Exercise fiscal prudence, EAZ advises State
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka THE Economic Association of Zambia (EAZ) has advised Government to exercise fiscal prudence by utilising part of the impending International Monetary Fund loan on construction of...
View ArticleKwacha to make further gains
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka AS COMPANIES sell their United States (US) dollars to pay wages and suppliers at the month-end, the Kwacha is expected to make further gains against major convertible currencies...
View ArticleMusika, NatSave partner in drilling 20 boreholes
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka MUSIKA Development Initiative and the National Savings and Credit Bank (NatSave) have partnered to implement a one-year K2 million pilot project in Kalomo district to result in...
View ArticleZambia urged to benefit from AGOA
CYNTHIA MWALE, Washington, USA ZAMBIA needs to take advantage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) as it still possesses opportunity for economic growth. Since its inception in 2000, AGOA...
View ArticleK385,000 recovered from seized goods
TRYNESS TEMBO, Chirundu GOVERNMENT has managed to save over K385,000 from tax evasion and tax avoidance following the seizure of various products at Kariba and Chirundu border posts last week. The...
View ArticleKagame in today
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka PRESIDENT Paul Kagame of Rwanda is today expected in Zambia for a two-day state visit during which bilateral agreements are expected to be consolidated. Minister of Foreign...
View ArticleLet’s remember FJT’s great deeds
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka FORMER President Rupiah Banda has appealed to Government to publicise late President Frederick Chiluba’s memorial day because of his considerable contribution to Zambia’s...
View ArticleSuspended MPs challenged to apologise
KELVIN MBEWE, LUSAKA THE Citizens Education Programmes (CEP) has given the 48 suspended United Party for National Development (UPND) members of Parliament (MPs) a 48-hour ultimatum to apologise to the...
View ArticleMore dismiss crisis
KELVIN CHONGO, KELVIN MBEWE, Lusaka THE Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and the United Church of Zambia (UCZ) have distanced themselves from a joint press conference by three church mother...
View ArticleHH must accept results
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka FORMER President Rupiah Banda says it is only when the United Party for National Development (UPND) accept and recognise that President Lungu is the duly elected head of State that...
View ArticleLet the law take its course
Dear editor, ALLOW me to express my concern on the careless statements made by some sections of our society in relation to the incarceration of the UPND leader. What must be known is that it is in the...
View ArticleStrengthen business in DRC, Zimbabwe, poultry farmers urged
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka POULTRY Association of Zambia (PAZ) says farmers should take advantage and strengthen their export market positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe, where...
View ArticleWalter faces FIFA wrath
ROBINSON KUNDA, MULWANDA LUPIYA, Lusaka, Ndola DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo (DRC) Super League side Lubumbashi Sports have reported the matter involving Nkana striker Walter Bwalya’s nationality status...
View ArticleToivo a great freedom fighter – KK
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka FORMER President Kenneth Kaunda has described late Namibian freedom fighter Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo as a great freedom fighter whose legacy should not be forgotten. And...
View ArticleWhen baby producers fail parenting test
Gender Focus with EMELDA MWITWA LAST Sunday when the world was celebrating Father’s Day, I also found myself mumbling some words of appreciation to the ‘real fathers’ who are living up to their...
View ArticleEndangered wildlife faces extinction
NDANGWA MWITTAH, Monze DID you know that the Kafue Flats, which is home to the Blue Lagoon and Lochinvar National Parks, is the only place in the world the Lechwe can be found? If you didn’t, now you...
View ArticleMines battling to attract skilled people
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka CHAMBER of Mines says implementation of new projects is at risk in Zambia and other mining countries around the world due to the increasing shortage of specific skilled and...
View Article‘HH was moved because of security concerns’
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka THE Department of Correctional Services says it has security concerns that have led to the transfer of United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema...
View ArticleWoman ATM ‘fraudster’ draws K26,000
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Chipata POLICE in Chipata have arrested a 40-year-old wife of a Lusaka police inspector for allegedly stealing over K26,000 using stolen automated teller machine (ATM) cards and...
View ArticleLungu unveils road to prosperity
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka ZAMBIA’S road to prosperity has been unveiled through the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP), with Government targeting to significantly grow the economy and narrow the gap...
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