FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says there is need for the country to restore macro economic stability and debt sustainability in order to grow the agriculture sector. Speaking during the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) 2022 Agricultural Budget analysis, Wednesday, Dr Musokotwane said debt servicing had affected the growth of the...

Acting Education Minister Elvis Nkandu says government has directed the University of Zambia management to pay the workers their dues in order to end the go-slow. And Nkandu has also directed the university management to allow owing students to write their examinations but withhold their results until they clear their balances. Hundreds of UNZA students...

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu can make changes to the KCM management since he is still in charge. But Democratic Party president Harry Kalaba has expressed concern over government's delay to act on issues surrounding KCM. Lungu recently announced that KCM chief executive officer...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent two of its directors on forced leave. ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe confirmed the development in an interview, saying ACC director for legal and prosecution Clifford Moonga and director of Investigations Raymond Banda had been asked to take leave. "That one I can confirm with our documents just like it...

THE Zambia Police Service has recorded a total of 14,569 criminal cases during the third quarter of 2021. In a statement, Wednesday, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said the number of criminal cases recorded had increased by 450 from the 14,119 recorded in 2020 during the same period. He revealed that Lusaka Province recorded the highest...

RAINBOW Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says the UPND government has only succeeded in decentralizing corruption from Lusaka to the constituencies as a result of the increased Constituency Development Fund (CDF). And Kabimba says he initially thought the UPND Cabinet would comprise angels, only to discover that some of the ministers who had been appointed...

MINISTRY of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Mushuma Mulenga yesterday had a tough time responding to questions posed by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on amounts totalling K73,166 paid to eight officers as refunds. The latest Auditor General’s report revealed that amounts totalling K73,166 were paid to eight officers as refunds for using...

A BALLISTIC expert has told the Lusaka High Court that late state prosecutor Nsama Nsama Chipyoka and UPND supporter Joseph Kaunda were killed by the same bullet. This is a matter in which 25-year-old police officer, Constable Fanwell Nyundu, of Matero Police Camp is facing two counts of murder. In count one, it is alleged...

FOREIGN Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo says government has not excluded China from Zambia's economic diplomacy. And Kakubo says in fact, government is having discussions with the Chinese authorities on debt restructuring. Responding to a question from Kanchibiya PF member of parliament Sunday Chanda on whether government had excluded China from Zambia’s economic...

ZESCO public relations manager Hazel Zulu says the company has reviewed the power outage schedule that is expected to hit most parts of Lusaka this weekend. According to a notice from Zesco on Monday, an interruption of power was expected to occur on Friday 12th November, 2021 at 06:00hrs to Sunday 14th November 2021 at...