By KENNEDY MUPESENI and DAVID KANDUZA – Vedanta Resources or other investors interested in Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) must meet several benchmarks before starting operations, the industry’s three main unions said yesterday. Read more...

By DOROTHY CHISI – AFRICA Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced the launch of a US$2 billion facility to support bank-driven economic recovery in Africa, and the resilience of African economies.This is to help cushion the...

By FRANCINA CHOMBA – ABOUT 60 per cent of the more than 300 street children who were rounded up in Lusaka by Community Development Minister Doreen Mwamba on Thursday have been diagnosed with Sexually Transmitted...

By KASONDE KASONDE – THE Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has alleged that some traditional leaders and Members of Parliament (MPs) have been pressurising the commission to recruit their favoured applicants at the expense of quality...

By JOSEPH BANDA – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has issued an alert to the financial sector urging it to be vigilant on cyber security threat after it experienced a partial disruption to some of...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBIA is projected to record 2.7 tonnes of maize production in the 2021/2022 farming season which translates into a 25-per cent decrease on last season’s output figure of 3.6million.The 25-per cent...

By FRANCINA CHOMBA – FORMER Kasama Central Member of Parliament Kelvin Sampa has been arrested by Police in Lusaka in connection with obtaining money by false pretences with intent to defraud the owner permanently.Deputy Police...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Local Authorities Superannuation Fund (LASF) has released K150 million for the payment of retirees’ pension arrears expected to address the plight of more than 5, 000 retirees.Managing director George Chileshe...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FORMER Ministry of Higher Education permanent secretary, Owen Mugenezulu yesterday appeared before the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court charged with willful failure to comply with applicable law andprocedure involving US$225,000,000.Mugemezulu is alleged to...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Government is not paying for extra security equipment, electricity, road and infrastructure upgrades at President Hakainde Hichilema’s Community House in Lusaka.Vice-President W.K. Mutale-Nalumango said President Hichilema was using his personal...