Zambia tables $22 billion PPP projects
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka ZAMBIA’S Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit representatives have presented project opportunities valued at over US$22 billion to prospective investors in the United Kingdom (UK)....
View ArticleCouncil could lose K1.2 million
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka THE Lusaka City Council will lose more than K1.2 million monthly in uncollected levies if the gutted Lusaka City Market remains closed. Lusaka City Market acting manager Andrew...
View ArticlePolice get more teeth
HONE SIAME, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has invoked Article 31 of the Republican Constitution to give police more powers to stop a spate of economic sabotage in the country. This entails that sabotage suspects...
View ArticleEngage policy study into budgeting, COMESA members urged
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka RESEARCHERS and trade experts have urged the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member states to integrate policy study into institutional structure and...
View ArticleSmuggled sugar affecting local industry
NANCY MWAPE, Lusaka ZAMBIA Sugar Plc has called on Government to intervene in the influx of cheap smuggled sugar into the country, as it is negatively affecting the local industry. Company marketing...
View ArticleMunkoyo kills one, leaves 48 in hospital
BUTTYSON KANDIMBA, Solwezi A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy has died while 48 other people, among them four pregnant women, are admitted to Loloma Mission Hospital in Manyinga district in North-Western Province...
View ArticleKeep peace, US urges Zambians
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Zambia Eric Shultz has urged Zambians to preserve and protect the country’s reputation for peace and civility. And Minister of Finance Felix...
View ArticleAll investments safe
HONE SIAME, Lusaka PRESIDENT Lungu has assured investors that Government has put in place adequate security measures to protect their investments and capital expansion programmes from unscrupulous...
View ArticleMaggie Mbewe: Play-writing skills appreciated
Spotlight on Performing Arts: JOHN KAKESA NOT only in Zambia, but Africa as a whole, creative writing has remained a luxury, moreover, a man-dominated realm. Female participants have been few, perhaps...
View ArticleEyes on the trophy
ROBINSON KUNDA, Rustenburg, South Africa COACH Wedson Nyirenda says the Chipolopolo will take on Zimbabwe with purpose in Sunday’s Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Senior...
View ArticleLungu to commission CB projects
NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola PRESIDENT Lungu is today expected to unveil the construction of the US$528 million ZCCM-Investment Holding (ZCCM-IH) cement manufacturing plant at Ndola Lime Company, a project...
View Article5 houses gutted in Nchelenge
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Nchelenge FIVE families have been left homeless in Nchelenge district’s Yenga and Chitondo villages after their houses were set ablaze by unknown people on Wednesday night. The...
View ArticleUPND MPs remain banned – High Court
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka THE High Court has dismissed an application by some United Party for National Development (UPND) members of Parliament to apply for leave to apply for judicial review of the...
View ArticleThe day our livelihoods went up in flames
JACK ZIMBA, Lusaka A WOODEN market stand still smoulders a day after fire gutted Lusaka’s City Market. After the leaping flames have been doused by firefighters, the scale of destruction is revealed....
View ArticleTerror tactics exposed
HONE SIAME, Lusaka PRESIDENT Lungu says acts of terrorism aimed at instilling fear in him by some opposition politicians will not compel the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) into forming a government of...
View ArticleDundumwezi: You’re welcome Mr President
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Southern Royal Foundation of Chiefs says the people of Dundumwezi in Kalomo are eagerly looking forward to President Lungu’s maiden visit to the area this week. The President...
View Article61,000 farmers to reap from $22m deal
NANCY MWAPE, Lusaka ZAMBIA and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a US$22.2 million financial agreement that will boost food security and increase incomes for...
View ArticleDark forces doomed
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka PEOPLE behind the burning of Lusaka City Market have invited a curse upon themselves and their generations, United Church of Zambia (UCZ) synod Bishop Sydney Sichilima has said....
View ArticleDoctors should act honourably
OVER the years Zambia has witnessed an enormous growth of the private health sector. We have seen a number of private hospitals and clinics sprouting out across the country. This is a good development...
View ArticleCement sales drop due to extended rainy season
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka LAFARGE Zambia says the prolonged rainy season in the first half of the year negatively affected its business as there were few sales. In the 2016/17 rainy season, the country...
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