MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says government understands the pain of Copperbelt residents with regards to Mopani and Konkola Copper Mines. Kabuswe says the government, however, wants to "squeeze the boil and remove the pus" left in the mining sector, adding that only then, will long-lasting correct decisions be made. Opposing a private...

FINANCIAL Intelligence Centre (FIC) acting director general Liya Tembo says the centre is looking forward to having a board in place, hopefully before the end of 2022. Tembo says although the centre is able to operate with or without a board, certain decisions can't be made in its absence, such as those to do with...

THE Constitutional Court has declared PF's Kalalwe Mukosa as the duly elected member of parliament for Chinsali. In this matter, Mukosa appealed against High Court Judge Timothy Katanekwa's decision to nullify his election as Chinsali member of parliament last year. In his judgement, judge Katanekwa ruled that the allegations of electoral malpractice, vote buying, intimidation...

POLICE on the Copperbelt have apprehended four couples of Croatian origin in a suspected human trafficking case. The four couples were apprehended at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport together with four suspected trafficked children of Congolese origin. The children have been taken to Social welfare facilities where they are being taken care of. In a...

FORMER President Edgar Lungu's political advisor Kaizer Zulu has appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ court and pleaded not guilty to one count of conversion not amounting to theft. Meanwhile, former Kabwata PF constituency chairperson Trevor Ng'andu, popularly known as Uncle T has pleaded not guilty to a charge of malicious damage to property. In the...

FORMER Ministry of Labour permanent secretary Chanda Kaziya says former president Edgar Lungu's cabinet actually approved proposed amendments in terms of the National Provident Fund as well as NAPSA penalty waivers, adding that what remained was the enactment of a law. Meanwhile, Labour Commissioner Givens Muntengwa says early access to pension contributions for NAPSA members...

THE Public Accounts Committee has heard that Savenda Management Services has refused to pay the advance and performance guarantees, after being paid $3,734,716.85 but failed to complete the construction of Lusitu Irrigation Scheme. And PAC chairperson Warren Mwambazi says the Committee will propose that companies like Savenda are blacklisted from conducting business with government because...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says President Hakainde Hichilema has demonstrated that he is thick-skinned by deciding to repeal the criminal defamation of the President. Debating the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill which passed through the Second Reading stage on Thursday, Haimbe said with the removal of certain provisions, the onus was now...

ACTIONAID Zambia says the impending load shedding as announced by the government will negatively affect the cost of living. Commenting on Energy Minister Peter Kapala's announcement that the country would start experiencing a six-hour load shedding from December 15, ActionAid acting country director Musonda Kabinga said the announcement was shocking because government earlier declared that...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his government will use its second year in office to unlock domestic issues and the slowness in the economy. Speaking when he swore in George Kawatu as Emoluments Commission Chairperson and Levy Phiri as Documentarist at Cabinet Office, President Hichilema said the UPND government would dedicate a lot of time to...