Archive: 4 July 2019

Mines minister Richard Musukwa says the closure of Mopani Copper Mines’ Mufulira smelter won’t result in job losses. Responding to a question from Mufulira PF member of parliament Dr Evans Chibanda on the prolonged closure […]

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says government must avoid announcing dates for the implementation of the disputed Sales Tax until the framework is foolproof. Last Friday, Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe told Parliament in a ministerial statement […]

Super league runner-up Green Eagles have arrived in Kigali, Rwanda ahead of their first ever regional tournament, the CECAFA Kagame cup. Eagles recently lost to ZESCO united 3-1 on penalties in a league coronation match […]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) spokesperson Saboi Imboela says her party will not field in a candidate for this month’s Katuba parliamentary by-election, but will rally behind the UPND to retain the seat. The Electoral Commission […]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says the PF is now feeling the pinch of his party on the Copperbelt Province, which is why President Edgar Lungu has been trooping that region on a […]

A businessman has sued Itezh-tezhi UPND member of parliament Herbert Shabula in the Lusaka High Court for allegedly failing to pay K180,000 after purchasing a Range Rover Vogue, motor vehicle. Mike Likando Matakala has sued […]

Transparency International Zambia Chapter president Rueben Lifuka says government will not lose anything by taking the counsel of American Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote on the need for proper accountability and transparency. During America’s 243rd […]

Chief government spokesperson Dora Siliya says the liquidation of Konkola Copper Mines has nothing to do with winding up the company or the sale of its assets, but ending the business relationship with Vedanta Resources […]

Zimbabwe’s veteran opposition leader Tendai Biti says African countries should prepare themselves for a huge, unprecedented debt implosion by 2024 because there will never be another debt relief initiative to help out Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries […]

Chipolopolo midfielder Boyd Musonda has joined Tunisian side FC Sportif Scfaxien on a three-year contract that will run up to 2022. A Zanaco FC statement confirmed the development adding that both the Zambian club and […]