Category: Business

By Deborah Chileshe, Jackline Mwitwa and Thelma Musonda Lusaka commuters have bitterly complained over some bus drivers’ behavior towards passengers. According to Grace Nkhoma, bus drivers are in a habit of increasing bus fares when it is raining. Ms. Nkhoma complained that other than increasing bus fares abnormally, passengers succumb to insults and bad language from drivers and call boys. Meanwhile, the poor drainage system in Lusaka Central Business District (CBD)   is a source of concern. In an interview with Pan African Radio, a concerned resident Peter Mwanza said it is difficult for people to move freely when there is...

By Gilbert Bwalya United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has urged Zambians to remain strong and resilient amid the economic woes the country is going through. Hichilema believes that there is light at the end of the tunnel, saying Zambians should persevere but soon they will be out of the economic bondage. He said the cost of living has gone very high, making it impossible for Zambians to put a square meal on their tables.

By Derrick Sinjela UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema says the Commission of Inquiry on Voting Patterns and Electoral Violence headed by Justice Munalula Lisimba is an exercise in futility. Speaking a day after Justice Lishimba launched the commission’s programme of work, following its appointment by Republican President Edgar Lungu on 21st October, 2016; Mr. Hichilema doubted the impartiality of the Commission of Inquiry on Voting Patterns and Electoral Violence. According to Hichilema people who undermined the electoral process before, during and after the August 2016 Presidential Elections and a National Referendum are known. The programme recommends...