The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia says it ‘is horrified at the statement attributed to Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Lusaka Province Chairperson William Banda, in which he is reported to have vowed to “fight” and “defeat” The Post newspaper, for allegedly insulting President Rupiah Banda, Vice-President George Kunda, and a number of [...]

Zambia’s largest copper miner, Konkola Copper Mines, is battling to control flooding at its underground mines following a power blackout that affected the company’s de-watering operations Friday, a company spokesman said Saturday. KCM, majority owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources PLC (VED.LN), operates the wettest mines in Zambia and pumps out water every day to allow [...]

Parts of Zimbabwe and most of neighbouring Zambia suffered a massive blackout for about 10 hours on Friday, as a fault crippled the hydro-electric dam that supplies most of the countries’ power. A breakdown at Kariba dam disrupted the entire electrical grid and caused problems at secondary stations, said Fullard Gwasira, a spokesperson for the [...]