INDIAN Billionaire Mr Anil Agarwal is excited about the fact that his company Vedanta Resources has been granted control of Konkola Copper Mines by the Zambian government, following a settlement agreement. He says the return...

LAST week, the Minister of Mines Honourable Paul Kabuswe said there would be no tax holidays extended to Vedanta Resources Limited, the parent company that has been handed back control of Konkola Copper Mines following...

HONOURABLE Cornelius Mweetwa, the UPND spokesperson says the ruling party doesn’t get moved by the kind of reception given to former president Edgar Lungu wherever he goes because government understands that he is a celebrity....

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has finally set foot on Chinese soil after two years in office. Last week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced that President Hichilema would finally be undertaking a trip...

THE Patriotic Front is bragging that they threatened the police into releasing the former first lady Esther Lungu from detention after they mobilised supporters to besiege Ibex Police Station where she was being held on...

MR Ng’andu Magande, the former minister of finance, says government cannot be the best supervisor to ensure that Vedanta delivers on its commitments towards recapitalisation of Konkola Copper Mines. He argues that the responsibility of...

LISTENING attentively to the conditionalities and snippets of pledges in the new agreement under which Vedanta Resources is retaining control of Konkola Copper Mines, all we could hear is a confirmation that the government was...

THE international gold mafia incident that happened at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka last month has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many Zambians, given the unexpected turn that it has...

LAST week when the suspects involved in the KKIA gold scam case appeared in court, the State entered a nolle prosequi in favour of five Egyptians. Announcing the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions,...

THE Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) is concerned that the continued delay by the government to announce a way forward for Mopani Copper Mines and Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) may prove retrogressive and...