The Zambian government is panicking over the mealie meal crisis and has forced the Food Reserve Agency to sell maize at K60, 000 instead of K65, 000 or more per 50 kg bag in a bid to try and control sky-rocketting prices. The cost of a bag of 25 kg mealie meal jumped K45, 000 [...]

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) is seeking to expel its members of parliament who are aligning themselves with the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) party. According to UPND secretary general Winstone Chibwe, the party is carrying out investigations through a disciplinary hearing and will expel any members found to be courting the PF. [...]

Dear Editor, I wondered what ZNBC management was apologizing for  which they termed as Substandard broadcast of the  worst awards in the history of Zambia’Born and Bred’. We have been subjected to sub standard from time in memorial and apologies everyday with no improvements. Remember  that is tax payers money at work and we the [...]

Dear Editor, Please publish my concern. I know several other people seek to know the answer to this question. I noticed with concern that the 100 kwacha is not represented in the rebased currency. The last coin being advertised currently is 50 Ngwee representing 500 Kwacha. My question is if I am charged 1.6 Kwacha [...]

 By Spectator Kalaki ‘Thoko,’ I said, ‘What are you learning at school nowadays? Anything interesting?’           ‘It’s all so boring,’ she sighed. ‘Especially Civics. All this stuff about the constitution, the executive, parliament, judiciary, and so on. I’m beginning to think the whole thing was invented just to make the Grade Nine exams more difficult!’ [...]

Unionised museum workers in Zambia are preparing to send Zambia’s hosting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general conference into chaos as they stage a strike demanding 60 per cent pay rise. The workers from Lusaka, Livingstone and Moto Moto Museums in Mbala have vowed never to go back to work until their [...]

Dear Editor I may not have all the answers to our complex Zambian agriculture marketing problems. But I would like to suggest that if we seriously want agriculture to be the main drive for our economy, which has a lot of potential in our country, we should learn from other countries what they have done [...]

  By George Lubasi “There are two things I want in Western Province. Mr. Fackson [Shamenda], tell Mr. Kambwili I want a stadium in Western Province almost immediately. I want King Lewanika University at Namushakende.” If you were ever in doubt, that is how President Sata communicates with his Cabinet Ministers – just shouting instructions [...]

Editor, The political history of Chipata is that no MP has ever serve two terms. Chipata Central has a lot of very influential Zambians of Indian origin who I know have dual citizenship. Badat is one of them and we know that he carries a British passport. Any candidate to win the seat has to [...]

By a Correspondent Sometime last week it was reported on the Zambian Watchdog news site (and quoting The Post Newspaper as the source) that the Drug Enforcement Commission intercepted criminal activities involving state house police officers and some “unknown drug suppliers” who have been servicing state house with marijuana and mutototo-a traditional male sex enhancing drug. As [...]