MINISTER of Technology and Science Felix Mutati says innovators must use technology in order to meet the demand for desks which is estimated at 1.6 million at the moment. And Mutati says government is yet to increase the K22 million funding for innovation as this will transform businesses in the country. Speaking during the 94th...

ACTIONAID Zambia has backed the Committee on Parastatal Bodies' recommendation that the President should be removed from the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) board saying doing so will enable the corporation to be more efficient and effective. Last week, Parliament adopted a Report of the Committee on Parastatal Bodies which recommended, among others, that the Executive...

UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says recent remarks by the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia that government should await good news out of the debt restructuring negotiations with his country have shamed critics who said UPND had ruined Zambia's diplomatic relations with China. And Mweetwa says the debt payment reduction assistance provided by Zambia's official creditors is...

A LUSAKA resident Chanda Chipongoma has accused Avensis Group Limited Zambia of running a land scam, saying the company has been issuing fake title deeds and fraudulent bank deposit slips to clients who demanded refunds. Chipongoma narrated that he paid K150,000 in three instalments to purchase one acre land from Avensis and he was given...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema can't be expected to make decisions based on social media allegations. When asked to comment on the viral obscene videos which are being linked to DEC Director General Mary Chirwa as well as the leaked audio which allegedly involved Presidential Political Advisor Levy Ngoma and Home Affairs...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has revealed that some lenders had already stopped disbursing funds to some projects long before government canceled them because they were jittery about whether government could afford to repay them. And Dr Musokotwane says government will have to pay back outstanding payment agreements on some loan projects...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says government is eager to start exporting more electricity once connected to East Africa. And Kapala says the UPND government is doing fine and has its eyes on the ball. In an interview, Kapala said Tanzania, Zambia and Kenya were inter-connectors. "We have got a surplus, remember I have always said...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano says the commission has registered 2,810 new voters under the Continuous Voter Registration exercise for the months of June and July 2022. Addressing the media, Monday, Nshindano said the new registered voters included 1,898 males and 912 females. "Allow me to share with you the...

PF member Yamfwa Mukanga says the former ruling party will soon become irrelevant if the Central Committee does not move fast to organise the general conference so that a new president can be elected. And Mukanga says PF members are willing to go to the convention with their own money if the party has failed...

THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) says it will meet bus operators today to consider the proposed reduction in bus fares following the downward adjustment in fuel pump prices. And Minister of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali says he expects RTSA and relevant stakeholders to quickly effect a reduction in bus fares because the...