UPP president Saviour Chishimba says the 75 per cent electricity tariff hike is just the beginning of the worst nightmare. In a statement today, Saviour observed that Zambians had voted for a treacherous government. “The recent announcement by the Energy Regulation Board on the intention of ZESCO to increase electricity tariffs by 75% has not...

Under-20 coach Beston Chambeshi has been implicated in a player transfer scandal after his club Lumwana Radians snitched striker Edward Chilufya upon arrival from South Korea, preventing the goal scorer from traveling to Sweden where he has been offered a 400,000 euro deal. Chilufya scored a winner against South Africa during the Under-20 Africa Cup...

Zesco United head to Nigeria today ahead of Sunday's first leg, pre-group stage clash against Enugu Rangers in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup. Coach Zlatko Krmpotic has drafted three new faces into his 18-member travelling team following injuries and suspensions that have hit Zesco in the build-up to the crucial away match. The trio comprises...

The Zambia Rugby Union has decided to merge its two tier league structure into one competition. ZRU reached the bold decision to revert to the original structure during an emergency general meeting held on April 1 in Ndola. Union general secretary Colonel Francis Chitambo said the new league will be spread over a 24-month period...

The Zambia Revenue Authority will host an auction sale for The Post Newspapers Limited (in liquidation) assets on April 22. According to a notice circulated in the press by the ZRA Debt Recovery Unit, items on sale include trucks, office and studio equipment, furniture and fittings as well as newspaper printing facility. The items will...

Zambia Revenue Authority Director General Kingsley Chanda says the authority has exceeded its revenue collection target by K140 million in the first quarter. Speaking when he addressed the press in Livingstone yesterday on the sidelines of an Indaba on “Repositioning Zambian Capital Markets as an Enabler to Sustainable Economic Development", Chanda said ZRA was performing...

No aid package lasts forever, says United States Ambassador to Zambia Eric Schultz. Speaking to journalists after handing over the Kalewa Garrison Hospital maternity, pharmacy and laboratory departments in Ndola yesterday, Ambassador Schultz said there might be budget cuts to the aid package in Zambia. “No assistance programme lasts forever. The programme has been going...