LATELY, the debate on the anticipated International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s bailout package for Zambia has taken centre stage.While similar talks were there years back under former President Edgar Lungu’s administration, the topic has almost reached...

On Friday last week, the IMF and Zambia reached a staff level agreement on a US$1.4 billion debt bailout package.Subsequently, Government announced the removal of subsidies on fuel, electricity and agriculture as part of measures...

AT long last, Zambia has changed the narrative about having no national airline for more than two decades.This follows the launch of Zambia Airways since it was liquidated in 1994.A basic research shows that in...

LISTENING to President Hakainde Hichilema lamentation over the breakdown of the principles of public governance and respect for public assets made one think that the problem could be more than meets the eye.As an outsider,...

THE increase in the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) from K1.6 million in this year’s Budget to the colossal K25.7 million in the 2022 Budget, has continued to divide public opinion, with some people describing it...

Just how much gain is there in forcing your own child into a marriage that she’s not prepared for apart from the fact that she is still not ripe for matrimony?Even if the female being...

CADREISM and it being a source of living has been a topical issue since the New Dawn Administration formed government in August this year.It all started with the presidential directive to weed out cadres from...

THE new dawn Government needs to pay extra attention to the manufacturing sector which has not performed to the expectation of many in terms of adding value to the economy.This is so because Zambia’s manufacturing...

‘DEATH trap’ appears to be the best way to describe the Great North Road these days as it claims more and more lives.Yesterday’s head-on crash in Kapiri Mposhi that left eight passengers aboard a Hino...

THE issue of firearms being in unsafe hands is a matter that Zambia seems to be grappling with.In as much as guns acquired through illegal means, like homemade muzzle loaders and guns used in the...