By AUSTIN  KALUBA – IT is disheartening to note that University of Zambia lecturers and students have joined hands in disrupting peace whenever they are aggrieved. Should not the people at the highest institution of...

By DAVID CHONGO – THE North-Western Development Council of Elders in North-Western Province has backed President Edgar Lungu’s decision to create Kalumbila and Mushindamo districts as this will positively contribute to the realisation of the...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – A TOTAL of 284 miners at Mopani Copper Mines (MCM)’s Mindolo North Shaft in Kitwe were on Wednesday night trapped underground after the 11kv sub-station supplying power to the plant got...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has commenced the process of exploring wind-power as an alternative source of energy to reduce the country’s dependence on hydro-generated electricity. REA has since entered into...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda says Africa’s failure to move away from commodity dependence without any meaningful value-addition has continued to negatively affect most economies on the continent. Mr Chikwanda said that...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has called on mining companies to implement the Demand Side Management (DSM) initiative to help free up power in the wake of the reduced power generation...

By JAMES KUNDA – STATE House has said the primary objective of President Edgar Lungu’s administration is to ensure that the country has sustainable electricity supply to spur economic growth. Special Assistant to the President...

By MILDRED KATONGO – GOVERNMENT has reprimanded some civil servants for slowing the implementation of various State projects by exhibiting a negative approach towards work. Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Chishimba Kambwili said President Edgar...

By MILDRED KATONGO – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has made three changes at Permanent Secretary level. President Lungu has transferred Peter Mwaba from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Health taking over from...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THREE companies have applied for a joinder in a matter in which the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) has sued JCN Holdings, Post Newspapers Limited and Mutembo Nchito over a K14...