President Hakainde Hichilema’s Cabinet has drawn some mixed feelings, and understandably so. Some simply say, it is not a “wow” Cabinet. Others are questioning if this is what the people were waiting for all this while, arguing that this was a list that could have been concluded within a few days after the inauguration ceremony....

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his government has inherited an empty Treasury. Some critics have found this statement somewhat irresponsible for a Head of State given the country’s debt position and other macroeconomic factors. Our position is that if what the President said is the truth, then nothing else matters more because the people who elected...

SOMETIMES when you have done something wrong, it is better to remain quiet and remorseful than to try and defend yourself and then annoy the people even more. The fake Covid vaccines scandal is not a small issue that we should take casually as a country. The number of people that we have lost as...

While HH, aka Bally, has very difficult years ahead of him in trying to fix the economy, tackling youth unemployment, creating jobs, paying off debt and rebuilding credibility of governance institutions among other things, it is corruption scandals under Edgar Lungu’s PF regime that will dominate the headlines; and depending on the decisions he makes,...

WE HAVE no doubt in our minds that President Hakainde Hichilema means well for Zambia and its citizens. But the manner in which he has conducted himself and government affairs so far is worrying. It may not be worrying to those who simply wanted PF to go, but it is a cause for concern to...

THE people who were committing crimes under the PF government truly had no boundaries. These people had absolutely no heart for anyone. The scandals that are coming out demonstrate that they were ready to profit from anything, including death. This regime was worse than a mafia organisation. Mafias kill people but they have rules. The...

THE conduct of the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority in relation to the fake COVID-19 vaccine scandal involving Mr Valden Findlay’s Chrismar Earthmoving Equipment is dishonest and it should concern all of us. The statement they issued yesterday, much as it was meant to do damage control, was full of deceit. Our people deserve to know...

MR Edgar Lungu is now behind us. Zambia has moved on. Even the few people who used to follow him on social media are slowly beginning to find more progressive things to do. Since he peacefully surrendered the responsibility of running the affairs of this country after being rejected by the Zambian people, we must...

THE move by the Drug Enforcement Commission to seize motor vehicles, houses and bank accounts belonging to some politically exposed persons who reigned under the Patriotic front is something that any decent Zambian citizen expected to see following the election outcome. Last week, we reported that even the former president’s best friend and businessman Valden...

THE departure of some key members of the opposition Patriotic Front is worrying. We are concerned that at the pace they are going, there will be no party left. But it is very important that we have a strong opposition with reasonable parliamentary representation to check on the possible excesses from the ruling UPND. We...