PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema deserves credit for the admission that the UPND adoption process was “messy”. This is a welcome departure from the tendency by politicians to pretend that all is well even when the evidence... […]

AS the campaign season gathers momentum, citizens must pay particular attention to the messages being put out by political parties and individual candidates. This is the key to voting wisely. Elections are not merely about... […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has expressed displeasure at the conduct of four dismissed UPND MPs whom he says did not vote for Bill 7 as the ruling party had dictated. He named the MPs as Gary... […]

THE Human Rights Commission says it is actively monitoring the exercise of political and civil rights ahead of the August elections. According to the Commission, it remains committed to protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms,... […]

THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has raised concern over failure by our civil servants to pay back loans which they are contracting, warning that abuse of payroll-based lending and off-payroll borrowing is threatening financial stability.... […]

The excitement from the Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) over Zesco’s assurance that load shedding will not return this year and beyond is understandable. Manufacturers have endured some of the most difficult operating conditions in... […]

IT IS always pleasing to witness a Head of State demonstrating that he has listened to the wishes and concerns of the citizens he leads. Leadership is not merely about exercising authority; it is also... […]

The UPND has clocked five years in power and the hour of accountability has returned. Zambians are once again being asked to evaluate a government they elected with overwhelming hope, anger against the past, and... […]

ONE disturbing feature of the campaign period is that political parties are talking loudly, but they are not speaking to their manifesto. We hear the opposition speak every day about how the UPND government has... […]

WHAT happened in Chawama last week makes very sad reading. On a day when the country was commemorating the first memorial for late president Edgar Lungu, his constituency, Chawama had something else planned. A group... […]