Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali has observed that Zambians are not benefiting from infrastructure development projects government has embarked on. Mr Tayali observes that almost 90 percent of the projects in the country are being undertaken by foreigners who are externalizing most of the income back to their home countries. Mr. Tayali notes that the Zambian people are in ...

Promoters of the Zambia- Angola Oil Pipeline (AZOP) Basali Ba Liseli Resources have dismissed as distorted information suggesting that President Edgar Lungu is involved in the deal to construct an oil pipeline from Lobito Bay in Angola to Lusaka. Reacting to today’s front page story in the Post headlined “Lungu, Santos strike Oil Deal”, Basali Ba Liseli Resources says neither ...

The Zambia Tax Platform (ZTP) says it foresees government facing tremendous pressure to raise revenue for the 2016 national budget. ZTP a consortium of civil society organization that include the JCTR, CSPR, CCZ, CSO-SUN, PSP, CTPD, NGOCC, ActionAid Zambia and Save the Children in Zambia, is basing its prediction on the 2016 instruments government has availed. ZTP Chairperson Isabel Mukelabai ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia and Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani to intervene in the matter Police in Luwingu are seeking the arrest of UPND candidate in the Lubansenshi parliamentary by-election Patrick Mucheleka. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi says Mr Mucheleka should be allowed to freely canvass electoral support ahead ...

Government says there is no looming drugs shortage in the country because Medical Stores Limited has sufficient stocks. Health Deputy Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has since warned that his ministry will not tolerate any situation were health personnel especially in clinics are not giving out medicines to patients on the pretext that there are no drugs. Dr. Chilufya warns that ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says all is set for the commencement of the voter registration exercise next week on Monday, 14th September. ECZ Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu has however told stakeholders during a meeting on the preparations for the voter registration exercise today that the commission will suspend for seven days the voter registration exercise in constituencies expected ...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson didn’t actually feel the first round of bullets hit his legs. He was too consumed with dealing with the shock of it all. Even in his volatile neighborhood of South Jamaica, Queens, the May 2000 shooting that nearly took his life was brazen. At 11:22 a.m., in front of his grandmother’s home, the future rap superstar ...

Pope Francis is expected to announce revisions on Tuesday to the process by which Catholics may annul their marriages in yet another sign of the pontiff pushing his church to be more welcoming and merciful. A brief statement from the Vatican does not detail the proposed reforms, but Francis has said that obtaining annulments can be too cumbersome and costly, ...

The Greek government and the UN refugee agency have brought in extra staff and ships to deal with some 25,000 stranded migrants on the island of Lesbos. A processing centre has been also set up on an abandoned football ground to help the migrants to get to Athens. A Greek minister said on Monday Lesbos was “on the verge of ...

Forest Rangers coach Kaunda Simonda is certain the promoted side will beat relegation. Forest on Saturday lost 1-0 away to Nkana to suffer their eighth successive defeat since returning from the three-week, mid-season break on July 19 when they drew 1-1 at home with Nchanga Rangers. The loss at Nkana saw Forest drop from 7th to the trap door of ...