PF national chairperson Davies Chama has advised party members to exercise patience, saying the former ruling party is still relevant and won't die just because there's no substantive leader. Commenting on Yamfwa Mukanga's remarks that PF would soon become irrelevant if the Central Committee did not move fast to organise a general conference so that...

ACTIONAID Zambia has commended government and the Creditors’ Committee of Zambia, chaired by China, for their unprecedented strides towards debt restructuring and ultimate cancellation. In a statement, Tuesday, ActionAid executive director Nalucha Ziba urged government to leverage the Creditors’ Committee's support to ensure the agreement with IMF was beneficial to Zambians. “ActionAid Zambia would like...

FIRST Quantum Minerals has revealed that it has recorded a 2,180 tonnes decrease in copper production at its Kansanshi Mine in Solwezi during the second quarter of 2022. And FQM says it has commenced repayment of the outstanding VAT claims based on offsets against future corporate income tax and mineral royalty tax payments. In a...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says the next course of action regarding the Gulfstream G650 presidential jet will only be decided once Cabinet has a discussion. On Friday, the Ministry of Finance announced that it had canceled various loan projects which included the Elbit $400M-Ashra Loan and Elbit Hermes Facility B, a project that saw the...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says the new dawn government has stood with the poor to ensure that they enjoy immediate benefits whenever there is a positive change in market forces which determine pump prices. But PF central committee member Davies Mwila says as long as the reduction in fuel prices does not culminate into reduced...

THE Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board of Directors has fired its Chief Executive Officer Priscilla Bwembya after a disciplinary hearing on charges levelled against her. In June this year, the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) revealed that it was investigating nine out of 39 vehicles which were purchased by the Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB)...

PATRIOTIC Front member of parliament for Shiwang’andu Honourable Stephen Kampyongo says the cancellation of some loan-financed projects by the UPND government was actually a PF Cabinet decision made way before the party was voted out of office. Honourable Kampyongo says it is strange that the UPND administration is trying to portray a picture that his...

ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission Director General Gilbert Phiri says the Commission will participate in the entire fertiliser tendering process, vowing that no dirty tricks or corruption will be tolerated. President Hakainde Hichilema recently warned those involved in overpricing tenders in State Owned Enterprises that he was watching them closely. Speaking during the quasi-government institutions and statutory bodies...