Government has been advised to address the current red tape in the export of Zambian products before ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). BuyZed Campaign founder Evans Ngoma says his organization has observed that due to red tape the Country has not been able to benefit  fully from the SADC and COMESA FTAs. Mr. Ngoma says last year’s ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) consultant Chishimba Kambwili has thanked President Edgar Lungu for, in some way, clearing his name in his recent comment to the media. President Lungu was recently quoted to have said he did not want to lose Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela in the manner he fired Mr. Kambwili when he was Minister of Information ...

The opposition UPND has described the arrest of its Shang’ombo Member of Parliament Mubika Mubika by the Zambia Police as a witch-hunt. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka has wondered why the Police has arrested Mr. Mubika this year, when the theft of 110 50kg bags of maize belonging to the DMMU allegedly happened in 2016. Mr. Katuka says his party ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it will be disappointed if President Edgar Lungu ignores its recent counsel to fire Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela. LAZ president Eddie Mwitwa says when his association issued a statement advising President Lungu to fire Mr. Chitotela who is facing criminal charges, it spoke to its mandate. Mr. Mwitwa has reminded ...

Multichoice Zambia will have to edit some of the scenes in the Lusaka Hustle if the show is to resume airing on its Zambezi Magic channel. Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says this is the immediate term solution government has agreed upon with Multichoice Zambia. Mr. Chanda says in arriving on this solution government has put into ...