MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says ZCCM-IH is undertaking a review and technical evaluation of KCM to ensure that the mining company is viable and remains competitive. Giving a ministerial statement in Parliament, Thursday, Kabuswe said KCM's future was in the Konkola Deep Project, which project had been partly implemented. “KCM is one...

FORMER agriculture minister Michael Katambo says he is available to pitch his ideas on how to address challenges facing farmers in the sector, if called upon by current office bearers. And Katambo says citizens should be thankful for PF's hard work because the party ensured Zambia was food secure. In an interview, Wednesday, Katambo said...

ECONOMICS Association of Zambia Interim National Secretary Gibson Masumbu says the association is working on a new constitution which will address lacunas limiting disciplinary action against members that became politically biased. In an interview recently, Masumbu said as part of its rebranding, the association was relooking its constitution in order to strengthen it. “The first...

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has increased the price of petrol from K21.96 to 26.50 per litre, while the price of diesel has gone up by K4.68, to K26.22 from 21.54. But Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema is urging citizens and industry players to be extra resilient as government continues to aggressively...

BANKERS Association of Zambia (BAZ) chairperson Mizinga Melu says banks are committed to ensuring that the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is disbursed quickly and accordingly to the people on the ground. In an interview, Wednesday, Melu said the quicker the banks facilitated the disbursement of funds, the quicker everyone would be empowered. "I think where...

MINISTER of Local Government and Rural Development Gary Nkombo says some people thought President Hakainde Hichilema’s comment of being methodical was just music to their ears when things are actually happening. And Nkombo says the soft loans being given under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) have no interest attached to them. Speaking in Parliament, Thursday,...

PF member of the central committee Paul Moonga says the UPND government will spend five years looking for thieves instead of developing the country if they're not careful,. In an interview, Moonga said "yes, people stole, let us be arrested and there is no problem but they must be sure of what they are doing"....

THE Attorney General has sued nine mining firms in the Lusaka High Court, seeking payment of K1.5 million from each company, being statutory penalties levied against them. The companies, which have been separately sued, include; Adventex Investments Limited, Weixin company limited, Xihe Mining limited, Hocean Mining Company limited, Tongxin Company limited, Markov Investments Company limited,...

THE annual inflation rate for March 2022 has reduced to 13.1 percent from the 14.2 percent recorded in February. At a media briefing, Thursday, Zambia Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa said the slowdown in annual inflation was mainly attributed to favourable price movements in food items and non-food items. “The overall annual inflation...

DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Mary Chirwa says cases reported in past Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Reports are receiving attention. In an interview, Chirwa said crossing over to the law enforcement agency gives her the impetus to do her best for the country. “I think the good news is that you have seen that...