The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has observed that government should have selected some sectors in which the revised minimum wage should be applied. ZCTU deputy president Humphrey Lungu said this is because certain groups of employers will not be able to pay their workers the wages that exceed K500, 000 per month. Mr. [...]

Dear editor, Allow me to use your media to air my heartfelt displeasure of the economic status of Chingola which is the pillar of mining in Zambia. Before privitisation,Nchanga mine was an asset to Chingola Town and Zambia at large, in the sense that it invested heavily in human resource and enviroment within which it operated. It built [...]

The Zambian government has welcomed the usage of the first ever daily pill that is said to help prevent HIV transmission. The drug was recently approved by the United States (US) health regulators for use by healthy adults who are at risk of getting the virus that causes AIDS. Deputy Minister of Health Patrick Chikusu [...]

The MMD in Northern Province has added its voice to calls by the party top leadership to expel rebel Members of Parliament. MMD provincial chairman Steven Mukuka said the party in the region is in total support of decision by their National Executive Committee (NEC) to expel MPs serving as deputy ministers in the Patriotic Front Government. Mr. [...]

With no information on where the president is, rumours are rife on what is really going on. One news website reports that the president is hospitalised in India and that senior minister have gone to visit him. See details here

Government has unearthed a scam in which a Chinese investor in Choma has evaded Value Added Tax for 17 months. This came to light when Choma District Commissioner Golden Nyambe made an impromptu visit to a Chinese  shop- Chuen Zhu in the area following a tip from members of the public. Mr Nyambe took the Chinese proprietor [...]