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Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has agreed to pay the US$103 million which the London High Court ordered the mining company to pay ZCCM Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) in a judgment last week. KCM Chief Executive Officer, Steven Din says KCM is working with ZCCM-IH to amicably resolve the matter of the unpaid sums which date as far back as 2012. Speaking ...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has advised members of the public to pay attention to their personal security and safety during this festive season.  Mr. Kanganja says as people go about their business, criminally minded elements are also going about their business looking for an opportunity to take advantage of unsuspecting people for their valuables.  He has also advised ...

Parliament has approved a K7.4 billion supplementary expenditure for 2016. Presenting the excess expenditure appropriation bill 2016, Finance Minister Felix Mutati says the bill has been prepared in accordance with article 203 clause 4 of the amended constitution. Mr Mutati says of the K7.4 billion, a sum of K5.7 billion relate to payment of subsidies on fuel and electricity. He ...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has cleared Horse Shoe Restaurant management in Lusaka over allegations of racial abuse. Labour Minister Joyce Nonde Simukoko who visited the restaurant this morning where she held separate meetings with workers and management says her ministry’s investigations into allegations of racial abuse by management at the restaurant have proved to be untrue. Ms ...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has called on High Court Judge Mwila Chitabo to rescind his decision to indefinitely adjourn the UPND presidential petition case over last Thursday’s riotous behavior by UPND cadres. Mr Sinkamba says Judge Chitabo should not be emotional by indefinitely adjourning the matter. He is advising judges to detach their emotional reactions from their work by ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has praised President Edgar Lungu for showing political will in the fight against corruption this year compared to last year. TIZ President Lee Habasonda notes that while there has been some slowness in dealing with suspected corruption cases, the Head of State has done extraordinary well this year. Mr. Habasonda says President Lungu has shown political ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) says it never banned its Members of Parliament and Councilors from attending state functions. UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma has told QTV News that the party merely issued a set of guidelines meant to facilitate decision making among its Members of Parliament and Councillors. Mr Kakoma says the guidelines were prompted by a realization ...

Former Transport and Communications Minister William Harrington has encouraged UPP President Dr. Saviour Chishimba to take a bold step and present his ‘strong evidence’ to the Anti Corruption Commission over the maize deals going into neighboring Malawi and Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr. Harrington says for as long as Dr. Chishimba continues to make statements through the media without taking ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has advised government to focus on re-fencing public funds that are meant for the poor if the country is to reduce the high poverty levels. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says Zambia’s poverty levels have remained high and thus the need to reduce them by prudently using the funds available. Mr. Nshindano says ...

Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has called on government to devise a National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2017-2021 that will be part of the Seventh National Development Plan. The Center feels that this will bring together all of the government’s plans and resource estimates for economic infrastructure development over the next five years. In a statement on understanding Zambia’s economic ...