DIAKONIA Zambia country representative Sombo Chunda says the masses suffer when the civil society is silenced.
And Swedish Embassy head of bilateral development cooperation David Wiking has observed that Zambia faces a number of hardships that range from politics to climate.
Diakonia is an organisation owned by two Swedish churches created in ...
DR Kenneth Kaunda needs care from all of us instead of using him like any other person, says Ikeleng’i MMD member of parliament Elijah Muchima.
Commenting on President Edgar Lungu’s invitation to Dr Kaunda to commission projects in Chinsali last week, Muchima said it was not right to use the statesman ...
MILES Sampa has apologised to Zambians for supporting President Edgar Lungu in the January 20, 2015 presidential election.
And Sampa says not even 1,000 priests can stop President Lungu and the PF from engaging in political violence.
Meanwhile, Sampa has challenged President Lungu to state whether his and former vice-president Guy Scott’s ...
UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says socialist ideals cannot thrive without enterprise driven by capitalism.
In an interview, Hichilema argued that globally, no state could grow the economy without enterprise.
“This is the way we look at the policies and nobody should criticise us and say no ‘we are bad capitalists’. If you ...
DR GUY Scott says he is extremely disappointed that Rupiah Banda’s MMD which he and his friend Michael Sata fought hard to remove from power has invaded, infected and taken over the PF.
Speaking on Radio Icengelo, Dr Scott said he could not be happy when the party he suffered for ...
FINANCE deputy minister Christopher Mvunga says he was merely joking with passengers on South African Airways flight SA-0066 and that it was unfortunate that some of them took his jokes as harassment.
A SAA cabin crew on Monday threatened to throw Mvunga out of the plane after he boarded the flight ...
The work pressure being put on Dr Kenneth Kaunda by Edgar Lungu reminds us of Nelson Mandela’s words when he retired:
“I am turning 86 in a few weeks’ time and that is a longer life than most people are granted. I have the added blessing of being in very good ...
THE kwacha’s performance against major convertible currencies has continued to improve, having appreciated more than two per cent since last Friday, according to financial market players.
The local unit has steadily appreciated against the US dollar in the first week of April, now trading between K10.65 and K10.77 per US dollar, ...
PUMA Energy Zambia Plc posted reduced revenue of K3.1 billion in 2015 as overall sales volumes were hit by lower demand in the commercial business segment.
According to a statement of profit and comprehensive income for the 2015 financial year ending December 31, 2015, Puma registered a drop in its revenue ...
ECONOMICS Association of Zambia national secretary Harrinam Moono says it is wrong for the government to use borrowed funds to stabilise the dwindling economy.
Moono said in an interview that the government’s use of Eurobond money to stabilise the economy would have dire consequences on the country.
“We saw what happened last ...
GOVERNANCE activist David Kapoma says Zambia is currently borrowing to develop China because most of the road contracts being undertaken using loans are being given to Chinese contractors.
And Kapoma says the government is living beyond its means and those close to power are too comfortable to notice that our economy ...
THE World Editors Forum says the Panama Papers and the suggestions of hidden wealth and corruption have revealed more of the growing anger towards political and business elites that is apparent in numerous western democratic societies.
In a statement issued yesterday, WEF stated that the leaking of the Panama Papers has ...
DIAKONIA Zambia country representative Sombo Chunda says the masses suffer when the civil society is silenced.
And Swedish Embassy head of bilateral development cooperation David Wiking has observed that Zambia faces a number of hardships that range from politics to climate.
Diakonia is an organisation owned by two Swedish churches created in ...
DR Kenneth Kaunda needs care from all of us instead of using him like any other person, says Ikeleng’i MMD member of parliament Elijah Muchima.
Commenting on President Edgar Lungu’s invitation to Dr Kaunda to commission projects in Chinsali last week, Muchima said it was not right to use the statesman ...
MILES Sampa has apologised to Zambians for supporting President Edgar Lungu in the January 20, 2015 presidential election.
And Sampa says not even 1,000 priests can stop President Lungu and the PF from engaging in political violence.
Meanwhile, Sampa has challenged President Lungu to state whether his and former vice-president Guy Scott’s ...
SUSPECTED PF cadres on Sunday beat up and assaulted UPND supporters at Kasama’s Chikumanino market for wearing and publicly showcasing their party regalia.
UPND Northern Province youth chairman Nathan Ilunga said the PF cadres went on rampage beating up and assaulting UPND supporters who were clad in UPND regalia at the ...
UPND vice-president for administration Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has asked the Lusaka High Court to set aside an ex-parte order granted to the state in a case where Lusaka High Court judge Florence Lengalenga stayed the execution of her judgment in which he was given back his Kasama seat.
Judge Lengalenga stayed ...
MILES Sampa has asked the Lusaka High Court for time to respond to the state’s application that he should be cross-examined in a matter where he has challenged the Speaker of the National Assembly’s declaration of his Matero parliamentary seat vacant.
In this case, Sampa, who is insisting that he was ...
THE FDD says it is true that Edith Nawakwi is depressed because the UPND is failing to explain its vision to the people.
And the FDD has challenged UPND president Hakainde Hichilema and President Edgar Lungu to a public debate with Nawakwi.
Reacting to UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka’s remarks that Nawakwi ...
THE Chipata Magistrates’ Court last Friday fined a 36-year-old businessman K2,000 after he pleaded guilty to a count of attempted smuggling.
Before magistrate Philip Mpundu was Ackim Phiri, who pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to smuggle 190 by 25 kilogramme bags of mealie-meal outside the country.
According to facts presented ...
A WIDOW of a miner who died underground at NFC Africa Mining Plc has sued Tongguan Mines Constructions in the Lusaka High Court for compensation and damages, demanding over K400,000 on behalf of the deceased’s children and herself.
In this matter, Thresa Mwila, widow and administrator of the estate of Juma ...
