Archive: 5 November 2019

5 Nov 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Nevers Mumba wins MMD presidency, as Mutati brags of larger following

The Lusaka High Court has settled a three-year-long MMD leadership battle after declaring a convention held in 2016 which elected Felix Mutati and others as office bearers, null and void. Lusaka High Court judge Sharon […]

5 Nov 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia has attracted $5bn investment pledges, 60% towards energy sector – ZDA

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) acting Director-General Matongo Matamwandi says Zambia attracted US $5 billion worth of investment pledges in the second quarter of 2019 and that close to 60 per cent of the amount is […]

5 Nov 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

Mopani retrenches 122 miners

Mopani Copper Mines Plc has laid off a total of 131 employees, including 15 expatriates, who were made redundant as a result of the closure of the Central and North Shafts. Confirming the development, sources […]

5 Nov 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

We’ll prove in court that Bill 10 is uncharacteristic of a democratic society – Chapter One

Chapter One Foundation Limited has submitted before the Constitutional Court that it shall prove at the hearing of its petition that the proposed amendments to the Constitution are uncharacteristic of a democratic society. In this […]

5 Nov 2019 | Tenson Mkhala in Samfya

Police brutality will not stop people from kicking out PF – Kalaba

Democratic Party leader Harry Kalaba says time for the PF government to go has come, whether they use police or not, because Zambians have suffered enough. And Kalaba says President Edgar Lungu has continued to […]

5 Nov 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

No amount of charms at State House will prevent PF’s exit in 2021 – Kambwili

If God has decided that the PF should leave power in 2021, no amount of charms at State House will stop the change, says Chishimba Kambwili. And Kambwili has called on the PF to demonstrate […]

5 Nov 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

ZAM demands cost of service study before Zesco hikes tariffs again

Consumer Unity Trust Society Society (CUTS) centre coordinator Chenai Makumba says government still needs to disclose details of its structured payment plan for the importation of power from South African power utility, Eskom. And Zambia […]

5 Nov 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

PIA commences disposal of assets seized from A-Plus, Focus

Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) registrar Christopher Mapani says the company has started disposing of assets of two insurance companies, A-Plus Life Assurance Limited and Focus Assurance Limited, liquidated in 2017. The two insurance companies […]

5 Nov 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

FQM posts 192,510 tonnes in copper production

First Quantum Minerals Limited has posted a total of 192,510 metric tonnes in copper production during the third quarter of 2019, partly boosted by increased volumes at Cobre Panama, its Panama-based mining unit. And the […]

5 Nov 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

Capital Buses seeks dialogue with Transport Ministry over Lungu’s ‘seat-belt’ directive

Capital Buses proprietor Ishmael Kankara says the company is assessing the implications of President Edgar Lungu’s pronouncement directing Minister of Transport and Communications Mutotwe Kafwaya to remove all public transport vehicles without seat belts from […]