United Mine Workers Union of Zambia (UMUZ) General Secretary Yosamu Nyirongo has urged government to trade carefully as it considers the return of Vedanta Resources to Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). Mr Nyirongo has told Q-News in an interview that Vedanta left the country in very bitter circumstances following legal battles with government over unfavorable working conditions for workers among other ...

Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Chipoka Mulenga has bemoaned the trade imbalance between Israel and Zambia. Trade volumes between the two countries are less than 10 million dollars in favour of Israel. Mr Mulenga has since stressed the need to come up with measures that will help seal the current trade gap that exists between Zambia and Israel. He says ...

Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) Chairman for Information and Publicity, Raphael Nakachida says the party has not yet consider the idea of holding a virtual national conference to elect the party. Mr. Nakachinda tells Q-news that the decision whether to have a virtual or physical general conference will depend on the submission that will be made by the general conference committee ...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has backed plans by the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development to review the mines and minerals development policy. CTPD Executive Director, Isaac Mwaipopo says this is a significant and timely decision on the part of government which calls for support from stakeholders to ensure it is actualized without delay. Mr. Mwaipopo ...

Human Rights Commission Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga has called for tangible action on legal reforms in pursuit of the presidential pronouncement on abolishing the death penalty in Zambia. Mr. Mwandenga says the policy pronouncement by President Hakainde Hichilema can be actualized through the amendment of penal laws such as the Penal Code Act and the Criminal Procedure Code Act Chapter 88 ...

Mines minister Paul Kabuswe says government has no plans of repossessing the black mountain in Kitwe and handing it over to the Zambia National Service (ZNS) to operate. Opposition Green Party president, Peter Sinkamba, recently advised the ministry of mines and minerals development to consider handing over the slug dump popularly known as the black mountain to the Zambia National ...

New Heritage party president Chishala Kateka feels the recent transfers of magistrates to some extent contradicts the New Dawn Government’s aspiration of uniting couples in the civil service. About ten Lusaka Magistrates have been transferred by the judicial service commission to various parts of the country. But Ms Kateka is however, hopeful that the Magistrates that have been transferred are ...

The Lusaka Province Planning Appeals Tribunal has granted the Lusaka City Council permission to proceed with demolition of structures built on the Zambia Railways Njanji Commuter Reserve Land in Libala area. This is in a matter where some Lusaka residents challenged the decision by the Lusaka City Council and Zambia Railways Limited to demolish their structures built on the land in ...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has revised the pump price for petrol upwards by 80 ngwee per litre, while prices of diesel and kerosene remain unchanged. The price changes take effect midnight of Tuesday, 31st May, 2022. ERB Board Chairperson Reynolds Bowa says since the last price review, the average international price of the three petroleum products generally increased from ...

Police in Ndola have gunned down four criminals suspected to have been terrorising people’s homes and businesses. Six other criminals are still at large and a manhunt to track them down has continued.  ZANIS reports that Copperbelt Police Commanding Officer, Sharon Zulu, has disclosed that Anti Robbery Officers from Kitwe and Ndola gunned down the criminals early this morning. Ms. ...