Dundumwezi UPND member of parliament Edgar Sing’ombe says his constituents have decided to abandon animal dip tanks because they are too expensive and have instead opted for direct spraying of livestock. Speaking during a Public Discussion Forum organized by News Digger and OSISA in Choma last Friday, Sing’ombe explained that one dip tank costs around...

Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Lawrence Sichalwe has cautioned traditional leaders against rushing to court during succession wrangles, but strive to resolve disputes amicably. In an interview after the handover of chieftainess Nyanje's palace, Sichalwe said taking traditional matters to the court made some chiefdoms remain without chiefs for a long period due to the...

Zesco managing director Victor Mundende says the rehabilitation of Chishimba Falls power station is expected to increase Zesco’s average annual electricity production by over 60,000 MW of electricity supply into the national grid by the end of 2021. Speaking during the signing ceremony for the supplemental financing and project agreement for the Chishimba Falls rehabilitation...

Alliance for Community action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says the Constitution Bill No. 10 of 2019 is detrimental to Zambia’s common good and will fundamentally harm democracy and nationhood if passed. And Miti has said the government has no mandate from the people of Zambia to change the Constitution of the Republic in the...

President Edgar Lungu has revoked the appointment of George Chilengwe Siame as chairperson of the Financial Intelligence Centre governing board, State House press aide Isaac Chipampe has announced. "In his his letter to Siame, President Lungu stated: 'I am hereby revoking this appointment with immediate effect. I thank you and wish God's blessings in your...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili says arrests and intimidation from the State only encourage him to increase volume as he speaks for the voiceless Zambians. And Kambwili says as the State prepares for his latest arrest after he questioning President Edgar Lungu's friendship with a drug trafficking-accused businessman, Valden Findlay, they should not...

Works and Supply Minister Sylvia Chalikosa says government is in the process of installing a web press to enable the Government Printers print ballot papers for the 2021 general election. Chalikosa, however, says there is need for a complete overhaul of Government Printers to make it compete with private printing companies in the printing of...

The U.S. government, in partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat and Zambian government, have formally commissioned the first hybrid maize seed export programme worth $370,000 from Zambia to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to a statement issued via US Embassy Public Affairs Officer Sean McIntosh, the hybrid maize seed export...

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says President Edgar Lungu must announce an effective strategy that convincingly shows all investors that the economy is in good hands as he opens the 4th Session of the 12th National Assembly this Friday. And Kanyama says Zambians expect President Lungu to demonstrate that social sector spending will continue to receive budgetary...

PF media director Sunday Chanda says governance activist Brebner Changala should concentrate on examining the legitimacy of the opposition UPND party constitution as opposed to calling for early elections on non-issues. Changala recently said there was need for the country to start afresh on a number of governance issues through holding of a general election...