Wednesday 11th August, 2021 Issued by: Webby Banda (Mr) Senior Researcher (Extractives) The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) As the country goes to the polls on 12th August 2021, it is expected that the political party that forms government will transform the mining sector into a tool of national development. The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) wishes to note that this can only be attained if six critical issues facing the sector are resolved. Firstly, there is a need to resolve the taxation gridlock of non-deductibility of mineral royalty between government and mining companies. This is...

By Pamela Mulenga United Party for National Development (UPND) Secretary General Batuke Imenda and Chairperson for Elections Gary Nkombo are still struggling to break through a rigorous United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa approval to witness printing of ballot papers in Dubai. Mr. Imenda and Mr. Nkombo regretted that out of 19 travel applications approved by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), two applicants Richard Njolomba, a UPND representative and Dilan Kasonde, head of the  ECZ Information Technology (IT) department at ECZ, had their visa applications denied, ostensibly on account that the UAE is currently grappling  with a serious Coronavirus (covid...

By Pamela Mulenga and Derrick Sinjela RESIDENTS of Livingstone, Zimba, Kalomo districts and surrounding areas of the Southern Province on Monday put off their busy schedule to welcome the UPND Alliance presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema. A jubilant community danced to different songs done in local languages especially one in Bemba, a most famous one; ‘2021 PF Kuyabebele Siyanabonanza”. There was a peaceful procession and the residents flashed symbol of UPND and shouting Bally ni Bally change is here within earshot of Zambia Police Force officers manning the road show route.   And the UPND Alliance leader, Mr. Hichilema encouraged the...

By Francis Maingaila and Derrick Sinjela The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) alliance has observed that the allegations of rigging of the coming elections seem real urging the Electoral Commission of Zambia to nip the worry in the bud. Zambia Must Prosper Movement president Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) told journalists at a media briefing in Lusaka that he has taken a tour across the country and established prima facie evidence of rigging plans instigated by the Patriotic Front (PF). A lawyer by profession, Mr. Fube established worrisome grounds which confirmed allegations of a rigging plot by the PF...