PF presidential hopeful Greyford Monde has questioned the kind of hatred UPND has for PF that it has continued blaming the former ruling party for everything. And Matero PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says the UPND will now start blaming God for their failures. UPND deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda recently said most of...

FOR some time now, we have been told that the best way our government can succeed in turning around our country’s economy is by increasing mineral production from the current 850,000 tonnes per year in copper to about three million tonnes. This is expected to have a positive spiral effect on job creation and business...

KABUSHI UPND member of parliament Bernard Kanengo says he doesn't get affected in any way whenever PF lawmakers walk out on him and his Kwacha counterpart in Parliament. PF members of parliament recently walked out of Parliament as the Kwacha and Kabushi MPs stood to give their maiden speeches. The PF lawmakers also walked out...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has assented the National Pension Scheme Bill into law, which provides an option for partial withdrawal of benefits by a member. The bill provides for an option to claim for one-off age benefits by a member under the prescribed minimum pensionable age of 36 under the existing fund. The Bill has also...

MINISTER of Mines and Minerals Development Paul Kabuswe says investors should be mindful of the environment as they carry out mining activities. Speaking when he received a project report and proposed draft bills on reviews of the Explosive (Amendment) Bill and Minerals (Environmental) Regulations from the Zambia Law Development Commission, Tuesday, Kabuswe said investors should...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the transaction which aims at converting ZCCM-IH's dividend rights in Kansanshi Mine into royalty rights will bring more money into the country. Dr Musokotwane says discussions for the royalty model started three years ago, adding that the UPND government only took it up because the deal...

MIKALILE Trading Investment proprietor Stephen Mulenga Mikalile says there is no reason why a Zambian company shouldn't be awarded big government contracts when they meet the criteria. Mikalile has explained that his company saved the government losses after a company that was originally hired to clear vehicles faced challenges. Further, Mikalile revealed that his company's...

DRAMA yesterday characterised a Parliamentary Public Accounts (PAC) Committee hearing when nominated MP Likando Mufalali stormed out of the committee room after the Ministry of Agriculture struggled to justify the single sourcing of fertilizer worth $430 million during the 2021/2022 farming season. And the Food Reserve Agency has revealed that the Disaster Management and Mitigation...

BUSINESS at Mokambo border in Mufulira came to a standstill yesterday following protests on the Congolese side by Congolese nationals over the death of a suspected criminal who was recently shot dead by the Zambia Police. The Anti-Robbery Squad in Mufulira on the Copperbelt recently gunned down a suspected Congolese national identified as John Kayombo...