Friday, May 16, 2025

Economy

Misunderstanding of DCs roles has led to failure in implementing Government policies-Msiska

INADEQUATE understanding of district commissioners’ roles and responsibilities has led to failure in the implementation of some of the Government policies and programmes, Secretary...

Nawakwi writes to Sata over the busary crisis at the University of Zambia

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has written to President Michael Sata requesting his positive urgent intervention in the bursary crisis...

Zambia tops landlocked African countries foreign investment inflow – UNCTAD

Zambia has the highest inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) among the 16 Landlocked Developing Countries in Africa, according to the UN Conference on...

Kaputa farmers protest over delayed payment by FRA

Farmers in Kaputa and Nsama Districts yesterday stormed the office of Kaputa District Commissioner (DC) demanding payments for the maize supplied to...

ZABS confiscates sub standard goods worth over K115, 200

The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has isolated over 70,000 metres rolls of failed electric cables worth K80, 500 and 632 dozens of black...

Mortgaging Our Economy and Future

As we begin the 50th Independence Celebrations, we also note the rather unfortunate state of our economy which has for half a century remained...

KCM paid K782 million in taxes to ZRA, Parliament told

PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Plc paid K782,269,066.72 in form of taxes to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in 2012. Mines, Energy...

Government calls on mining firms to develop local capacity

GOVERNMENT has called on mining industries to begin to develop local capacity to undertake specialist projects in order for them to contribute to long...