Mbabala UPND member of parliament Ephraim Belemu says Zambia needs to focus on localized energy solutions that are suited to particular areas as a means of mitigating the power deficit. And Belemu has called on

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has only managed to buy 90,000 metric tonnes from the targeted 300,000 metric tonnes since the opening of the 2019 crop marketing season. And Katambo

Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa says electricity tariffs could go up by as high as 75 per cent, similar to the previous increment effected in 2017. And Nkhuwa says government is currently reviewing a possible fuel

Lands and Natural Resources Minister Jean Kapata says the Chalimbana River source is not affected by the de-gazettion of Forest 27 as it is surrounded by over 1,000 hectares of land. The Lusaka East Forest

Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) says businessman Valden Findlay and Chishimba Kambwili’s public fight has potential to injure the presidency. And KBF has advised President Edgar Lungu to carefully scrutinize his aides because they

Zesco is suffering; it has got no money, Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa has said. And Nkhuwa says the extended load shedding hours will continue until government starts importing power from South Africa’s power utility

Kansanshi Mining Plc has flagged off the 2019/2020 farming season by releasing farming inputs to more than 7,400 farmers in Solwezi and the surrounding areas in North-Western Province. Solwezi District Commissioner Rosemary Kamalonga, who flagged

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has declared hunger a national disaster, asking President Edgar Lungu to emulate him in order to avoid deaths as a result of starvation in some parts of the country. And Hichilema

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has assured drivers operating between Zambia and South Africa that their safety concerns have been attended to by both governments. Kampyongo said this in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as he

A 50-year-old Zambian identified as Boniface Mbewe has been found dead in his room at a guest house in Durban, South Africa. Mbewe, a chemical engineer by profession and an employee of a named giant