THE country’s annual inflation rate for February 2025 has increased to 16.8 percent from 16.7 percent recorded in January. At a briefing, Thursday, ZamStats Acting Statistician General Sheila Mudenda said the increase in inflation was... […]

ZAMSTATS Board Chairperson Oliver Chinganya has assured the public that the Revised Census Population Summary Report is credible, valid and published in accordance with the law. On Tuesday, there was drama at Mulungushi International Conference... […]

BOTSWANA’S Minerals and Energy Minister Bogolo Kenewendo and Energy Minister Makozo Chikote have held talks on the proposal to establish the Zambia-Botswana Inter-connector to strengthen energy cooperation. In a statement issued by the First Secretary... […]

ACTING Energy Minister Felix Mutati says 142 MoUs have been signed by local authorities to execute rural electrification projects funded through CDF. In October 2022, Cabinet directed the Ministers of Finance and National Planning, Energy,... […]

THE United States Embassy in Zambia has expressed concern over the environmental damage and threat to public health caused by the recent Sino Metals tailings dam failure. In a Facebook post, the Embassy stated that... […]

LANDS and Natural Resources Minister Sylvia Masebo says President Hakainde Hichilema is not like Edgar Lungu so he will not support lawlessness. Speaking when she visited Kampasa area in Chongwe where some suspected UPND cadres... […]

FORMER First Lady Esther Lungu has returned to the country without her husband, Edgar, whom she had accompanied for medical check-ups abroad. PF faction Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda says it is not always that Lungu... […]

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says government has never objected to convicted former defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba seeking medical treatment. Mwiimbu explains that government in fact entered into a consent order... […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has fired Muchinga Province Minister Henry Sikazwe and Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Joseph Akafumba. The President has also transferred Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) National Coordinator Dr Gabriel Pollen to Ministry... […]

THE Copperbelt University (CBU) says some lessons that have not yet been conducted physically at Mpika Satellite Campus are scheduled to commence in the coming week. This week, a concerned student wrote to News Diggers... […]