PARLIAMENTARY debates will only commence on Tuesday June 16, 2020 as parliamentarians are this week undergoing orientation on how business will proceed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In a Facebook post, Tuesday, the National Assembly of […]

SIX Lusaka PF supporters have reported Lusaka Province minister Bowman Lusambo to the Anti Corruption Commission for “several acts of abuse of authority of office”. The complainants include Geoffrey Mutale Mwila, Celestine Rocky Mukandila, Simon […]

FORMER ZCCM-IH chief executive officer Dr Pius Kasolo says no gold mine exists in Zambia because from available empirical evidence, only exploration and artisanal mining is taking place. And Dr Kasolo says all political party […]

STAKEHOLDERS have called on government to open up borders and allow the crop marketing season to proceed without any interventions so that farmers can be motivated to continue producing a variety of crops in the […]

THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) says it will definitely meet its one million metric tonne maize target provided government disburses the required amount of money needed for making purchases. And the Agency says early payment […]

ZESCO Limited has entered into a long-term power supply agreement with Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) following successful conclusion of negotiations. And Zesco has revealed that it is currently being owed millions of dollars by Copperbelt […]

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has called on the Central Province provincial administration to ensure that illegal mining in the area is curtailed. And Kampyongo has insisted that political activities, including intra-party elections, will remain […]

DEBT servicing gobbled a total of K2.86 billion in May, 2020, the highest single disbursement for a government function last month, according to Ministry of Finance data. And the Ministry of Finance has cautioned that […]

INDENI Petroleum Refinery has had no crude oil for over two months, the longest in the last 10 years, partly triggered by the coronavirus pandemic which has disrupted feedstock imports, two worker unions say. According […]

THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) says government’s move to declare its distribution and transmission assets as common carriers amounts to expropriation as the company is on the brink of defaulting on all its loans […]