Top news items in major Zambian media outlets
Xinhua, November 1, 2016 Adjust font size:
The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Tuesday.
-- The Zambian government has urged mining firms to invest in new energy saving technologies to reduce power intake and minimize the cost of production in the wake of power deficit the country is facing. (Times of Zambia)
-- The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by Zambia's main opposition leader and his vice in which they were challenging the swearing-in ceremony of President Edgar Lungu and his vice Inonge Wina on September 13, 2016.(Zambia Daily Mail)
-- The new head of a farmers' body at the center of misapplication of donor funds has apologized for the financial audit queries and appealed to stakeholders whom the organization may have offended to help move the agricultural sector forward.(The Post)
-- A former minister of mines in Zambia has accused Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Plc, a subsidiary of India's Vedanta Plc of trying to blackmail the government following its plans to lay off some workers. (Daily Nation) Endit