IN the heart of Zambia’s Copperbelt, the town of Chingola is known for its rich copper deposits. But beneath its wealth lies a dark and deadly syndicate. Here, illegal artisanal mining activities, fueled by the...

ZAMBIA and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed cooperating agreements which will see the two countries venture into electric battery manufacturing. President Hakainde Hichilema has described the agreements as the right way of fighting...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has defended his decision to remain board chairman for the Industrial Development Corporation, saying he found the law in place and he is only following it. Responding to a question from veteran...

FOREIGN Affairs and International Relations Minister Stanley Kakubo was at the centre of controversy over the Easter long weekend after pictures from an unknown source went viral depicting him with a gift bag at Sinoma...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says government will next year stop getting involved in the procurement of petroleum products and will simply be regulating the industry and collecting tax. Last week, the Energy Regulation Board increased...

ZAMBIA’s cost of living has continued to soar despite copper prices being the highest the country has ever recorded, currently at US$10,000 per metric tonne. According to the Zambia Statistics Agency monthly bulletin, the country’s...

THE Zambia Correctional Service or the Prisons authority as it were, has gone into overdrive to try and dismiss a story suggesting that a law has been enacted that will allow inmates serving life sentences...

KATUBA UPND member of parliament Aubrey Kapalasa says it’s not true that he is being used by PF, further stating that it was a typographical error when he argued in his court documents filed in...

THREE years ago, on July 3, 2017, we raised questions around the absence of FDD president Edith Nawakwi from the political scene. Much of what we said in that editorial opinion can be repeated today,...

ZESCO Limited has announced the rolling out of smart meters that will enable the power utility to regulate the usage of electricity by switching off certain appliances in customers’ households that exceed a given consumption...