Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has unbundling Zesco’s functions is not a solution to the ongoing countrywide electricity load-shedding, but in investing into smart environmental protection techniques. Some stakeholders have called on the government to consider unbundling Zesco’s functions of power generation, transmission and distribution to improve the power utility’s efficiency. But Sinkamba said the...

The Council of Churches in Zambia has rejected an invitation to make submissions to the select committee of the National Assembly citing unfairness among other things in the controversial Constitution Amendment bill number 10. And the Zambia Council of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) secretary general Father Cleophas Lungu says they will also not take part in...

President Edgar Lungu has condemned the conduct of University of Zambia (UNZA) students during their "peaceful protest" against xenophobic attacks in South Africa, describing their actions as criminal. And President Lungu has expressed concern over the escalating violent attacks in South Africa which are targeted at foreign nationals, warning South Africans that xenophobia will isolate...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the party is saddened by Elias Chipimo's decision to quit politics. And People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda says Chipimo has left politics with a good record. On Monday, Chipimo announced his decision resign from his position as NAREP president and to retire from active politics, saying...

A financial analyst has proposed an increase in electricity tariffs to cushion the current deficit that has seen power cuts of up to eight hours per day. Some parts of the country are experiencing load shedding of up 12 hours daily, throwing several businesses in a quandary. Zesco had, however, earlier issued a statement that...

The National Assembly of Zambia has submitted to the Constitutional Court that it cannot be restrained from considering the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill No 10 as suggested by the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ), saying it enjoys unfettered jurisdiction in its internal proceedings. This is in a matter in which LAZ has dragged President Edgar Lungu,...

Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) centre coordinator Chenai Mukumba says the reduction in electricity supply could worsen Zambia's fiscal outlook. Zesco recently announced an extension to the ongoing countrywide load-shedding due to its failure to generate sufficient power for all its consumers without stating the number of hours by which load-shedding would be extended....

National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili has warned PF Secretary General Davies Mwila and his deputy Mumbi Phiri that he will institute contempt proceedings against them if they proceed with delivering a petition to his house. And Kambwili says instead of wasting time protesting against alleged insults, PF would do Zambians some justice by...

Four people have drowned in the Luapula River after a canoe they were on capsized due to overloading. And in a related development, a two-year-old boy has died on the spot after he was hit by a motorbike along the Chipata-Lundazi road. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo has disclosed in a statement that the first accident...

Zambian comedian Thomas Sipalo and two others have written Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja notifying him of their intention to hold a peaceful march and gathering at the South African High Commission following xenophobic attacks in South Africa. In a letter dated September 3, Sipalo, alias Difikoti, along with Steven Mulembeta, and Mark Bbuku,...