By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FORMER Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations to former president Edgar Lungu, Amos Chanda, his wife and sister-in-law have appealed against the Lusaka Magistrate Court’s decision to convict and sentence...
Read MoreBy JAMES KUNDA – ZESCO is in talks with Mozambique for a possible increase in the quantum of power exports to Zambia.Energy Minister Peter Kapala said currently, the country was importing between 50 and 90...
Read MoreBy PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – PATRIOTIC FRONT (PF) faction Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda has been committed to the High Court to undergo trial on espionage charges.Lusaka Resident Magistrate Kawama Mwamfuli informed Nakacinda yesterday that the Director...
Read MoreBy CHUSA SICHONE and SYLVIA MWEETWA – THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested former State House Permanent Secretary Emmanuel Chilubanama, 52, for money laundering-related offences involving the alleged theft of a Government vehicle.Chilubanama, while...
Read MoreBy AGRIPPA CHANDA and JOSEPH BANDA – Our Civic Duty association (OCIDA), a non partisan, non governmental organisation comprising a cross section of senior leaders in society, has demanded for the resignation of chairperson Archbishop...
Read MoreBy SANDRA MWILA – THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has set April 27 as the date for the national annual general meeting (AGM).FAZ communications manager Sydney Mungala said in an interview yesterday that preparations...
Read MoreBy CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Forest and Forestry Industries Corporations (ZAFFICO) generated a revenue of K423 million from the sale of round wood and treated poles in the financial year ended December, 2023.The revenue...
Read MoreBy ANDREW MULENGA – THE Government has launched the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan for the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development to stimulate economic growth and development.Mines and Mineral Development Minister Paul Kabuswe said the five-year...
Read MoreBy KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and Climate Fund Managers have launched a new $1.3 billion fund to build high-voltage transmission lines linking member countries.The Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF)...
Read MoreBy JOSEPH BANDA – THE United Nations (UN) system in Zambia says it will mobilise US$30 million for humanitarian assistance, in response to President Hakainde Hichilema’s declaration of the current drought as a national disaster...
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