Mkushi gets K7 million toll plaza
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Mkushi THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has started constructing a toll plaza in Mkushi on the Great North Road at a cost of K7.5 million to generate more revenue for road maintenance...
View ArticleFuel prices slashed
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has reduced pump prices of fuel by about seven percent effective last mid night. Petrol, which was selling at K12.50 per litre, will now be...
View ArticleZambia to plug health funding gap
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka GOVERNMENT says corrective measures will be put in place to ensure health programmes in Zambia are not adversely affected by reduction in foreign aid, special assistant to the...
View ArticleWorkers Compensation at a glance
WORKER'S COMPENSATION CORNER with MAYBIN NKHOLOMBA 1. What is WCFCB? Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) is a Social Security Institution mandated by Act 10 of 1999 of the Laws of...
View ArticleEastern Province records 293 GBV cases
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Chipata POLICE in Eastern Province has recorded 293 gender-based violence (GBV) cases in the last three months. Provincial community services coordinator Gloria Mubita said the...
View ArticleCommonwealth extols champion Lungu
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka COMMONWEALTH secretary-general Patricia Scotland has commended President Lungu for being an exemplary leader in championing the rights of women and girls at local and international...
View ArticleLungu heads north, Ukusefya awaits
HENRY SINYANGWE, Mungwi PRESIDENT Lungu is today expected in Northern Province to launch various development projects and grace this year’s Ukusefya pa Ng’wena traditional ceremony of the Bemba...
View ArticlePolice discontinue Chishimba case
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka POLICE have discontinued a case in which United Progressive People (UPP) president Saviour Chishimba was charged with defamation of the President. Dr Chishimba was arrested last...
View ArticleZamtel, Zambia Railways get boards
NANCY MWAPE, Lusaka THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has appointed new board of directors for Zamtel and Zambia Railways Limited in an effort to transform the two companies into competitive...
View Article‘Mo Fire at Limpos Pub’
SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Livingstone INDEED, not everything was happening at the Zambia Agriculture and Commercial Show in the Lusaka Showgrounds as those who were at Limpos Pub in Livingstone last Friday...
View ArticleUPND sees hope in dialogue
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka THE United Party for National Development (UPND) says it sees a glimmer of hope for dialogue with the Patriotic Front (PF) following the visit by Commonwealth secretary general...
View ArticleMutomboko 19:19 : A unique festival
MWILA NTAMBI, Mwansabombwe ZAMBIA’s rich cultural heritage is often exposed through traditional ceremonies. The ceremonies highlight the unique cultural values of a particular people or province where...
View ArticleChipolopolo performance worries Kamanga
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga is concerned about the national team’s poor showing and has met coach Wedson Nyirenda to find a solution. Kamanga said...
View ArticleCopper price soars
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka THE price of copper, which is Zambia’s foreign exchange earner, rose to two and half highs at US$6,495 a tonne on the international market on Wednesday, supported by anticipated...
View ArticleRobust economy brings down monetary policy
NANCY MWAPE, Lusaka THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has reduced the monetary policy rate from 12.5 percent to 11 percent following sustained decline of inflation. It has also reduced the statutory reserve...
View ArticleKambwili blames evil spirits
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka FORMER Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Chishimba Kambwili says “evil spirits” drove him into uttering tribal remarks against the people of Southern Province last...
View ArticleSlain police officers promoted
MONICA KAYOMBO, Ndola THE Zambia Police Service has posthumously promoted the two officers who were killed by criminals in a heavy exchange of gunfire as they tried to thwart a robbery from a bakery in...
View ArticleInterest rates should fall, says BAZ
KABANDA CHULU and NANCY SIAME, Lusaka THE Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) says it exepects commercial banks to reduce interest rates by about 1.5 percent on all loans following the reduction of the...
View ArticleZambia on FIFA standings
STEPHEN PHIRI, Lusaka ZAMBIA has dropped to 96th position on the FIFA Coca-Cola world rankings while South Africa are 66th overall. The Chipolopolo today face Bafana Bafana in the 2018 Kenya African...
View ArticleFRA maintains K60 for maize
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has maintained that it will buy maize from farmers at K60 for a 50kg bag because the price is determined by market forces. The insistence comes after...
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