Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says KCM owes government K3 billion in taxes whilst the Zambia Revenue Authority only owes KCM K1.9 billion in VAT Refunds. And Siliya says there are a lot of potential investors showing interest in KCM. Speaking at a press briefing, Wednesday, Siliya, who is also Information Minister, said KCM owed...

University of Zambia lecturer Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa yesterday joined social media critics who took former State House press aide Dickson Jere to task after he shared a story of how former President Rupiah Banda dispatched a Zambia Air Force plane to transport a Malawian minister who was rushing to go and attend an emergency Cabinet...

Southern Province UPND deputy spokesperson Neto Halwabala says the upholding of Romeo Kang'ombe's election as Sesheke member of parliament by the Lusaka High Court is a lesson to the PF that the bad laws they have come up with will continue working against them. In a statement, Wednesday, Halwabala said the party was elated by...

Tourism and Arts Permanent Secretary Rev Howard Sikwela says the Samfya Beach Development Project is a springboard for the growth and development of tourism resources in the northern circuit. And Rev Sikwela has described the Project as "a great concept and game changer." Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Samfya District Commissioner (DC)...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says Cabinet's failure to acknowledge that the adverse liquidity conditions in the country today are a result of poor fiscal management is not giving any hope that the challenges will be solved under the PF government. And Hichilema says there's nothing new about the austerity measures which government has announced and...

MTN Zambia in partnership with Barclays Zambia, and JUMO have launched a unique short term mobile saving product called “Kasaka”. In a joint statement, Wednesday, the three corporate entities announced that Kasaka saving had been launched with a view to widen access to financial services for underserved people in the country and that the plartform...

You could be excused for suggesting that Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has successfully removed himself from being a policy making government executive to a performing celebrity - that's if celebrity means shocking and entertaining citizens because those are the two attributes for which he has developed a knack. If he is not brandishing a gun...

The Registrar of Societies has cancelled the Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda-led Heritage Party's registration upon the opposition political party's request. And the Registrar of Societies has warned NAREP, UPP, PAC and 12 other parties to file their annual returns and pay penalties within 21 days or face cancellation. At a media briefing, Wednesday, Chief Registrar...

The provisional liquidator appointed to wind up the operations of Konkola Copper Mines is issuing very strange statements which sound as if the decision to liquidate the mining company has been rescinded. In his latest statement, Mr Milingo Lungu urged stakeholders not to panic about what is going on at KCM, saying the company operations...

The Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) says about 7,000 households in George, Kanyama and Chawama townships are going to benefit from the onsite sanitation upgrading project under the LSP programme, which is being funded by the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB). The LSP, which started in 2015, aims to ultimately impact...