• 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 democratic as a ruling party by going for a convention to elect a new leader. Speaking to journalists at the...

• 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 Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) vice president Chipego Zulu has called for a completion of the Cost of Service Study before...

• 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 were placed under compulsory liquidation in 2017 after being declared insolvent for having more liabilities than assets. In an interview...

• 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 Canadian miner has recorded increased revenues of around US $9 million in the third quarter of this year, posting returns...

• 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 the roads. Last Tuesday, President Lungu directed Kafwaya to review laws relating to traffic offences to deter would-be offenders, saying...

• 5 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Kambwili’s drug trafficking allegation has caused me irreparable damage - Findlay

Contrary to the rules of procedure, Chishimba Kabwili has not advanced any proof to substantiate his claim that I was detained for drug-related offences nor exibited transcripts, which state that I was part of a syndicate of drug dealers in Southern Africa, Lusaka businessman Harry Valden Findlay has told the Lusaka High Court. And Findlay...

• 5 Nov 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Power hungry people causing confusion in PF - Tutwa

Kabwe central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says although the ruling party has settled for President Edgar Lungu as the sole candidate for the 2021 election, the 2020 national convention will go ahead to elect new central committee members. And Ngulube says some power hungry people are bent on causing confusion in the PF...

• 5 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Street vending allowed on Sundays, public holidays in Lusaka, says PF

PF Lusaka Province chairman Paul Moonga says street vendors are allowed to vend for the whole day on Sundays and on public holidays and can only trade from 16:00 hours to 06:00 hours in the morning from Mondays to Fridays. In an interview, Moonga said the decision was arrived at after various consultations with the...

• 5 Nov 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

Rising inflation rate worries ZCTU

Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) deputy secretary general Elaston Njovu says the Union is concerned with the escalating levels of the annual rate of inflation warning that the country’s poor households will be the worst affected. Commenting on the annual rate of inflation for October, which increased to 10.7 per cent from 10.5 per...

• 5 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Moonga withdraws complaint against Lubinda

Patriotic Front (PF) Lusaka Province executive chairman Paul Moonga has withdrawn his complaint against Kabwata PF member of parliament Given Lubinda, apologizing for authoring a letter "in bad taste". In a letter dated October 29, Moonga had charged that Lubinda’s conduct at late president Michael Chilufya Sata’s memorial was immoral and asked party Secretary General...