Inflation down to 15.3%
THE annual inflation rate for May 2025 has reduced to 15.3 percent from 16.5 percent in April 2025. In this month’s report, read on her behalf by Chief Statistician Chola Nakazwe Daka, Acting Statistician General Sheila Mudenda attributed the reduction to price movements in both food and non-food items. “Annual inflation for May 2025 slowed…...
Districts must feed themselves, sell surplus to urban areas – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government’s intention is for the country to be food secure with each district feeding itself and the surplus being sold to urban areas. Speaking during the launch of maize harvesting at his farm in Namwala district, Wednesday, President Hichilema said he did not expect a country of laziness but a country…...
Sino Metals, Rongxing to compensate affected farmers K16.2m
COPPERBELT Minister Elisha Matambo says Sino Metals Leach Zambia Limited and Rongxing Investment Limited will pay over K16.2 million as compensation to 507 farmers who were affected by the two mining companies’ pollution. And Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe says both mining firms are ready to compensate the affected farmers. Earlier in February, Sino Metals discharged…...
There’s no easy team at COSAFA, warns Wada
ZAMBIA National Team coach Wedson Nyirenda has warned against underestimating Group D opponents in the upcoming 2025 HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Cup. He insisted that there are “no more pushovers” in Southern African football. Nyirenda, who is leading an all-local squad into the regional tournament, remains focused on using the COSAFA Cup as a launchpad for Zambia’s…...
Copper Queens intensify WAFCON preparations
THE Zambia National Women’s Team has intensified preparations for the upcoming TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) as they gear up for back-to-back international friendlies against Botswana and South Africa. The team had their first training session held on Wednesday at Clapham High School in Queenswood,. Striker Prisca Chilufya, who recently joined Orlando Pride…...
HH has not suspended Judge Sunkutu on tribal grounds – Kawana
MINISTRY of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana has dispelled reports that President Hakainde Hichilema has suspended High Court Judge Emelia Phiri Sunkutu on tribal grounds. On Wednesday, President Hichilema suspended Justice Sunkutu as High Court Judge, with sources revealing that her suspension was due to numerous undelivered judgements. Addressing the media, Thursday, Kawana…...
Court convicts former UNZASU president for inciting violence
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted former University of Zambia Students’ Union (UNZASU) president Gabriel Banda for proposing violence at the institution. Meanwhile, Lusaka Senior Resident Magistrate Trevor Kasanda has reserved Banda’s sentencing for today, May 30. In this matter, Banda was facing a charge of proposing violence or breaches of the law to assemblies…...
Court orders Mpika, Nakonde MPs to pay K100,000 for failing to avail Tayali
LUSAKA Principal Resident Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya has ordered Mpika MP Francis Kapyanga and his Nakonde counterpart, Lukas Simumba, to pay K50,000 each for failing to avail Chilufya Tayali before the court. This was after Magistrate Munyinya noted that Kapyanga and Simumba had failed to present Tayali before court since early last year when she issued…...
Politics should be a competition of ideas, not physical – Chief Madzimawe
CHIEF Madzimawe of the Ngoni-speaking people of Eastern Province says politics should not be physical but a competition of ideologies. And Chief Madzimawe has urged politicians to exercise maturity and not engage in fights. In an interview, Tuesday, Chief Madzimawe said in a democratic dispensation, politicians must operate in a civil manner by competing against…...
Truck driver on the run, 30 tonnes of copper cathodes missing
A TRUCK driver is on the run after allegedly stealing 30 tonnes of copper cathodes he was transporting from Ndola to Durban, South Africa. According to police, the matter was reported by Michael Chanda, 39, of Kafue Town, a driver for Jamaras Limited. Confirming the incident, Southern Province Police Commanding Officer Auxensio Daka said the…...