GOVERNMENT through the Mines Safety Department (MSD) has suspended exploration activities for Lumwana mine in Lubwe area following complaints of water and air pollution by the host community. In a letter dated 19th October addressed to... […]

MINISTER of Energy Peter Kapala says government is in a hurry to actualise the Zambia-Angola oil deal but notes that government-to-government negotiations take a bit of time because of diplomatic channels. In June this year,... […]

MINISTER of Energy Peter Kapala says Chama district is experiencing occasional power supply outages because of its dependence on power imports from ESCOM of Malawi. And Kapala says ZESCO is undertaking the Chipata-Lundazi-Chama transmission project... […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his administration is determined to continue attacking the ‘ka something culture’ (bribery culture) because it increases the cost of doing business. Speaking during the ZNFU annual congress, Thursday, President Hichilema UPND’s... […]

THE annual rate of inflation has reduced to 9.7 percent for the month of October from the 9.9 percent recorded in September, 2022. And Zambia Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says Lusaka was... […]

THE Ministry of Agriculture has written to all fertiliser suppliers to express displeasure over the slow pace at which the 2022/23 farming season inputs are being distributed, urging them to be faster. In a letter... […]

GOVERNMENT says it is also anxious for works on the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway to commence, but negotiations haven’t been easy to conclude because this is the first time it’s using a PPP model on roads.... […]

TRADE Kings Foundation has donated library equipment and furniture to Lusaka Environmental Health University in a quest to contribute to the health and well-being of Zambians. Speaking during the donation handover, Trade Kings Group public […]

POLICE say they have launched a manhunt for journalist Sylvester Kaumba who is alleged to have sodomised a mentally challenged adult on several occasions. The victim’s niece, Isabel Ware, identified Kaumba by sharing a screenshot... […]

THE Auditor General’s Report on the accounts for the financial year ended 31st December 2021 has revealed the failure by DMMU to avail contracts under which four companies supplied roller mealie meal between 2019 and... […]