Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has announced a reduction in the monetary policy rate in an attempt to boost lending and ease the economic pressure the country is facing as a result of lack of liquidity. And Dr Kalyalya says economic activity in the first quarter was low due to electricity deficits...

Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says police yesterday raided former commissioner of police Fanwell Siandenge’s farm and searched two houses after being tipped that he had been spotted there around 03:00 hours. In a statement, Katongo said Siandenge managed to escape after noticing police officers. “Following up the report, a team of police officers went...

Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) Executive Director Bernadette Deka says although improved maize yields in the region may affect the market price, farmers still have an opportunity to export to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. In a statement, Deka advised farmers to use cooperatives for maize trade to avoid being defrauded. “The...

Ministry of National Development Planning Permanent Secretary in charge of monitoring and evaluation Dr Auxilia Ponga says employing civil servants based on school qualifications alone, has proved to be unproductive. Speaking when she featured on ZNBC TV’s Sunday Interview, Dr Ponga said there was need for the recruitment process of civil servant to assess the...

PF deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri says the party is studying former Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge’s response to allegations being against the party’s leadership. In an Interview with News Diggers! about the party’s position on the PF intra-party wrangles on the Copperbelt, Mumbi disclosed that Musenge would face a disciplinary committee hearing if the party...

In this audio, former information minister Chishimba Kambwili says some people have become so drunk with power that they are now treating those who voted for them like dogs. PF officials on the Copperbelt have been bickering over disloyalty to President Edgar Lungu, the most recent brawl being between former provincial minister Mwenya Musenge and...

Copperbelt PF youth chairperson Nathan Chanda says former provincial minister Mwenya Musenge must come out in the open and declare that he is no longer in support of President Edgar Lungu’s administration. Musenge has been critical of President Lungu’s government in the recent past, questioning how some government leaders had amassed so much wealth within...

Zesco spokesperson Henry Kapata took the heat today, responding to numerous callers on Hot FM Radio's breakfast show, who expressed disappointment with the 75 per cent electricity hike Kapata tried to explain how low income earners will benefit from the newly approved tariffs. “From 0-200 units, we will be buying Zesco units at 15Ngwee per...

Although his whereabouts remain unknown, UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) has come out on social media to respond to speculation that he has abandoned his incarcerated president Hakainde Hichilema. Communicating through his Facebook page, GBM said he still remained Hakainde Hichilema’s deputy and that he would never leave the treason accused leader no matter...

The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) says the 3.6 million tonnes of maize recorded this year is the highest in the country’s history. And ZNFU president Javis Zimba says the lifting of the maize export ban by government has come a little too late after the country has lost control of its regional market. ZNFU...