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CALLS FOR THE RETURN OF VEDANTA ON THE COPPERBELT GETTING LOUDER! Calls for return of VEDANTA on the Copperbelt is getting louder, with some miners hoping the mining giant can sail through the uncertainties so that work can begin. The miners who have described the promises of improved working conditions …

Switzerland has injected over $55 Million into Social Cash Transfer and other social protection programmes in Zambia. Minister of Community Development and Social Services, Ms Doreen Mwamba was at hand to receive the Head of Cooperation from the Embassy of Switzerland, Mr Manuel Thurnhofer who paid a courtesy call on …

Technology and Science Minister Felix Mutati has said the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority ZICTA will soon make an announcement on the progress towards the operationalization of a 4th mobile operator in the country. View Post In February last year, ZICTA awarded a 4th mobile licence to Beeline Telecoms …

THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) says the adjustment in bus fares will be announced during the course of the week. RTSA Head Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga says the agency and bus operators have concluded a consultative meeting to consider the proposed adjustment in bus fares following the increase …

Southern Province Acting Commissioner of Police, Alfred Nawa is reportedly under investigations within the police command for allegedly giving suspicious prominence to visiting South African based Zambian born businessman, James Ndambo. Sources within the police in Southern Province have told Phoenix News that Mr. Nawa was yesterday ordered to close …

The United States government has announced the launch of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Business Enabling Project, a five-year, $14 million initiative, subject to appropriations, designed to spur economic development in Zambia. Specifically focused on the development of rural communities, the project will generate incentives for private-sector investments …

Many marriages have crumbled as a result of infertility. The inability to have children causes daily tears for numerous people. It might cause resentment among family and friends. Pastors could collect all of your money and other valuables from you if you don’t take care of yourself. Desperation should not …

The Commuters Rights Association President Aaron Kamuti says there is need to stop evangelists who preach in long distance buses alleging they cause inconvenience to travelers. Mr. Kamuti says in an interview that not every passenger on a bus is a Christian and as such the preaching services rendered by …

A senior official at state run telecoms firm Zamtel has revealed that government has put the company up for sale. Acting Zamtel Chief Executive Officer Joshua Malupenga told a special virtual staff meeting last week that government has already found an equity partner to run the company. Mr. Malupenga did …

Chief MUMENA of the Kaonde people in North-Western Province has rejected a proposed project by Kansanshi Mining PLC to set up a solar plant in his chiefdom. This is after the First Quantum Minerals Limited -FQM- mine in 2013, acquired one thousand hectares of land in Kipemba area and put …