ZESCO has announced that it will carry out a rotational load shedding exercise which will commence today, January 3, 2023. In a statement, Sunday, the Zesco Corporate Affairs Department stated that there was a reduction in available water for electricity generation at Kariba North Bank Power Station. “Zesco has experienced a drastic reduction in available...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) Executive Director Maurice Nyambe says the government should find a strategy to provide direction to the fight against corruption. Nyambe says TI-Z expects government to introduce the Lifestyle Audits Bill in the new year. In a statement on TI-Z's reflection of 2022, Nyambe said pronouncements alone on the fight against corruption...

THE Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of former Finance Minister Dr Katele Kalumba and three others who were convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for corrupt practices on May 26, 2010. And Kalumba has lamented that he has been subjected to injustice. Dr Kalumba was jointly sentenced with former Finance Permanent Secretary Stella...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says some of the convicts who have been executed after being sentenced to death never committed crimes. The President claims that he was put on death row after being arrested and detained for the offence of treason. Meanwhile, President Hichilema says he takes long to act because some reports which are given...

GOVERNMENT has increased the minimum wage for domestic workers, shop keepers and general workers among others, effective January 1, 2023. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Brenda Tambatamba said minimum wage for domestic workers has been revised from K993.60 to K1,300 while gross pay for a shop keeper has been increased from K1,698.60, to K2,313.10....

MINISTRY of Information Media Director and Spokesperson Thabo Kawana says the brand new motor vehicle he gifted his wife as a Christmas gift was purchased with a car loan. Kawana has since apologised to the ruling party and members of the public who might have been reminded of the days when leaders flaunted their "ill-gotten...

ZESCO Board Chairperson Vickson Ncube says the earlier announced load management has not been effected yet, arguing that power outages being experienced in some areas are due to maintenance works or repairs. In an interview, Ncube said the utility company was monitoring the situation and would effect load shedding when need arises. "We haven't even...

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Gilbert Phiri has revoked the immunity from prosecution granted to former KCM provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu, by his predecessor Lillian Siyunyi. But Lungu's lawyer, Makebi Zulu, has described the action as not only illegal but contemptuous. Speaking at a media briefing, Thursday, National Prosecution Authority Spokesperson Chali Hambayi said the decision...

THE Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) has started a process of writing off "non-performance" loans amounting to K693.5 million which were issued to some politically exposed persons (PEPs). About K71,603,789 million has since been written off, according to sources within the Ministry of Finance who fear that the execution of the debt cancellation was illegal...

YOU have not been load shedded yet because of the work we have been doing behind the scenes, says President Hakainde Hichilema. The President says although his government has performed well in its first year in office, it's not enough, as more needs to be done. Meanwhile, President Hichilema says there is no competition between...