National Restoration Party (NAREP) president Steven Nyirenda says joining politics will not damage his businesses because they were already destroyed by bad decision making. And Nyirenda says his passion for Muvi Television has increased because he still remains the only person in Zambia who understands TV. In an interview, Nyirenda said even government was failing...

Transparency International has called on competent Zambian authors to investigate President Edgar Lungu, his daughter and ministers named in the illicit take of Mukula by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). In a statement, Monday, Transparency International also called on the South African government to investigate their end of the suspicious transit route in order to...

Feira Independent Member of Parliament Stephen Miti has challenged Minister of Tourism and Arts Ronald Chitotela to visit his constituency and appreciate why locals want the Kangaroo Copper Mine project in the Lower Zambezi National Park to proceed. . And Miti says he has reported the Feira Council to the investigative wings over the missing...

Northern Province UPND chairman Nathan Ilunga says six PF members were shot in Mpulungu because they went to tease their colleagues in the UPND camp who were grieving the loss of an election. On Saturday, Northern Province Police commissioner Richard Mweene stated four UPND cadres had been arrested in connection with the shooting of six...

President Edgar Lungu says he is aware that some senior public servants have dented the reputation of the public service despite taking oaths. Speaking when he swore in Francis Mbewe as Deputy Auditor General in the Office of the Auditor General and Kambaila Munkoni as Public Policy Specialist Policy Analysis and Co-ordination Division - Cabinet...

Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) president Andrew Chintala has warned that consumers should expect an increment in mealie meal prices if the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) proceeds to hike electricity tariffs and fuel prices. Last Tuesday, Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa said Zesco’s proposed power tariff hike would be effected without the Cost of Service Study...

Zamefa has posted losses of over K72 million in its financial year ending September 30, 2019, mainly triggered by huge finance costs brought about by government’s slow settlement of VAT refunds owed to the company. According to a statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the financial year ending September 30, Zamefa,...

President Edgar Lungu has described the story which implicated him, some Cabinet Ministers and his daughter in the illegal sale of Mukula as false news being perpetrated by some Zambian journalists. And President Lungu says the continued misrepresentation of the Constitution Amendment Bill 10 has the potential to endanger peace in the country. Special Assistant...

Lumwana Mining Company (LMC) sustainability manager Christopher Mukala has warned that Zambia may not beat AIDS unless huge progress is made on improving the rights of women, girls and gender equality. And Mukala says it is unacceptable that worldwide, HIV remains the leading cause of death for women aged between 15 and 49. Mukala, who...

The Bank of Zambia has raised the statutory reserve ratio by four percentage points bringing it to nine percent in a bid to quell the effects of the exchange rate on inflation. The increase in the statutory reserve ratio will mean a reduction in the amount of money being held by commercial banks thereby reducing...