UPND deputy secretary general for administration Gertrude Imenda has asked the government to subsidise energy for cooking to encourage people to switch to alternative sources of energy and minimise deforestation through charcoal burning. Speaking to News Diggers in an interview, Imenda said the country was currently in a dire situation of power crisis that needed...

Acts Television has sued Topstar Communication Company Limited in the Lusaka High Court, demanding payment of K10 million for allegedly using its content in Central Province’s Mkushi district without consent. The private broadcasting company, which is further seeking costs of the action and any other relief that the court may deem fit, claims that the...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka has accused Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya of facilitating the downfall of President Edgar Lungu as she did with Rupiah Banda. On Thursday, chief government spokesperson Dora Siliya said Hichilema, the UPND leader, should take the generator he meant to donate to Chawama Level One Hospital to Bweengwa, which...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says he will not continue protecting members of parliament under his party ticket who continue shunning his meetings whenever he visits their regions. In March this year, Mwila fired Malole member of parliament Christopher Yaluma from the Central Committee as well as from his position as party chairperson for Mines,...

South Africans’ hatred for other Africans must become a thing of the past, says its Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Speaking during the opening plenary of the 28th World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, Mboweni expressed shock and dismay at the sporadic xenophobic attacks that were perpetuated by his fellow countrymen...

The Zambia Association of Manufactures is encouraging Zesco to consider increasing electricity tariffs “temporarily”, for the purpose of enabling the utility to import emergency power. “Our considered view on that is because energy is such a critical input for manufacturers, if Zesco is intending to import power in order to mitigate the current power deficit,...