Exports of a large quantity of maize are likely to help Zambia’s kwacha next week. The kwacha is expected to appreciate from its current level of 5,200 to the dollar to about 5,100 after the government authorized the export of 1.1 million tonnes of maize. “We are likely to see a bullish approach to the [...]

A 37 year old Zambian national has been arrested at the Heathrow International airport in the United Kingdom for drug trafficking. Owen Mushabati Hambulo, a university student in Frankfurt, Germany was found with 45 kilograms of compressed cannabis, according to information by the Zambia Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC). DEC Public relations Manager John Nyawali says [...]

The United Liberal Party (ULP) says it is disappointed by UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s continued attacks on the party and its president Sakwiba Sikota. ULP secretary general Langstone Sichone says Sikota’s leadership credibility cannot be compared to that of ‘Mr. Hichilema’s highly questionable character whether it is in the privatization of mines in Luanshya or [...]

IT has become a big shame on the image of the country that Rupiah Banda has got the audacity to implement selective justice in the nation, Kafulafuta MMD member of parliament George Mpombo has charged. And Post editor Fred M’membe said President Banda’s government had now usurped the justice system in the country and was [...]

Zambia has moved seven places on the global peace ranking in 2010. And Zambia has been ranked the fifth most peaceful country in Africa gaining from the sixth position in 2009. The index ranks countries based on 23 peace indicators and was launched in 2007 and surveyed 149 countries. In 2009, Zambia was ranked 58th [...]