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Governance and Elections Activist Stanley Mhango says the revised nomination fees the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has come up with are an assault on democracy and good governance. Mr. Mhango has charged that the fees if left unchecked will allow the rich and multinational companies to own and control political parties thereby holding governments and politicians to ransom. He ...

Former Committee of Citizens Executive Director, Gregory Chifire says Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila should immediately rescind his decision to deregister the Democratic Front Party (DF). Mr. Chifire stresses that the grounds upon which the Minister based his decision to deregister the DF are baseless and only serve to create a breeding ground for civil and political disorder. He says ...

Government has questioned why mining companies are quick to effect what they termed as cost saving measures even when commodity prices were still above worst case scenarios which they had indicated in their business cases. Meanwhile, government has pressed on mining companies to diversify their operations by investing in power production in order to stabilise production in the industry. Mines ...

Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa has described Patriotic Front Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya as an opportunist who waited for late former President Michael Sata to die for him to take over the ruling party. Mr. Sampa says Mr. Bwalya has no moral right to question his relationship with the late former President. He has wondered why Mr. Bwalya can ...

Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has commended President Edgar Lungu for the commitment he has shown towards God. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says the love president Lungu has demonstrated towards God and his people can attract a blessing for the country. Rev. Mwanza says the head of state has shown that he understand that on his own, he cannot ...

Governance Activist Maurice Malambo has observed that President Lungu has responded positively to the social and economic challenges that have hit the nation. Mr. Malambo feels that the Head of State has unreservedly performed well in his one year of being in office despite coming into office at the time the nation was going through challenging moments. Mr. Malambo says ...

Opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says a lot of serving PF and MMD Members of Parliament will join the opposition UPND when parliament is dissolved. The UPND Leader boasts that a lot of serving PF and MMD MPs have seen that the UPND is the only progressive party in the country. Mr. Hichilema boasts that a lot of them are ...

Former Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati says Zambia’s economy has continued to limp because of lack of implementation skills on the part of government. Mr. Mutati says if the country is to make head ways in economic recovery, government should improve its implementation skills. Mr. Mutati says a few days ago the World Bank announced that it will ...

The opposition Republican Progressive Party (RPP) says political parties are panicking and that is why they are entering into unreasonable political alliances. RPP Secretary General Leslie Chikuse says all these political alliances are just aimed at forming government and not addressing the many challenges the people are going through. Mr. Chikuse states that people should question such alliances as some ...

The Evangelical Youth Alliance International is concerned that some politicians have already started engaging in politics of character assassination ahead of the August 11th general elections have started. Alliance President Reverend Moses Lungu says people expect politicians to conduct themselves in an elderly manner unlike what is obtaining in the political sphere. Reverend Lungu says political party leaders must set ...