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ZAMBIA’S Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji faces a moral dilemma over his purchase of a US$1.4 million helicopter, Cosmas Musumali, Socialist Party general secretary and first vice-president says. The Bell 430 twin-engine light-medium helicopter was bought from South...

By Sean Tembo 1. As Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP), we have noted the raging debate on the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill No.2 of 2021 which is currently awaiting Presidential assent. The main arguments against the Bill are...

By Hakainde Hichilema Zambia’s August 2021 elections are on the horizon. The 2016 polls were closely contested despite widespread irregularities. These have been difficult years for citizens. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, spiralling debt and inflation resulted in rising...

By Fred M'membe It's very clear that President Edgar Lungu and his disciples are trying to impose their will on all of us. They are trying to keep themselves in power at any cost. They have made it impossible...

By Marvin Chanda Mberi Initially, we have abandoned the debate pertaining the eligibility of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu as it was without any doubt coined to divert the debate. We did our level best to belabor to engage the...

By Fred M'membe Last week President Edgar Lungu made a very strange admission, or rather confession: “The public confidence in the police service is low, and it is up to the police, themselves, to regain that confidence by...

By Isaac Mwanza Why did Mr. Hakainde Hichilema and UPND insist on renaming the Opposition Alliance as UPND Alliance? Background Mr. Hakainde Hichilema had just emerged from the Party General Assembly where he not only went unopposed for the position of the...

By Nevers Mumba A NEW HOPE To day marks a momentous day in the journey and history of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy. After a six year long battle for democracy, decency and the rule of law both in the courts...

By Fred M'membe President of the Socialist Party The issue of us joining alliances or pacts keeps on coming up. We have explained and explained our position on this issue but it keeps coming up ceaselessly. For us, it is...

By Sean Tembo - PeP President 1. There are a lot of misconceptions and sometimes just plain lies that have been peddled about the breadth and width on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and what it would mean if...