Archive: 9 January 2020

9 Jan 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Zesco must slash bloated workforce, demands Nawakwi

Zesco Limited must implement urgent cost-cutting measures from its side by taking themselves off subsidized electricity because it is unfair and unacceptable that over 10,000 of its employees get free electricity, says Edith Nawakwi. Speaking […]

9 Jan 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Kayula questions NCZ’s capacity to meet fertilizer output targets

KRI chief executive officer Dr Frank Kayula says government should consider dismissing management at Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) if they have failed to meet their intended fertilizer output targets. In an interview, Dr Kayula, […]

9 Jan 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Fuel price, power tariff hike will increase poverty – CUTS

The recent fuel price and electricity tariff increment will intensify poverty in Zambia because ordinary citizens will be overwhelmed with higher costs, says Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) centre coordinator Chenai Mukumba. On Monday, the […]

9 Jan 2020 | Abraham Kalito

Kaunda is new Zanaco coach

Zanaco has appointed former Nkwazi trainer Chris Kaunda as head coach, taking over from Numba Mumamba who was sent on an indefinite administrative leave. The super league side has further appointed Joel Bwalya as first […]

9 Jan 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Chiteme and I were invited, not summoned by PF disciplinary committee – Lusambo

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says the PF disciplinary committee has not summoned him, but has merely invited him to appear alongside Minister of National Planning Alexander Chiteme to clarify some issues. And Lusambo says […]

9 Jan 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Current leaders won’t deliver much this year, they’re pre-occupied with winning in 2021 – Nzamane

Senior Chief Nzamane of the Ngoni people in Eastern Province says there is a possibility that the current political leadership will not deliver much this year because they will be pre-occupied with securing a new […]

9 Jan 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Zesco’s non-renewal of BSA with CEC could hit mining productivity, warns Chamber

The Zambia Chamber of Mines has warned that non-renewal of the Bulk Supply Agreement (BSA) between Zesco Limited and the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) Plc risks affecting production in the mining sector. And the Chamber […]

9 Jan 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

PF steps up scrutiny of social media groups to clamp down “abuse”

Patriotic Front disciplinary committee chairperson Brian Mundubile says sub-committees of the party are assessing all social media blogs existing in the party’s name and their administrators to clamp down abuse. In an interview, Mundubile announced […]

9 Jan 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

UNZALARU must issue public apology, demands Mushimba

Higher Education Minister Dr Brian Mushimba has demanded a public apology from UNZALARU over their “idiot” remarks, saying they are intolerable. Commenting on the University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union’s (UNZALARU) general secretary Dr […]

9 Jan 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Soldier in court for faking children’s death to claim K20,000

A 38-year-old Zambia Army soldier has been dragged to court for allegedly forging his children’s Death Cards and obtaining K20,000 from Liberty Insurance by purporting that his child died, when in fact not. In this […]