• 4 Dec 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Fuel prices have to go up due to weak kwacha - Nkhuwa

Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa says Zesco’s proposed power tariff hike will be effected without waiting for the cost of service study to be completed because the utility is “bleeding”. Meanwhile, Nkhuwa says that the fuel pump price will have to be reviewed following the kwacha’s sharp depreciation against major convertible currencies. Speaking to journalists after...

• 4 Dec 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Govt defers Bill 10 to Feb 2020

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly has deferred the consideration of Bill 10 the Legislative session of February 2020, after acting Minister of Justice Stephen Kampyongo applied for leave to do so. When the Bill was called for a second reading this afternoon, Kampyongo told the House that it was his wish to defer the...

• 4 Dec 2019
• Daniel Chansa in Ndola

Police nab Chililabombwe man for having sex with sheep

Police in Chililabombwe have arrested an 18-year-old man after he was caught having sex with a sheep. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga confirmed this in an interview, Wednesday. Katanga identified the suspect as Rob Kavula of Kawama Township in Chililabombwe. He was reported by a businessman of Kasumbalesa, dealing with livestock, who left his female...

• 4 Dec 2019
• Rueben Lifuka

Bill 10 - Is Zambia finally on the way to a durable constitution?

The long march towards constitutional stability in Zambia continues. We are yet again at the precipice of possibly another failure at constitutional reforms. Bill No 10 was intended to be a process to address lacunae and refine some provisions of the 2016 Constitution Amendments, but this has now turned out to be a major operation,...

• 4 Dec 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

UPND walks out on Bill 10, as Lungwangwa, Kasonso stick with PF

Opposition UPND members of parliament yesterday walked out of the House in protest against the proposal to bring Bill 10 back on the order paper. But Nalikwanda UPND member of parliament Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa and his Solwezi East counterpart Teddy Kasonso remained in the House, defying the party position. This was after acting Minister of...

• 4 Dec 2019
• Natasha Sakala

CEC’s power supply to KCM reduces to 160MW

Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) Plc’s electricity supply to Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has drastically dropped to an average 160 megawatts by the end of 2019, from a peak of around 210 megawatts one year ago, company data reveals. And CEC plans to invest a 2x20MW solar PV in Kitwe with partner, InnoVent, under GET FiT...

• 4 Dec 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Lusaka man whose dogs mauled 8-yr-old boy to death pleads not guilty to manslaughter

A 30-year-old man of Lusaka’s Ndeke Meanwood area, whose dogs viciously bit an eight year-old boy to death, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter in the Lusaka High Court. In this matter, it is alleged that Womba Samakayi on July 14, this year in Lusaka, unlawfully did cause the death of the...