Author: Times of Zambia

By CHUSA SICHONE – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to change the narrative on the use of the natural resources that Africa is endowed with.President Hichilema said Africa had for decades been viewed by many as a mere source of raw materials and nothing else.  

By MILDRED KATONGO – DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi is today expected in the country for official signing of a bilateral cooperation agreement.Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanely Kakubo said President Hakainde Hichilema and Mr Tshisekedi agreed to launch a joint Zambia-DRC Battery Precursor Initiative, to create a competitive electric vehicle […]

By STEVEN ZANDE – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his office has constituted a team which is working to identify beneficiaries for his monthly salary which he has not collected from the time he became Republican President.Reiterating that he does not think about earning a salary as Republican President as he is focused on serving Zambians, […]

By STEVEN ZANDE – A PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema-led cleaning crew left the Lusaka Central Business District (CBD) spotless yesterday, making it difficult for regular visitors to recognise it. This was in honour of late First President Kenneth Kaunda.The cleaning exercise to commemorate late Dr Kaunda Day left Cairo, Cha Cha Cha, Freedom Way and Lumumba […]

By CHUSA SICHONE – POLICE have re-opened investigations into the gassing incidents that rocked Zambia in 2020 which led to the killing and injuring of some suspects in the mob justice that ensued.Inspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba announced yesterday that most cases called for further investigations as they were not logically concluded.Read more  

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it shares the wish for rapid progress on Zambia’s debt restructuring for its board to soon consider the country’s programme and applauded progress in implementing its economic reform programme.  

By CHUSA SICHONE – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says there would have been a bloodbath in Zambia after he was declared winner of last year’s general elections if he had not restrained United Party for National Development (UPND) cadres and members.President Hichilema said he restrained a lot of people who wanted to retaliate against the Patriotic […]

By JOSEPH BANDA – FORMER Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu was standing in the way of a commercial solution at the mine, and no one has given him immunity against prosecution, President Hakainde Hichilema has said.President Hichilema said he had never met Mr Lungu or instructed his aides to negotiate for his […]

By CHUSA SICHONE – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the ‘New Dawn’ administration is not paying some local road contractors because they did not deliver a service for the contracts they acquired illegally worth up to K13 billion between 2020 and 2021.Mr Hichilema said such contractors in fact needed to be visited by the Anti-Corruption Commission […]

By JOSEPH BANDA – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has given a 10-day ultimatum to three ministries to ensure that they unlock impediments to the youths to access the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) which has already been disbursed.Mr Hichilema directed during the first quarter Press conference yesterday that the ministries of Youth and Sport, Commerce, Trade and […]