An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Lusaka February 17–March 2, 2010 to conduct discussions for the fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility (formerly the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility). The mission had fruitful discussions with Hon. Situmbeko Musokotwane, Minister of Finance and National Planning; Dr. Caleb Fundanga, Governor of the Bank of Zambia; [...]

Lukundu Nalungwe is the current winner of Mnet Face of Africa. She recounts her journey to success and the joy of being Mnet Face of Africa Season eight to ADA ONYEMA. Lukundu Nalungwe’s attitude towards life is explained by a popular motivational maxim, “You can get it if you really want it.” That attitude has now [...]

By Dambisa Moyo It is a year since the publication of Dead Aid, my book on the ineffectiveness of sending developmental aid to Africa, and I have spent much of that time on the road. I have met a range of audiences – agitated aid supporters, charming government ministers, frustrated development specialists – in a range [...]

Yes, All Zambian women are as beautiful as I am. All the women in Zambia are wonderfully and fearfully made. Not only do they have the outer beauty, but also the inner beauty. They have beauty with dignity. Zambian women are hardworking, determined, appreciate culture and diversity and value the gift of life

If Grandpa Subtle or Brother Hitch wants to run for the presidency, they must stop thinking straight and behave like degree holders. Uncle Rabby has a degree and that’s why he sent all the monkeys packing after they attempted to melt his brains with hot urine! It takes a degree holder to be courageous and send monkeys away or acquit a dangerous criminal.

By David Kasuba YOUR article ‘Chinese Crackers’- of Tuesday December 29, 2009 cannot pass without comment. Apart from the insulting heading – Chinese Crackers – the catching statement in your writing is: “There would be nothing resembling The Post in China (remember we are talking of CPC- controlled China and not Hong-Kong. “The judicial system is explicitly [...]

ZANEC’S ANALYSIS OF THE GRADE SEVEN 2009 RESULTS AND GRADE EIGHT 2010 SELECTION The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) welcomes the timely release of the 2009 grade seven results and the increased progression rates to grade eight as recently announced by the Minister of Education, Hon. Dora Siliya. We commend the Ministry of Education for the steady [...]

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda’s son Andrew has said posterity will judge Eastern Province harshly if his father’s administration will not perform to the country’s expectations. And Andrew has urged the opposition political parties to continue criticising the government. Featuring on Breeze FM’s Political Hour programme yesterday, Andrew said there would never be any chance for an Eastern Province [...]

By Hilary Mulenga If the current MMD regime was asked to coin a new definition of the phrase “thorn in the flesh”, the name “Catholic Church” would form part of that definition. The Catholic Church has been a consistent critic of the MMD government. On the other hand the government has deployed every means to disown [...]