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Economy

Botswana’s leading supermarket to expand operations in Zambia by opening 9 more outlets

BOTSWANA’s leading supermarket, Choppies, plans to expand its operations in Zambia by opening nine more outlets with Chipata branch to be unveiled this month-end. Group...

The Kwacha strengthens to below K9 per US dollar

THE Kwacha, which has breached the K9 mark, has continued to appreciate against the US dollar and other convertible currencies with analysts projecting that...

FRA to buy 500,000 metric tonnes of maize and reduce satellite depots

PARLIAMENT heard yesterday that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) will buy 500,000 metric tonnes of maize for strategic reserves in this year’s crop marketing...

ZRA “Amnesty Initiative” brings in K 384 Million

Zambia Revenue Authority “Amnesty Initiative” Scopes 384 Million in Collections and 267,707 in applications. The exceptional program aimed at helping taxpayers put their liabilities behind...

Invocation of Article 31 will not in any way encroach on investments placed in Zambia-Mutati

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says the invocation of Article 31 by President Edgar Lungu will not in any way encroach on investments placed in...

Zambia Police raid home of Cannabis Activist

Police over the weekend raided the home of a Canadian-raised journalist turned Cannabis activist and picked up his brother. David Julian Wightman was not home...

Prices of Mealie Meal begin to fall

PRICES of mealie-meal on the Copperbelt have started falling. About three months ago, a 25kg bag of breakfast mealie-meal was fetching between K96...

Botswana refuses to release Trucks carrying Fresh Fish for Cross Border Traders from Zambia

OVER K 1.8 MILLION worth of fish bought by 30 Zambian cross-border traders into Botswana went to waste in March after the four truckload...