Smart Zambia Institute has stressed the need for the country to invest in satellite technology that will help in convenient and cheaper delivery of essential government services. Institute national Coordinator, Percy Chinyama states that government will closely work with the private sector to ensure that satellite technology is advanced in the country. Mr. Chinyama says satellite technology will help in ...

Former Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has died. Mr Chikwanda died in Lusaka today. And President Hakainde Hichilema is saddened by the passing on of Mr Chikwanda. President Hichilema has applauded the enormous contributions the late Mr. Chikwanda rendered to the country and the Zambian people over so many years of public leadership and service dating back to the pre-independence. The ...

Minister of Information and Media Chushi Kasanda says her ministry is in the process of resubmitting the Access to Information Bill to the ministry of justice after incorporating views from different stakeholders. Speaking when she officiated at this year’s commemoration of World Press Freedom Day in Lusaka today under the theme:”Journalism under Surveillance”, Ms Kasanda says government is committed to ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested former Tourism Minister Ronald Chitotela and former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo. ACC Spokesperson Queen Chibwe says Mr Chitotela has been arrested in connection with investigations on possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. Ms. Chibwe says the arrest is in relation to a case in which Mr Chitotela whilst serving as ...

Civil Society Organisations decentralization alliance network interim national coordinator George Chimembe has reiterated the call for the decentralization of the issuance of cooperatives certificates. During the recent press conference at statehouse, president Hakainde Hichilema acknowledged that the mechanism for issuing certificates to cooperatives formed in districts for purposes of accessing the CDF is rigid and inimical to the spirit of ...

The Zambia Congress Trade Union is demanding that recovered looted funds must be transparently accounted for and utilized to revitalize the economy and help improve the welfare of citizens. Union president Chishimba Nkole has called on government to ensure that all corrupt persons in and outside government must be dutifully tracked and diligently prosecuted. Mr. Nkole says the high number ...

Journalists in the country have joined their counterparts across the world in celebrating world press freedom day under the theme “journalism under siege”. And Zambia institute for independent media alliance [ZIIMA] vice president Jubiel Zulu has called upon the government to ensure that they enact access to information bill. Ms. Zulu says the bill will ensure that all Zambians have ...