FOR some time now, citizens have been complaining of poor quality of services offered by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).Debatably, most MNOs usually focus more on market promotions instead of providing quality services to subscribers.For instance,...

THE entire world has been grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic for almost two years now and, therefore, President Hakainde Hichilema’s call that Zambia should put in place a vaccine programme as a mitigation measure is...

ZAMBIA may have a highly susceptible population when next wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) strikes because only a paltry four per cent of people have been vaccinated so far.This is despite the Government having made...

THE provision and access to basic but essential public services by the local communities continues to remain poor in the country despite the introduction of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) way back in 1995.The CDF...

SO, where did the mukula logs laden on the 200 trucks which have been seized in Ndola come from?This is beginning to smell like another case of high-level corruption possibly involving senior officials of the...

THE upcoming African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Summit which Zambia is scheduled to host in July next year, will have significant benefits for the tourism industry.The meeting will not only raise the...

A PRESIDENT is elected in office to run the country’s affairs on behalf of the citizens, but he cannot do so singlehandedly.This is why the head of State appoints Cabinet Ministers and Provincial Ministers, among...

WITH a good number of Cabinet ministers announced yesterday, President Hakainde Hichilema has finally given some glimpse of who he wishes to work with under his administration.There were some interesting choices for various portfolios and...

THE level of financial illegality which allegedly went on during the immediate past government administration seems to have been unprecedented.It seems any basic investigations into any field would reveal huge scandals or anomalies which have...

SINCE the recent Kwacha appreciation has not managed to drastically push down the prices of essential commodities, the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has done well to maintain the Policy Rate at...