KONKOLA Copper Mines (in liquidation) has refuted claims that the mine has shut down its operations at the Konkola Deep mine. Reacting to a Bloomerg article that KCM had closed the Konkola Deep underground copper mine due to a lack of capital investment, in a statement, KCM general manager corporate affairs Shapi Shachinda stated that...

HUMAN Rights Commission (HRC) Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga has called on government to quickly resolve the issue surrounding the continued sit-in protest being conducted by public prosecutors. Yesterday the sit-in protest entered its fourth day, crippling the progress of cases at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. The prosecutors are demanding that government resolve the issues relating to...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says time has come him and his party to kick off the mobilisation campaign and defeat the Patriotic Front. Hichilema who paid his nomination fees on Wednesday, May 5, insisted in an interview that Zambians had suffered enough hence the need for the UPND to form government. “It is game on,...

KATUBA UPND member of parliament Aubrey Kapalasa has lamented that the Constitutional Court’s decision to dismiss his petition where he was seeking an interpretation of certain provisions in the Constitution in relation to President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility, was predetermined. In an interview, Kapalasa said he was not happy with the proceedings because he was never...

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says 64, 011 Zambians have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the past three weeks. And Dr Chanda says the country has recorded 97 new COVID-19 cases out of 4,765 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Thursday, Dr Chanda said on Wednesday 5,029 citizens were vaccinated with...

TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya has challenged UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to tell the nation the conditions which will be attached to his claims that creditors have promised to reduce 20 percent of the debt stock if the opposition party is elected. In an interview, Kafwaya also challenged Hichilema to explain to the nation...

PATRIOTIC Front deputy national chairman Davies Chama says Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa's petition against the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to amend the nomination declaration is an academic exercise in futility, as nothing will stop President Lungu from standing. And Chama says the court is not supposed to be involved in deciding the person who...

POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo says political violence should be looked at from a broader perspective, adding that the reason why people think that violence is only being portrayed by the ruling party is because the opposition are crying the loudest. Speaking on Diamond TV Breakfast show, Wednesday, Katongo said all political parties were culprits of...

POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo says no police officer would have been injured during the clash between PF cadres and the police on Saturday if they were all in the newly procured armoured vehicles. Speaking on Hot FM Red Hot Breakfast show, Monday, Katongo said people should stop politicising the procurement of police armoured vehicles and...

PATRIOTIC Front national party chairperson Samuel Mukupa says the PF is not to blame for the continued cash handouts but the "nichekeleko" culture that has cut across the society. And Mukupa says people who think there will be a regime change this year are dreaming. Commenting on former Vice-President Dr Guy Scott’s remarks that it...