Opinion

For the first time since losing the 2016 general elections, UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has played the kind of opposition politics that the ruling Patriotic Front dreads. He has come out of the boardroom where […]

When proponents of the electricity tariff increase started pushing the agenda for government to consider importing power from South Africa, we disagreed with the move and warned that such a solution would have the same […]

When President Edgar Lungu went to Parliament to address the nation but instead blamed climate change for everything bad coming out of his government, we heard a silent voice in his speech that was admitting […]

“It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down because for the need of today, we have corresponding strength given, while for tomorrow, we are told to […]

German Ambassador to Zambia, His Excellency Mr Achim Burkart, has expressed concern that the prevailing operating environment for journalists will only get worse as the country approaches the 2021 general elections. He adds that journalists […]

Speaking during the Sunday Interview on the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, Energy minister Mathews Nkhuwa said Zesco has serious operational challenges, it is suffering and it has no money. “When we start getting the power […]

Shortly after vehemently denying that he knows African drug kingpin Vicky Goswami and publicly distancing himself from any links to the international drug trafficking cartel, Lusaka businessman Valden Findlay has been confronted by first Republican […]

Those who speak in defence of the government and the ruling party have continued to spread the narrative that talking about corruption is bad for the country. They are telling people not to be proud […]

We are happy to see Mr Valden Findlay come out to defend himself over the drug trafficking allegations made. Those who are accused of wrongdoing deserve an opportunity to be heard so that they are […]

In a dramatic turn of events, President Edgar Lungu has fired his Financial Intelligence Center (FIC) Board chairperson Mr George Siame, barely 24 hours after appointing him. Before the man could even finish printing his […]