Zambia’s gross international reserves have fallen below US$2 billion for the first time in over a year, triggered by the need to finance the country’s widening current account deficit, Bank of Zambia data reveals. According to BoZ data, Zambia’s gross international reserves by the end of the first quarter of this year have plummeted to...

The Ministry of Works and Supply says the redevelopment of government idle assets does not mean selling out infrastructure or displacing people. Ministry Spokesperson Ndubi Mvula in a statement stated that contrary to assertions that government had sold Jacaranda primary school after being considered as a wasting assert, the ministry was only going to “resuscitate”...

Works and Supply Minister Felix Mutati says governments needs approximately 180, 000 square meters of office space in order to meet the demand of the rapidly expanding public service. Speaking in an interview after he launched the International market sounding symposiums on behalf of Vice-President Inonge Wina at Government Complex Thursday, Mutati said government was...

A Forensic Pathologist has testified in the Lusaka High Court that Precious Mangesana died from a fatal neck gunshot wound within seconds of being shot at a 15 to 30-centimeter distance. Dr Luchenga Mucheleng’anga, a state pathologist at Zambia Police, narrated that Precious, whose death was an act of homicide, was first shot in the...

National secretary of the Felix Mutati-led MMD Raphael Nakachinda has commenced legal proceedings against Prime Television and its reporter Kalani Muchima for calling him a thief. Nakacinda has sued Prime TV’s managing director Akakulubelwa Akakulubelwa, Prime TV’s proprietor Gerald Shawa and Kalani, saying he has suffered mental distress, anguish and injury to his reputation as...