cadres who went to disrupt a UPND campaign event serves as a strong statement to those in the ruling party who still doubt that the situation is very bad on the ground. When the Patriotic Front or President Edgar Lungu posts a statement on their Facebook pages, all the comments...

THE opposition UPND says it is willing and ready to sit down with President Edgar Lungu so that they can discuss his exit strategy from government. According to the UPND, President Lungu is too desperate to stay in power because he is afraid that he may be brutalized by a new regime if he easily...

THE Patriotic Front can be credited for having the most effective spin doctors among the existing political parties. If the scandal they are dealing with proves to be too big to spin, they divert public attention to a somewhat less damaging controversial issue. This has been happening since PF got into power. But some of...

WE are continuing from yesterday to show that Vice-President Inonge Wina gave misleading information to UN special Envoy to the African Union who visited Zambia to check on the country’s preparedness for the August 12 general elections. As we saw yesterday, Madam Wina tried to show that the electoral process was being followed by all...

THE Patriotic Front government, through Her Honour the outgoing Vice-President, has made several commitments and pledges to the United Nations and African Union regarding the management of the August 12 general elections as well as the country’s preparedness ahead of polling day. Listening to Madam Inonge Wina’s speech to UN Envoy to the African Union,...

YOU know things are getting really bad for the Patriotic Front when you hear that they are now arresting doctors for merely demanding their salaries. You know that a party has completely lost popularity if it can be left with no option but to offer freedom to incarcerated hardcore criminals ahead of the August 12...

THE Zambia Correctional Service or the Prisons authority as it were, has gone into overdrive to try and dismiss a story suggesting that a law has been enacted that will allow inmates serving life sentences to go for a two weeks break from confinement. The Prison authority claims this is fake news and is urging...

THE fact that Charles Milupi, Josephs Akafumba, Kelvin Bwalya Fube, Felix Mutati and other alliance partners granted Mr Hakainde Hichilema the much needed liberty to appoint a person of his choice as running mate calls for a moment of acknowledgment. Firstly we would like to congratulate Mr Hakainde Hichilema for picking the former deputy speaker...