Mines minister Richard Musukwa says operations at the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) plant have been suspended until investigations into the sulphuric acid spillage are completed. And Musukwa says 269 people, among them 232 pupils were

The Non-governmental Gender Organization Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says it is saddened by the untimely death of Chilubi PF member of parliament Rosaria Fundanga. In statement, Thursday, NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale said it was sad

Economist Professor Oliver Saasa says the mismanagement of the country’s mining sector has contributed to the kwacha’s depreciation. And Professor Saasa has said Zambia is playing games with the mining industry. In an interview, Professor

Eskom says Zesco has met payment requirements for resumption of power imports. Eskom deputy spokesperson Dikatso Mothae said she could not, however, reveal how much had been paid to the utility, citing confidentiality. She said

Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says the current debt stock is a reflection of the Patriotic Front’s ambitious infrastructure development agenda. And Dr Ng’andu has clarified that the increase in the overnight lending rate by

MMD president Nervous Mumba says it is too early for the party to enter into any alliance with either the UPND or the PF because the former ruling party is focussed on rebuilding. And Mumba

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya has charged that German Ambassador to Zambia Achim Burkart is a novice on the country’s affairs, judging by his statement against President Edgar Lungu on the Constitutional Court ruling against

Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says pointing a gun at a person for merely buying fish at the market is unacceptable. And Fr Chikoya says if there will be

Choma UPND central member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa says the continued refusal by former ministers to pay back money they illegally acquired in 2016 is setting a bad precedent for Zambia’s judicial system. Speaking on

German Ambassador to Zambia Achim Burkart says the high risk of debt distress and absence of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program has limited cooperating partners from helping Zambia. And Ambassador Burkart has called on