UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has charged that the recent fuel pump price increase signifies an economic collapse that will further inflict more pain on the Zambian people in terms of survival. Mr Hichilema says Zambians at various levels from domestic to industry have resorted to using alternative electricity sources such as gensets that use fuel for production in view of ...

Britain’s four-time world super-middleweight champion Carl Froch has retired from boxing. The 38-year-old won 33 of his 35 fights, with 24 victories by knockout. Froch has not fought since he knocked out George Groves to retain the WBA and IBF titles in May 2014. “I have nothing left to prove and my legacy speaks for itself. I’m incredibly proud of ...

Copies of Harper Lee’s eagerly awaited novel Go Set a Watchman are now on sale in bookshops around the globe. The book is set 20 years after the events of Lee’s 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, but was actually written beforehand. Watchman follows Scout, now known as 26-year-old Jean Louise, as she returns to her Alabama hometown ...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing a tough battle to win support from coalition partners for the third bailout offered by eurozone leaders. Four pieces of legislation must be passed by the end of Wednesday including pension and VAT reforms. But Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, a junior coalition partner, has already said he will not support the measures. If ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) Chasefu Member of Parliament Chifumu Banda says there is need to clear the perception by the public that Members of Parliament misappropriate constituency development funds. Mr Banda explains that parliamentarians are not signatories to the CDF accounts and therefore have no access to the funds. Mr. Banda says members of parliament only help to ...

Gender and Child Development Minister Nkandu Luo says government has made tremendous progress towards efforts to revise the Marriage Act in order to protect young girls from being married off at a tender age. Professor Luo says government has seen the need to reinforce the marriage Law in view of the increasing number of child marriages in the country. She ...

The All People’s Congress (APC) has observed that Zambia’s continued printing of ballot papers abroad is sign of poor leadership style. APC president Nason Msoni says it is hard for him to understand why the country has found it prudent to print ballot papers in South African each time there is an election. Mr. Msoni has also wondered why the ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has implored government to pay particular attention to the health sector. Ms. Nawakwi laments that that government has been making mere pronouncements with regards proper healthcare delivery in the country, when the situation in health centres especially in rural areas is something else. Ms. Nawakwi says the health sector is an ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has been advised to seek the wisdom of first republican President Kenneth Kaunda on how to unite the people of Zambia beyond tribal lines. The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) believes Dr. Kaunda who managed to unite the nation’s 73 tribes provides a good example from whom President Lungu and other ...