WE have observed that a fraction of the 2.8 million Zambians who voted for change of government has not yet come to a place where they can tolerate any form of criticism of President Hakainde Hichilema and his UPND regime. This group of voters is still on honeymoon and has stayed in celebratory mode to...

FOLLOWING the publication of our editorial opinion in which we disagreed with the Zambia Airways decision to launch their business with an initial focus on local routes, some people have misunderstood our argument. In the comment, we argued that Zambia Airways will not be under pressure to pay statutory taxes, ground handling fees and other...

WE LIVE in a crooked world. Whether we like it or not, this is the reality of life as we face it today. When we hear a statement from the Minister of Finance Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane stating that it’s impossible to resuscitate Indeni Oil Refinery because it requires a lot of money, we can only...

THE statement by Zambia Airways that the company is set to take off on 1st December, 2021 with a domestic flight is laughable and annoying. It is laughable because everybody including the board and shareholders of Zambia Airways knows that the company is not ready and this launch will fail because they don’t even have...

LAST week, we published a story in which we reported that the President’s Special Assistant for Economic Affairs, Mr Jito Kayumba had made a false declaration as a member of the Airtel Zambia Networks PLC board, by claiming that he also sits on the board of the Central Bank. In that story, we published the...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s decision to appoint Supreme Court Judge Mumba Malila as Chief Justice of Zambia goes to show that we have a Head of State who is determined to make a real difference in good governance. If President Hichilema wanted a friend to head the Judiciary, we all know what he could have done....

WHEN Patriotic Front members say that they performed exceptionally well in infrastructure development, the people of Zambia must pit that claim against the cost and the debt that they have left behind. After we do the math, then we can decide whether to clap for them or get angry at them. Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko...

PF member Kelvin Kaunda has expressed concern at the decision made by the former ruling party to hold its elective conference in June 2022, saying the general membership is not pleased and would like to see a new leadership take charge sooner. The former councilor says it is also not in the best interest of...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s revelations that the Edgar Lungu administration paid hundreds of millions of dollars to fertiliser suppliers who did not deliver the commodity makes very sad reading. The President tells us that following an audit, he has been informed that despite US$120 million being paid for the overpriced fertiliser, only 63 per cent of...

If Milingo is a thief, why is he still in charge of Konkola Copper Mines? We asked this question in our Friday Opinion because the mining sector finds itself in a bizarre situation with the country’s largest mining company in limbo, and the New Dawn government proving inadequate to the task of giving new life...