Saturday, June 7, 2025

Economy

Zambia to start importing fuel from Angola

Zambia plans to start importing refined petroleum products from neighbouring Angola to lower the cost of fuel. Energy permanent secretary George Zulu has told Reuters...

Kansanshi mine strike is illegal says FQM

First Quantum Minerals says the strike action by miners at its Kansanshi mine in Solwezi is illegal. Workers at the Kansanshi mine, Zambia’s largest copper...

I have known Fratelli Locci since 2001 and worked with them-Andrew Banda

THE case in which former President Rupiah Banda’s son Andrew has been linked to an Italian construction company—Fratelli Locci—has taken a new twist with...

HH is disgruntled, charges Kambwili

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs Chishimba Kambwili has dismissed assertions by United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema that foreign investment is threatened...

Prolonged dry spell worries Government

THE Government will institute a crop assessment exercise in view of the prolonged dry spell in some parts of the country, Vice-President Guy Scott...

Minister to summon FRA bosses over failure by engaged companies to complete projects

AGRICULTURE and Livestock Minister, Emmanuel Chenda, will summon the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) management to seek the way forward on the incomplete K72 billion-contract...

Zambia,China sign three economic agreements

The Zambian government and the people’s republic of China have today signed three economic and technical cooperation exchange notes on the Levy Mwanawasa hospital,...

Zambia’s inflation sharply falls to 7.2 %, as GDP growth expected to drop to 6.5 %

Zambia's consumer inflation sharply slowed in December on lower food prices , the Central Statistics Office said said today. Inflation was at 7.2 percent year-on-year...