The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has dismissed stories and innuendos circulating in some sections of the media with respect the management of Tedworth properties which were seized by the then Task Force on Corruption. From the media reports it has been alleged that the rentals from the seized Tedworth properties have been looted by known individuals, and that the Commission has ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has postponed the dates for the commencement of voter registration exercise that was scheduled to start on the 17th of August this year. The exercise will now commence on the 14th of September this year at designated voter registration centers and civic centers of all councils. ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna has disclosed ...

Opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has been accused of playing double standards on the issue of enacting the country’s new Constitution. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) thinks that Mr. Hakainde is also being hypocritical. YALI governance adviser Isaac Mwanza says Mr. Hichilema cannot claim that Members of Parliament (MPs) do not possess the requisite capacity to make independent decisions ...

Education Minister Michael Kaingu says the revised education curriculum launched last year has shown positive trends in the education sector. Dr. Kaingu says the only problem the Ministry has encountered is the rolling out of the program in areas where some chiefs are not agreeable to some pupils learning in another local language in Zambezi. Dr. Kaingu says government is ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says the ruling party is alive to the fact that Zambians are not only interested in mere pronouncements but tangible development. Mr Chama says the ruling party under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu is working hard to ensure that it delivers meaningful development under to the people of Zambia. He adds that the ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) says it is not in a hurry to replace its former vice president Richard Kapita who defected to the ruling PF recently. UPND Deputy Secretary General Kuchunga Simusamba says the party has moved on and is in no hurry to replace Mr. Kapita. He says with time the party national management committee will ...

Financial Analyst Mambo Hamaundu has called on the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to do a lot of sensitization before implementing any law such as the withholding tax on rental income. Mr. Hamaundu says even though the law has always been there, it was not implemented and should therefore not be implemented in a rush, but that people should be given ...

Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula says the government has nothing to hide by enacting the new constitution in piecemeal. Dr. Simbyakula says it must be noted that it will be very expensive to hold the referendum before the 2016 general election and then hold tripartite election. He says this is why government wants to hold the constitution referendum alongside the 2016 ...

The Grand Coalition on the people driven constitution in Eastern Province has observed that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is likely to face a huge challenge in handling the 2016 tripartite election alongside the referendum on the constitution considering that this will entail having four ballot papers. Grand Coalition Eastern province Chairperson Maxson Nkhoma says this is evident from ...