Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Economy

Government engage Auditors to Track unpaid CEEC loans

Auditors have been engaged to track unpaid funds that were accessed by young people in the previous regime. Sports, youth and child development Minister Chishimba...

Shamenda asks workers to dialogue with employers over minimum wage implementation

MINISTER of Labour and Social Security Fackson Shamenda has advised workers around the country to dialogue with their employers over the implementation of the...

Now marketeers threaten to vacate markets after Wynter Kabimba said street vendors will not be removed

Marketeers at Lusaka’s city market have threatened to vacate the market in preference for the streets should government fail to rescind its decision on...

Zambia needs 100, 000 tonnes of fish to meet demand

Agriculture and Livestock Deputy Minister, Lackson Kazabu, says there is need for the country to produce in excess of 101,397 metric tonnes of fish...

Chinese and Tanzanian investors want to invest in Mulungushi textiles-GBM

Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba has disclosed that three investors have so far expressed their readiness to invest in Mulungushi Textiles in order to revamp...

Zambia’s inflation drops to 6.2, trade surplus nose dives by 52%

Central Statistical Office has announced a reduction in the annual inflation rate during the mouth of July 2012. CSO Director of Census John Kalumbi says...

Scott questions critics of FRA maize marketing system

Vice- President Guy Scott has wondered whether the individual small scale farmers being targeted by the government in the grain marketing system have the...

CSOs demand windfall tax inclusion in 2013 budget

The civil society in the country has proposed the reintroduction of windfall tax for mining companies in the 2013 budget. The CSOs argue that there...