ZESCO has announced eight hours of load shedding daily, effective March 11, 2024. And Zesco says the power utility will lose approximately $35 million a month due to load shedding. Zesco Managing Director Victor Mapani... […]

MINISTER of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jack Mwiimbu has directed security wings to take interest in former president Edgar Lungu’s remarks, which have been echoed by some senior members of the clergy and other... […]

VICE-President Mutale Nalumango says it’s incorrect to suggest that maize exports have led to lack of food among some citizens. And Vice-President Nalumango has revealed that at least six million people have been estimated to... […]

THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) says as at yesterday, the recorded lake level at Kariba was 477.66m with 9.72 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM) of stored usable water, indicating a slight drop from what was recorded... […]

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says the externalisation of money through illicit financial transactions is putting pressure on the Kwacha. According to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) fourth-quarter report for the year 2023, over US$2.8 billion was... […]

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the Zambia National Service (ZNS) has been engaged in the exportation of GMO mealie meal to DRC because it is already in the mealie meal business. He was reacting... […]

PUBLIC Protector Caroline Sokoni has refuted media reports that her office conducted investigations in the civil service bordering on discrimination on the basis of tribe or purported ethnic cleansing. Sokoni says the institution is, however,... […]

CSO Debt Alliance Chairperson Fr Alex Muyebe says the news that China and India have signed agreements to restructure their holdings of Zambia’s debt brings hope that the country’s delayed restructuring process is now getting... […]

ECONOMIST Emmanuel Zulu says the fact that there is no timeline on when production will start at Mopani and KCM breeds some level of uncertainty in the money market. Zulu observes that the Central Bank... […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has declared a national disaster and emergency in view of the drought that has hit the nation. The President says in order to respond to the devastating effects of the dry spell,... […]