FORMER commerce minister Bob Sichinga has questioned government’s interest in getting into a relationship with Vedanta, arguing that the firm is just taking advantage of Zambia’s indecisiveness. And Mine Workers Union of Zambia president Joseph […]

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says Small and Medium Enterprise Minister Elias Mubanga’s statement that government is no longer increasing fuel prices needs to be corrected. And Kapala says the recent Kwacha appreciation contributed to the […]

THE Energy Regulation Board has invited comments from the public on Zesco’s application to revise upward connection and tariff fees. And Lunte PF member of parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya says Zesco’s application to hike charges is […]

MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Elias Mubanga says the government is not increasing fuel pump prices anymore. In an interview, Wednesday, Mubanga said Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country were not […]

AGRICULTURE Minister Reuben Phiri says the country remains food secure until March 2023. Speaking when he received a report for the audit of maize stocks from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), Wednesday, Phiri said the […]

FORMER president Edgar Lungu was yesterday among the various PF officials who went to pay their respects to late former finance minister Alexander Chikwanda at the funeral house in State Lodge area. Lungu, who arrived […]

MINISTER of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali says over a billion dollars is needed to make the railway sector viable in Zambia. In an interview, Wednesday, Tayali said the railway system still had the potential […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says people who stole did not do so to serve their ethnicity, adding that sometimes, they didn’t even steal for their wives but for their girlfriends. And President Hichilema says government remains […]

BUSES and Taxi Drivers Association of Zambia National Secretary Sydney Mbewe says he does not anticipate any reduction in bus fares following the recent fuel price review. On Saturday last week, the Energy Regulation Board […]

DISABILITY Rights Watch National Coordinator Bruce Choma says about 40 percent of pupils living with disabilities dropped out of school because of the effects of COVID-19. In an interview, Tuesday, Choma said when schools reopened […]