High chicken meat demand hits market
THE poultry industry has recorded unprecedented demand for chicken meat and other products, resulting in players in the sector embarking on various expansion programmes. As a result the Poultry...
View ArticleBarclays Bank sues Zambezi Airlines
BARCLAYS Bank Zambia Plc has sued Zambezi Airlines Limited for breach of agreement and failure to settle a bill incurred for services rendered to the airline’s customers during the course of its...
View ArticleGirl, 17 of Lusaka brutally murdered by boyfriend
A SEVENTEEN-year-old girl of Lusaka has been brutally murdered by her boyfriend, the latest incident in a spate of dreadful murders that have rocked the country. Police acting spokesperson Esther Mwata...
View ArticleKitwe Mukuba mall coming
HERIOT Properties Investment Limited, a South African company, will this year spend US$45.5 million on the construction of the Mukuba shopping mall in Kitwe. Heriot Properties Investment Limited...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Airtel Money nets over 1m clients
Airtel Money AIRTEL Zambia has registered more than one million subscribers for Airtel Money of which more than 60 per cent are active users. Airtel managing director Charity Lumpa said out of 1.3...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘White Gold’ on the Black Market: Elephants Slaughtered for Illegal Ivory Trade
elephants It takes a global investigation — from the gleaming ivory markets of China to a $12 million pile of tusks and trinkets in Denver to the smugglers’ shops of West Africa -– to understand the...
View ArticleJudges’ tribunal halted
THE Lusaka High Court has halted the tribunal constituted to investigate former Supreme Court judge Phillip Musonda on grounds that two parallel institutions cannot be hearing the same matter. This is...
View ArticleMushitu, Chituta discharged
PROSECUTORS have withdrawn the case in which former Zambia Red Cross Society secretary general Charles Mushitu and finance manager Sydney Chituta are accused of abusing the authority of their offices....
View ArticleNew emerald marketing strategy yields results
On August 8, 2012, this column featured an entrepreneur who runs a small factory which processes gemstones such as emeralds into various products. Mr Howard Chitalu, who runs a small firm called Kapumo...
View ArticleRevoke dubious UNWTO contracts – TIZ
Transparent International Zambia (TIZ) has demanded the revocation of all contracts awarded to various contractors and suppliers in the run up to this month’s United Nations World Tourism Organization...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zambia Long weekend – 216 road traffic accidents with 20 deaths
Truck Drivers Cheat death in July 19th accident between Kapiri Mposhi and Copperbelt The Zambia Police says it recorded 216 road traffic accidents throughout the country during the long weekend...
View ArticleAttract more investors into gemstone sector, Govt urged
THE Emerald and Semi-Precious Stones Mining Association of Zambia (ESMAZ) has urged Government to help attract investors into the gemstone sector to revive dormant emerald mines. ESMAZ secretary...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dora was threatened with loss of seat – Nevers
Dora Siliya_Lusakavoice.com MMD president Nevers Mumba claims former Petauke central Member of Parliament Dora Siliya was given the option to either join the Patriotic Front or have her parliamentary...
View ArticleObsolete Indeni in need of $1.7billion overhaul
INDENI Petroleum Refinery managing director, Maybin Noole, says the company needs US$1.7 billion to put up a new plant or upgrade to enable it meet the current demand for petroleum products in the...
View ArticleFatal Kapiri minibus accident claims five lives
FIVE people, who were returning from a wedding party in Mukonchi area of Kapiri Mposhi District died on the spot, while seven others are nursing serious injuries in hospital after a minibus they had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Patricia Mubanga Chisanga indictment charges already filed with Zambian Govt.
Fugitive Patricia Mubanga Chisanga In an otherwise factual Sunday Times front page story concerning the case of Ms Patricia Mubanga Chisanga and the charges of massive fraud brought against her by a...
View ArticleKansanshi mine to create 2,400 jobs
KANSANSHI Copper Mine, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals (FQM), says it expects to employ an additional 2,400 people after new projects are in operation. FQM chief executive officer and chairman...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State to recapitalise ZNBC, Times, Daily Mail
New Media, Old Media THE Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services has submitted proposals to Cabinet on the recapitalisation of three public media institutions. The three media organisations...
View ArticleACC finds tell-tale signs of corruption on 2 electoral seats
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified two election petition judgments out of eight for further investigations to establish whether sufficient evidence of electoral corruption exists. ACC...
View ArticleDora & Mwale cannot contest their seats – Judiciary
THE Judiciary has cleared the air regarding the ongoing debate on whether candidates whose elections were nullified by the Supreme Court due to corruption must re-contest their seats or not. Judiciary...
View Article