Cleaning up public procurement

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his new dawn administration would not tolerate transgressions bordering on ministers engaging themselves into procurement activities, and consequently inflating costs of procured goods and services. “There’ll be no...

‘Some of these laws against corruption are very weak’

COLONEL Panji Kaunda says we need fast-track courts as soon as possible....

Fighting corruption, economic crimes with fast-track courts

IF there has ever been a government in the history of our...

Undoing PF tribal hegemony and bigotry

HAKAINDE Hichilema says his administration wants every Zambian to be an embodiment...

‘Taxes in Zambia are too many’

DR Michael Kaingu says what is killing African countries is the belief...

A world of plenty yet billions are hungry
By The Mast (Editorial) on September 11, 2021
JONATHAN Sacks once noted that, “Close to a billion people – one-eighth of the world’s population – still live in hunger. Each year 2 million...
HH and time Management
By The Mast (Editorial) on September 10, 2021
HAVING named his Cabinet, we hope Hakainde Hichilema will get serious and start respecting time. Since receiving the instruments of power, he has religiously kept...
Letting down the FIC
By The Mast (Editorial) on September 9, 2021
FINANCIAL Intelligence Centre director general Mary Chirwa says the institution has been letdown for some time due to lack of corresponding vigour from the courts...
Parliament should protect citizens’ rights
By The Mast (Editorial) on September 8, 2021
IN its 2010 study report on The Role of Parliament in Promoting Good Governance, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa acknowledged that, “Governance entails...
Nevers and the injured MMD
By The Mast (Editorial) on September 8, 2021
Nevers Mumba, the MMD president, says in its current form, the former ruling party has no chance of effectively participating in the country’s politics. “Although...