Archive: 27 August 2019

27 Aug 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court halts KCM liquidation pending Vedanta’s appeal

The Lusaka High Court has stayed the winding-up proceedings that ZCCM Investments Holdings has instituted against Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), pending the appeal by Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited to the Court of Appeal against the […]

27 Aug 2019 | Natasha Sakala

No more meal allowances for students – Mushimba

Minister of Higher Education Dr Brian Mushimba says the government will not reintroduce meal allowances for students in universities. And Dr Mushimba has called on public universities to live within their resource baskets than always […]

27 Aug 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

Zambia’s economy gloomy following credit rating downgrade – FNB

Zambia’s economic position continues to be gloomy following the downgrade of the country’s long-term foreign currency ratings deeper into junk status by Standards and Poor’s rating agency, says FNB Zambia. Last Friday, Zambia was downgraded […]

27 Aug 2019 | Natasha Sakala

Babies dying from Sepsis at UTH peaked to 60% in 2015, study reveals

Medical researcher Dr Lawrence Mwananyanda says there is need to reduce the mortality rate at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the University Teaching Hospital UTH), which reached alarmingly high levels of 60 per […]

27 Aug 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Lusaka police summon Kambwili

Police in Lusaka have issued a call out for leader of the defunct National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chishimba Kambwili, summoning him to appear at Lusaka Central Police station at 10:00 hours on Wednesday. And Copperbelt […]

27 Aug 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

Men not loyal in UPND, we need more female MPs – HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says women are more loyal and trusted than men in the UPND, citing the number of male councillors who have defected to join the ruling Patriotic Front. And Hichilema says Zambia […]

27 Aug 2019 | Natasha Sakala

Scared little men fighting NDC – Kambwili

Chishimba Kambwili says he will challenge the de-registration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in court because the move is illegal. And Kambwili says it is scared little men like Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo […]

27 Aug 2019 | Julia Malunga

There’s no political will to make austerity measures work – Mphuka

Former Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) president Dr Chrisphin Mphuka says Zambia is not likely to benefit from the government’s austerity measures because there is lack of political will. Last week, Bank of Zambia (BoZ) […]

27 Aug 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

PF won’t allow UPND, its sponsored CSOs to derail Bill 10 – Chanda

Copperbelt PF provincial chairman Nathan Chanda says the ruling party will not allow the UPND and its sponsored CSOs to deny the people of Zambia their rights by underscoring the Constitution Amendment Bill No. 10. […]

27 Aug 2019 | Natasha Sakala

PF being dishonest on maize, there’s acute shortage – Ngoma

UPND chairman for agriculture, food and water development Levy Ngoma has challenged government to offset maize on the market in order to curb the skyrocketing maize prices. And Ngoma has urged government to be honest […]