Kansanshi Mining Plc has flagged off the 2019/2020 farming season by releasing farming inputs to more than 7,400 farmers in Solwezi and the surrounding areas in North-Western Province. Solwezi District Commissioner Rosemary Kamalonga, who flagged off the 2019/2020 farming season, said government recognized the importance that Kansanshi Mining Plc attached to uplifting people’s living standards....

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has declared hunger a national disaster, asking President Edgar Lungu to emulate him in order to avoid deaths as a result of starvation in some parts of the country. And Hichilema says President Edgar Lungu is using climate change to mask the fact that he has failed to run the affairs...

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has assured drivers operating between Zambia and South Africa that their safety concerns have been attended to by both governments. Kampyongo said this in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as he was transiting to Egypt to attend a Pan-African Forum on Migration being held in Cairo. He said the South African...

Mobile Broadband Limited, trading as Vodafone Zambia, has announced a formal sale of the company following the inability by its shareholders to inject much-needed capital to revitalize operations. According to a notice, the struggling network issued an invitation of bids to takeover its operations, formally announcing intentions to sell. “Mobile Broadband Limited, hereby, invites interested...

A 50-year-old Zambian identified as Boniface Mbewe has been found dead in his room at a guest house in Durban, South Africa. Mbewe, a chemical engineer by profession and an employee of a named giant mining company in Zambia, was in South Africa on official duties. He was first discovered unconscious by employees of the...

Germany ambassador to Zambia Achim Burkart says he is ready to assist the Football Association to hunt for a suitable trainer to take over as Chipolopolo coach. Ambassador Burkart told the media on Monday that his country has numerous coaches who can deliver desired results once hired. He said he is open and ready to...

In a dramatic turn of events, President Edgar Lungu has fired his Financial Intelligence Center (FIC) Board chairperson Mr George Siame, barely 24 hours after appointing him. Before the man could even finish printing his business cards, he was gone! Not just dropped as chairman so that he could remain on the FIC board, but...