UK-based Zambian engineer Professor Clive Chirwa says Zambia is not supposed to be experiencing load shedding given that it has minor industries. And Prof Chirwa says Zesco should be separated into different companies for generation,... […]

ZESCO has increased load-shedding hours from eight to 12 but utility spokesperson Matongo Maumbi says the 12-hour schedule is still a proposal which is pending approval. After routinely checking their new load shedding schedule on... […]

FINANCE Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says he does not believe people who suggest that the drop in the country’s projected economic growth is as a result of government’s failure. Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected... […]

ZAMBIA Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) Board Chairperson Zevyanji Sinkala has disclosed that Mfuwe International Airport (MIA) will be temporarily closed for three months to pave way for rehabilitation works. But Tourism Council of Zambia (TCZ)... […]

PAC president Andyford Banda says it would be ill advised for Zesco to subsidise electricity for consumers because that would kill the company. And Banda says the mining sector is not the only problematic area... […]

ECONOMIST Oliver Saasa says Zambia cannot correct its fiscal problem by only using the Central Bank’s monetary instrument. And Professor Saasa says the increase in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) was expected but his biggest... […]

OIL Marketing Companies Association of Zambia (OMCAZ) president Dr Kafula Mubanga says what is happening to the country now where Vitol Energy is withholding fuel stock is the reason his association advocates for multiuse of... […]

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says despite the restructuring process under the G20 Common Framework dragging for over two years, the country must be proud that it attained the deal. And Dr Musokotwane... […]

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has assured motorists that there are adequate diesel stocks available at Tazama Petroleum Products Limited, Ndola Fuel Terminal, for uplift by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). Meanwhile, the Ministry of Energy,... […]

THE Bank of Zambia (BOZ) has raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 100 basis points to 13.5 percent from 12.5 percent. And BOZ Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has attributed gains in the local currency... […]