Friday, June 13, 2025

Economy

It’s nothing personal, Mwanakatwe is just incompetent-Simumba

Respected Trade and Economic Consultant Trevor Simumba has insisted that Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe is incompetetant to run the Ministry. Mr Simumba last week called...

TAZARA Workers Continue to strike in demand of the payment of their three month salary arrears

Unionized workers at the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) have continued with their strike to press for payment of their three month salary arrears. The...

No money to host Zambia Travel Expo and Cultural and Arts Festival

The 2019 Zambia Travel Expo and the Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival have been put off due to inadequate funding from government. The Zambia...

5G network coming to Zambia-Mushimba

The Zambian government has opened talks with Chinese tech giant Huawei over the possibility of deploying 5 Generation Internet in Zambia. 5G is the next...

When Academics cry “Boma Iyanganepo”, what then is the value of higher education in Zambia?

I have had an interesting Facebook engagement with the University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union (UNZALARU) General Secretary, Dr. Kelvin Mambwe following my posts...

There is nothing to thank PF for reversing the decision to export

The UPND says there is nothing to thank the PF government for, for reversing their earlier decision to export maize barely two months ago....

Defer Sales Tax to 2020-Haabazoka

Economics Association of Zambia President Lubinda Haabazoka says there is need to defer sales tax to 2020. Dr Haabazoka has since proposed that in the...

President Lungu directs Agriculture Minister to immediately suspend Maize Exports

PRESIDENT Lungu has directed the Ministry of Agriculture to immediately suspend the export of maize and mealie-meal until Zambia takes stock of the food...