50%+1 clause still at risk
BARNABAS ZULU THE 50%+1 majoritarian clause enshrined in the Zambian Constitution may be at risk of being eliminated should the UPND government adopt the South African model of the Proportional…
LCC refutes mismanaging K5.2m for CDF
SULA MAVUYA The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has refuted claims that it has mismanaged K5.2 million for Constituency Development Fund (CDF). LCC Public Relations Manager, Chola Mwamba, emphasizes that the…
IZB launches dairy finance schemes to boost local milk production
BUUMBA CHIMBULU IN a move aimed at supporting local dairy farmers and enhancing milk production in the country, Indo Zambia Bank (IZB) has launched two specialised financing schemes under a…
CSPR slams Minister Mubanaga for mocking Zambians as being lazy
MUBITA KATETE The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has chastised Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanaga for branding Zambians complaining about the high prices of mealie meal…
HH an advocate of free press
CLEOPATRA NANKONDE PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has always been a strong advocate and champion of free press, freedom of expression and has been a man who has never ever wanted to…
Journalism Bill marks end of free press, democracy –Kalaba
MUBITA KATETE HARRY Kalaba has strongly condemned the controversial Zambia Institute of Journalism Bill, which has been secretly drafted and has warned that if enacted, it could mark the death…
Lumezi remains opposition – PF
NATION REPORTER LUMEZI Constituency has been opposition and shall remain opposition irrespective of all the mingalato the UPND is employing to grab the seat because the people in the area…
Cyber laws force George Mtonga to resign from UPND
GEORGE Mtonga, a long time and loyal member of the UPND has with immediate effect resigned from the ruling party, stating that the decision by President Hakainde Hichilema to sign…
The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it
Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa Policing social media The second victim of Hichilema’s implementation of legal autocracy is freedom of expression. Here, the target are ordinary Zambians who use X, WhatsApp, Instagram,…
The ERTC Charade Is an Affront to Constitutional Order
When the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis launched the so-called Electoral Reform Technical Committee (ERTC), she didn’t just overstep her mandate—she trampled over constitutional order. Let’s be…