MOPANI Copper Mines Plc has no plans to make any employee redundant once ZCCM-IH takes full ownership from March 31, 2021, says acting chief executive officer Charles Sakanya. And Sakanya has insisted that ZCCM-IH’s imminent 100 per cent ownership of Mopani is the “best deal” for Zambians because citizens will benefit more compared to the...

FORMER commerce minister Dipak Patel says government is very much aware that starting an airline is a disaster in the making. Last week, Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya said it was difficult to determine when Zambia Airways would be launched because it was not a government company. Commenting on this in an interview, Patel...

SINDA Independent member of parliament Masauso Tembo says he is re-contesting his parliamentary seat at the August 12 polls because his grade 12 certificate is in order. In an interview, Tembo, who was in a jovial mood, confirmed his intention to re-contest his seat, saying his results were okay. He added that he was planning...

SEVEN former Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (formerly Medical Stores Limited) workers have dragged the institution to court demanding compensation for the harsh and inhumane manner in which they were treated after being subjects of investigations since August 2018, without a logical conclusion. This a matter in which Jordan Mumba, former assistant manager customer...

RAINBOW Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says the grade 12 clause is now hurting those who backed its inclusion in the 2016 Amended Constitution. And Kabimba has predicted that a lot of people will go to jail for manufacturing Grade 12 certificates out of desperation. Meanwhile, Kabimba says his party is willing to go into...

FORMER Kitwe District Commissioner Binwell Mpundu says while he welcomes the PF strategy of announcing adopted candidates on nomination day in order to avoid other members competing as independents, the only sure way of curing the problem is by adopting popular candidates. Last week, PF secretary general Davies Mwila said an announcement of candidates wanting...

UPND chairman for elections Gary Nkombo says PF abandoned former vice-president Dr Guy Scott a long time ago and it shows lack of respect for Defence Minister Davies Chama to mock him in the manner he did. And UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says those insulting Dr Scott are insulting late President Michael Sata...

CHISHIMBA Kambwili says it is gratifying to note that the Patriotic Front still remembers how much he suffered for the party. On Saturday, PF secretary general Davies Mwila asked Kambwili to return to the ruling party because that is where he belonged. Commenting on this in a brief interview, Kambwili said it was gratifying that...

JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda says being in the opposition feels like being an orphan because there is a lot of suffering and it's too early for the Patriotic Front to give up the responsibility of running government. And Lubinda says running government is a task that does not require experiments. Speaking when he met aspiring...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says the Cyber Security Bill will be one of the first laws which he will reverse when he is ushered into office. And Hichilema says his party will not sleep until change is effected on August 12 because Zambia has suffered under the Patriotic Front. Speaking when he met truck drivers,...