Economist Trevor Hambayi says Zambia’s mining production will continue dropping due to increasing production costs, VAT refund disputes and dwindling copper prices on the international market. And Hambayi says government should come up with a mining development fund to empower local small and medium enterprises in the sector as an effective long-term solution to the...

Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi says he highly doubts the pending power importation deal between Zesco and Eskom will materialise because the South African power utility is equally facing power shortages. And Milupi says only Mozambique currently has excess power that Zambia can import to ease the shortage. Milupi said in...

Absa group deputy chief executive officer Peter Matlare says the bank has no plans to list on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) as they want everyone to feel part of a regionally listed bank. And Matlare, who is also Absa regional operations CEO, says the company will continue to have a risk appetite for Zambia,...

A 27-year-old unemployed man, who was caught selling marijuana to inmates at Chilenje Police Station, has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that he smokes cannabis to cool his temper. But Lusaka Magistrate Alice Walusiku has sentenced him to four months imprisonment with hard labour for trafficking in said drug, noting that a lot of youths...

New Labour Party leader Fresher Siwale has applied for an interim order in the Lusaka High Court to stay the criminal proceedings in which he is accused of defaming the President, saying if not halted, he may be convicted on an offence which may subsequently be declared unconstitutional. Siwale wants the criminal proceedings in the...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has demanded that the PF government considers timely payment of salaries to council and other public sector employees. And Hichilema has asked President Edgar Lungu’s government to "remove PF thugs" from bus stations and other public places and replace them with local authorities to restore order. In a statement, Monday, Hichilema...

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has revealed that Finance Ministers from member states are on October 17, 2019 expected to meet in Washington DC to discuss coordinated interventions to prevent future debt crises. The meeting, which will be chaired by Cyprus Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, will be held under the theme “Preventing Debt Crises: The...

Government has issued a programme for Friday’s National Day of Prayer and Fasting which highlights 17 prayer points, among them, the economy, a bumper harvest and tolerance among political parties. According to the programme, other prayer points include the hunger situation; for good rains and the Constitution Amendment process. “Let’s pray that God will continue...

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is expected to arrive in the country tomorrow. In a press release availed by UNHCR representative in Zambia Pierrine Aylara, Monday, said Grandi is scheduled to hold meetings with senior government officials, members of the Diplomatic Corps and visit Matapala settlement where he will meet refugees and...

Defender Adrian Chama has observed that the Chipolopolo boys have a trend of losing concentration in the final minutes of the games. Chama made the observations following the international friendly matches that Chipolopolo played against Niger and Benin where Zambia recorded draws after leading comfortably for several minutes. Zambia drew one all against Niger on...

Zambia’s dream of lifting the inaugural Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) cup was given a major boost yesterday after the U-17 side humiliated South Africa, scoring seven unanswered goals. It is Zambia’s second win at the tournament after the side beat Eswatini six goals to nil. The win means that Zambia has qualified...

The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) says the current energy crisis which the country is facing has harnessed great opportunities for people to invest in alternative sources of energy such as solar and bio energy. According to a statement issued by ZDA manager communications and public relations Faith Musonda, Monday, ZDA acting director general Matongo Matamwandi...

Byta FM Radio Station has partnered with government to fight the effects of climate change, pledging K72,000 worth of airtime to prepare farmers ahead of this year’s agriculture season. This follows a clarion call by Southern Province Deputy Permanent Secretary, Kennedy Mubanga, on the need for media to increase messages on climate change, to help...

Disaster Management and mitigation unit (DMMU) national coordinator Chanda Kabwe has expressed disappointment with some unscrupulous individuals who are reselling the maize accessed from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to fight hunger. ZANIS reports that Kabwe was speaking in Choma, Monday, when he paid a courtesy call on Southern Province Permanent Secretary Mwangala Liomba. He...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says political violence, if not addressed immediately, has the potential to undermine the electoral process. The Commission, in fact, admits that its appeal to end political violence has failed to yield any positive fruits. Margaret CHIMANSE: “Political violence has the potential to undermine the electoral process, if not addressed...