Minister of General Education David Mabumba says government wants to change the laws governing examinations in Zambia by introducing fast track courts that will help with examination malpractices. He was was responding to a question in Parliament, Friday, from Serenje MMD member of parliament, Maxwell Kabanda who asked what government was doing to arrest examination...

Former University of Zambia deputy vice chancellor Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa has urged the Ministry of Higher Education and the police to take responsibility of the death of a fourth year student who suffocated to death, arguing that had there been efficiency in the manner students' affairs were managed, the riots at UNZA would have been...

Munali Nickel Mine is expected to resume its long-awaited operations by the first quarter of next year after successfully securing US $40 million to commence production. In a statement issued from its Mazabuka base, Southern Province, Munali Nickel Mine is expected to finally resume its operations early next year after successfully securing restart financing of...

Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa has admitted that the Saudi Arabia fuel was indeed cheaper but justified that government could not reduce fuel pump prices in Zambia because the consignment was not enough and did not have much of an impact at all. Last week UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema demanded that government refunds motorists who bought...

A somber atmosphere characterised the University of Zambia Great East Road Campus on Saturday evening, as a multitude of students held a candlelight vesper for their fellow, a fourth year student Vespers Shimuzhila. Shimuzhila died of suffocation caused by the teargas that was fired by Zambia Police officers who went to quell the protest at...

Civil Society Organisation-Scaling Up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) has described as “insignificant” government’s allocation of funds towards fighting malnutrition, adding that consequently, the fight will not produce intended results. Speaking to journalists after presenting a budget analysis report to the Parliamentary Committee on budgeting, CSO-SUN director Matthew Mhuru said Zambia cannot be expected to win the fight...

Thousands of University of Zambia students have turned up to mourn Vespers Shimuzhila, using the opportunity to also protest against police brutality. Clad in black, the students marched from the Great East Main campus to an SDA church along Katimamulilo Road, where Shimuzhila's requiem mass is being held, whilst others proceeded to the Mandahill footbridge...

Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe’s proposal to introduce the Sales Tax next year may increase the burden on the poor as investment in the water sub-sector could be discouraged, WaterAid Zambia has warned. And WaterAid Zambia says the water sub-sector remains grossly under-funded, adding that the country needs to pump in around K3.8 billion per annum...

Sometime this year, an investment group based in Europe organised a one-hour conference call, connecting me to 80 other global investors. The questions were about Zambia in relation to the economy, the IMF, the external and domestic debts and the fiscal regime governing the mining sector. The topic on mining (for which I was upfront...

Central Province permanent Secretary Chanda Kabwe says the provincial investment expo which starts today at Mulungushi University is expected to capture about 100 companies to invest in different sectors. And Kabwe says 200 local and international companies, and 701 delegates have so far registered to attend the expo. In an interview, Kabwe also said the...

Since we started having a series of public discussion forums, a few people have raised eyebrows, wondering what agenda lies beneath this initiative. Some have been openly frank to ask us about it and we have explained, but others have remained speculating. Today, we would like to explain to those (especially in government) who are...