ZESCO senior corporate affairs manager John Kunda says the fire that gutted part of the dam at Kafue Gorge Lower Hydropower Station will not delay the completion of the project. In an interview, Dr Kunda said the fire had only affected the dam wall and the paint around that wall, adding that the rest of...

ZAMBIANS should not be too expectant of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) appointment of Preya Sharma as the country’s new resident representative because her office does not carry much authority, says economist Chibamba Kanyama. The IMF recently named Sharma as its new representative to Zambia last week two years after her predecessor, Dr Alfredo Baldini,...

THE Kitwe Chamber of Commerce has demanded full transparency into the actual causes of the fuel shortages that hit the Copperbelt Province, saying the commodity has been in short supply before the truck drivers’ protest. And the Chamber says the black market has started thriving where fuel is being sold at an inflated price per...

Lusaka Lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) says it is practically impossible for Zambia to be economically independent with "ba Kaponya" employed as ministers. Speaking on QTV, Saturday, Fube said PF only had a few top-notch ministers while the rest, "ni ba kaponya". “Half of the politicians we have today don’t even understand the value of...

THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) will shift its regional office from Livingstone to Kazungula District, Southern Province, as cross-border trade in the area is expected to boom following the completion of the construction of the Kazungula Bridge, says corporate communications manager Topsy Sikalinda. The state-of-the-art Kazungula Bridge was completed last month, but is scheduled to...

POLICE in Muchinga District have officially arrested and charged Sesheke UPND member of parliament Romeo Kang’ombe for two counts of abduction and assault. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Joel Njase, who confirmed the development to News Diggers! explained that Kang’ombe faced two counts of abduction and another two counts of assault on police, contrary to C/sec...

ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi says Zambia’s economic recovery will only be realised when a new government is voted into power. In an interview, Milupi said the PF government was simply unwilling to create a realistic recovery path, adding that Cabinet lacked the ability to get the country out of the...

POLICE in Lusaka have apprehended Sesheke UPND member of parliament Romeo Kang’ombe and transported him to Mpika where he is to appear for questioning. Kang’ombe is a suspect in a case where some UPND officials allegedly abducted two police officers and five civil servants when their party leader, Hakainde Hichilema, visited the area a week...

PETROLEUM Transporters' Association of Zambia (PTAZ) secretary general Benson Tembo says the recent strike by truck drivers was instigated solely because of misinformation relayed from the unions to the drivers. Tembo says his association, whilst working with government, had endeavored to address all conditions of service for the drivers, but that unions failed to relay...

ZAMBIA Chamber of Mines president Goodwell Mateyo says local mining firms should take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to supply more copper on the international market, while other suppliers are still contending with the situation. Mateyo observed that there was currently a sharp demand for copper on the international market as other suppliers in COVID-19-hit...