Chamber of Mines forecasts surge in copper prices
Zambia Chamber of Mines president Goodwell Mateyo has projected a rise in the price of copper this year following the calming down of the trade war between the United States of America and China. The world’s two largest economies were locked in a bitter trade dispute for the entire 2019, which saw the US and...

SAA confirms sale of nine aircraft
South African Airways (SAA) has put some of its aircraft up for sale to accommodate the new Airbus A350-900s the airline recently added to its fleet. The struggling carrier announced in a statement that it was selling nine wide-body aircraft - five Airbus A340-300s and four Airbus A340-600s; 15 spare engines and four Auxiliary Power...

Watch how Times of Zambia assets will be stripped!
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) recently announced that the Times of Zambia board has been dissolved and management disbanded. According to the announcement, the Zambia Daily Mail Board and management has now taken over the operations of the state owned and Zambia’s oldest newspaper. This development has left a lot of citizens confused as they...

Police capture 365 GBV cases in 2 days
Zambia Police has recorded 365 cases of Gender-Based Violence over a two-day period from November 27-28, 2019, through a special operation. In a statement, police deputy spokesperson Rae Hamoonga stated that the operation dubbed: “BASADI”, an initiative targeted at arresting wanted persons for cases of violence against women and children, captured 365 GBV cases in...

Start preparing your exit, Chilubi is ours, Mumbi taunts HH
Patriotic Front (PF) deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema should start preparing for his retirement after losing the Chilubi parliamentary by-election slated for February 13. And PF campaign manager for the Chilubi by-election Brian Mundubile has dispelled claims by the opposition UPND that his party is trying to sabotage opposition campaigns...

CUTS bemoans MTN’s expensive non-expiry bundles
MTN Zambia has launched a new range of non-expiry mobile data bundles dubbed: “Freedom Bundles” which will see its subscribers being forced to pay more than four times the amount than on the regular time-limited bundles. But Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) Zambia centre coordinator Chenai Mukumba has complained that the new bundles are extremely...

How Rolland turned K5 into K84,007.93
Rolland Mpande Kanini described betPawa as family after he won K84,007.93 from just a K5 bet. The Solwezi resident received K45,406.99 plus an 85% win bonus for betting on 17 legs. betPawa offer the best win bonus in Zambia for all bets with three legs or more, including 250% for 30 legs. He said: “I...

We stand by our report, Diggers - EIA
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says it stands by its Mukula exposé and with News Diggers, emphasizing that it supports journalists’ rights to work without fear of persecution. And the EIA has asked Zambian government officials to focus their efforts on ending the illegal trade of Mukula. EIA made these remarks in a tweet yesterday....

How drug trafficking, wildlife smuggling destroys communities
Zambia has joined the list of African nations that have legalised cannabis to some degree, as policy towards the drug slowly changes among countries in the region and investments in its medical benefits grow. Last month, the Zambian government’s spokesperson Dora Siliya revealed that a special Cabinet meeting on December 4, 2019 legalised the production...

Ndulo has lost touch with Zambian laws – Ngulube
PF Deputy Parliamentary Chief Whip Tutwa Ngulube says US-based Zambian lawyer Professor Muna Ndulo has lost touch with Zambian laws, judging by his “flawed” understanding of the Public Order Bill of 2019. In an academic paper titled “The Public Order Bill, 2019, and the Right to Assembly in a Democratic State”, Prof Ndulo argued that...

Kwacha to average K14.40/dollar in short-term
The kwacha is expected to remain under pressure, depreciating against major currency convertibles, to end the mid-way point of this month at around K14.40 per dollar owing to a resumption in high demand for the greenback versus little supply. According to market players, the kwacha depreciated to hit the K14 per dollar psychological barrier three...
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