News & Perspective
By Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane A few days ago, on 24 November 2025, Cabinet approved a decision that quietly but fundamentally reshapes how development will reach ordinary Zambians. The Presidential Constituency…
Finance and National Planning Minister Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane says the government has started talks with betting companies after the introduction of a 10 percent excise tax on betting. Musokotwane says…
The Minister of Finance and National Planning Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has disclosed that the country has serviced all its debt obligations for 2025. He says following the restructuring of Zambia’s…
Human rights defender Laura Miti says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal and conditions is punishment for bad economic behaviour. She says the time for citizens talk loud was when…
Finance Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, has rubbished claims by a section of society that fertiliser subsidies have been scrapped. Dr. Musokotwane says government has not removed fertiliser subsidies, but has merely…
Development activist Dr Canisius Banda says Zambians should not celebrate the recent US1.3 billion bailout as government is planning to put it to bad use. Banda, says the disclosure by…
The United Party for National Development (UPND) administration has created a number of jobs in the public sector in line with their electoral promises, however this means more burden to…
Zambia’s debt has a strong bearing on the stability and performance of the local currency, Kwacha and according to economists this in turn, impacts the lives of citizens in Zambia.…
Minister of Finance and National Planning Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the reason why government is proposing a supplementary budget is because creditors, out of their own goodwill, have asked that…
Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane Former government workers who went on voluntary separation in 1999 have today protested at Cabinet Office demanding payment oir retirement packages. The 3, 523 retirees who…