Green Party leader Peter Sinkamba says the court process between ZCCM-IH and Vedanta Resources over the liquidation of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in Zambian courts is illegal. And Sinkamba has said ZCCM-IH should immediately withdraw the court proceedings in Zambia and present their case in South Africa for arbitration to recover their US $10 million...

Lumwana Mining Company Limited has dismissed about 10 expatriate staff without citing any reasons. According to impeccable sources at the Barrick Gold-run mine, some of the expatriates want to fight their dismissal in court so that labour laws can be respected. "More than 10 people have been laid off, and at least 70 per cent...

Association of Mines Suppliers and Contractors (AMSC) president Augustine Mubanga says they are not worried about the South African High Court ruling to halt Konkola Copper Mine’s liquidation process because it still needs to be registered locally. And Mubanga has disclosed that suppliers and contractors have started getting their money from the provisional liquidator, Milingo...

Vice-President Inonge Wina says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) cannot reschedule the ongoing delimitation sittings of districts and constituencies because doing so could have adverse effects on other key electoral activities. And Vice-President Wina says it is impossible for the National Assembly to provide members of parliament with logistical support to get to their...

Lusaka magistrate Lameck Mwale has discharged two directors of Ultimate Insurance Limited accused of stealing over K470,000 from their employer and engaging in money laundering involving K600,000 after the prosecution and complainant failed to appear in court. Magistrate Mwale has further discharged their co-accused who was charged with impersonation and uttering a false document. In...

Renowned Lusaka lawyer and opposition NAREP president Elias Chipimo has advised the PF government to engage with Vedanta and negotiate a less chaotic exit for the Konkola Copper Mine investor before the international arbitration court takes off. In a statement of analysis for the South African court ruling which directed ZCCM-IH to withdraw the winding...

The annual rate of inflation has leaped to 8.8 per cent in July, up from 8.6 per cent recorded in June, the highest on record since November, 2016, according to Central Statistical Office (CSO) data. Announcing Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for the month of July, CSO acting director of census and statistics Goodson Sinyenga...

Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) chief executive officer Zindaba Soko yesterday appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in connection with some money laundering charges slapped on him by the Drug Enforcement Commission which are linked to the speed cameras. Soko appeared alongside Intelligent Mobility Solutions (IMS) board chairman Walid El Nahas, but the charge...

Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted a motion to abolish the expiration of internet data bundles purchased from various service providers. The motion moved by Nalikwanda UPND member of parliament Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa to call for legislature that could compel government to prohibit internet service providers from prescribing expiry dates on internet bundles purchased by customers was...

Kanyanta Moses Kakana has apologized to President Edgar Lungu and Zambians for stripping along Great East Road recently. Kanyanta, who was born male, confirmed that whilst in South Africa, she decided to turn her body feminine because she felt that her body make up did not match her brain. "It was so embarrassing and I...