THERE have been some strange complaints from leaders of the ruling party to the effect that their youths are not benefiting from the government as they expected. We are being told that the youths are frustrated, hence their demand for a change of leadership in the party structures. Last week, we heard from UPND Deputy...

ALTHOUGH the church does not accept homosexual tendencies, homosexuals are not criminals and they must therefore not be criminalised, says the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). This is one controversial statement that has attracted mixed reactions from members of the public, including the Catholic faithful. Not surprisingly, homosexuality is one word that means more...

THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has insisted that government should increase the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) threshold in the 2023 National Budget because the country's economy has relatively been stabilising. The Union holds the view that in order for the take-home pay of the workers to make sense, the tax-exempt threshold should...

On Saturday morning, Lusaka woke up to the most unfortunate news of a fatal road traffic accident that occurred on the Great East road, at the University of Zambia junction. Ten souls were lost on the spot with another passing on at the hospital. We are saddened by this heartbreaking development and we grieve with...

CHINESE Ambassador to Zambia Du Xiaohui says Zambia’s debt to China should not stop the two countries’ bilateral cooperation. Ambassador Xiaohui observes that the intent of debt is to establish a pathway for development and that the said development is the solution for debt problems. The Chinese Envoy was speaking ahead of the forthcoming China-Zambia...

JUSTICE Minister Honourable Mulambo Haimbe insists that a majority of Zambians are in favour of a holistic Constitution reform process, arguing that the current law needs cleaning. The minister adds that even during the Patriotic Front’s regime, the Constitution needed to be amended, but people opposed the move because of the wrong methodology which the...

THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says people must not get tired of going to the Constitutional Court in order to seek interpretation of various clauses in the Constitution. President of the association Lungisani Zulu says the fact that the Constitution needs interpretation doesn't make it bad. He was condemning a tendency among politicians where...

IN OUR editorial opinion yesterday, we pointed out how the government was clinging to a silly excuse for the imminent late delivery of fertilizer, a crucial input for our farmers. Despite numerous assurances that the New Dawn administration would get rid of short cuts, evidence has been brought to the fore that irregularities and lack...

LAST week, the Zambia Public Procurement of Authority (ZPPA) announced the cancellation of the fertiliser supply tender for the 2022/2023 farming season which was recently awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture. According to ZPPA director general Idah Chella, the process was flawed, and the action by her office was in line with regulation 249 following...

MANY critics have poured scorn on the IMF programme, calling it a toxic loan. But this is a necessary evil. What the UPND has done is inevitable and is an achievement that even the previous administration tried to chase after for so many years, but without success. This will surely restore our credibility as a...