Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) chairperson Veronica Machungwa says any power tariff increment will lead to mass unemployment as farmers will be unable to hold onto their employees, amidst higher input costs. Last Tuesday, Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa said Zesco’s proposed power tariff hike would be effected without the Cost of Service Study because the...

National Democratic Congress president Chishimba Kambwili has accused the PF of syphoning money from Konkola Copper Mines to fund party activities. In an interview Kambwili observed that major supply contracts being awarded by KCM were given to PF party officials. He cited the recent allocation of a contract worth over $700,000 to Copperbelt PF chairman...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says he has no time to talk about Nalikwanda UPND member of parliament Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa and his Solwezi East counterpart Teddy Kasonso as he would rather focus on making sure that Bill 10 is not brought back to the House in its current form. And Hichilema wondered what type of...

The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) Council of Ministers have approved an US $81 million budget for 2020 fiscal year, with the main expenditure being allocated to the rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam. And Zimbabwe have assumed the chairpersonship of the ZRA Council of Ministers for next year. According to the ZRA’s 37th Communiqué released, Friday,...

Zambia Volleyball Association (ZAVA) president Nakaonga Kakoma has resigned as National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) board member after an audit of her association revealed gross mismanagement of funds. An audit of ZAVA by the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF), a subsidiary of the Norwegian Agency for Development highlighted incidences...

It is unprecedented that a Constitution making process would be solely supported by the ruling party against the will of the people who are being governed. When you turn on your radio and hear someone zealously defending Bill 10, you will find it’s a PF member of parliament, a minister or at least a cadre....

Over the years women empowerment has become a growing movement that has stirred a lot of global debate. Women in different fields of work have been known to be less privileged than men on the basis of pay, nature of work and even treatment in the workplace. Women’s rights organisations have been trying to create...