By CHUSA SICHONE – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is saddened by and has condemned the assassination attempt on former American president Donald Trump on Saturday.President Hichilema said extremism, anarchy, criminality and lawlessness had no...

By JAMES KUNDA – FINANCE and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says the Government has no intention of reintroducing currency controls abolished in 1993.Dr Musokotwane said elements such as the draft foreign currency regulations and...

By CHUSA SICHONE – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has asked his counterparts that have deployed diplomats to Zambia who are resident in other countries to ensure that they establish embassies locally.President Hichilema said having foreign diplomats...

By JOSEPH BANDA – ZAMBIA is one of the countries that will benefit from the €4.4 billion mobilised by the Italian government to fight climate change.Speaking at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding...

By EMILY KUWEMA – THE Lusaka High Court has ordered that the decision to declare vacant the nine parliamentary seats held by Patriotic Front (PF) Members of parliament (MPs) be stayed until the case in...

By JAMES KUNDA – PARLIAMENT has approved the amendment to the Government’s 2024 annual borrowing plan to allow for acquisition of funds for among other things payment of longstanding fuel arrearsMoving the motion of adoption...

By CHUSA SICHONE – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he expects Law Enforcement Agencies to thoroughly investigate the issues raised in the latest Financial Intelligence Centre’s (FIC) 9th Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Trends Report.Mr Hichilema...

By JAMES KUNDA – VICE-PRESIDENT W.K Mutale-Nalumango says cooperating partners have so far provided Zambia with US$511 million in drought relief support of the estimated US$940 million.Ms Mutale-Nalumango said this was both in pledges and...

By JAMES KUNDA – FORMER president Edgar Lungu has lost his bid to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) dismiss a petition challenging his eligibility to contest future elections.The petition was filed by Lusaka youth activist...

By ANDREW MULENGA and CHATULA KANGALI – THE prices for solar panels as well as solar batteries have reduced by an average of K500 in most stores in Lusaka and Ndola.A check by Business Times...