Car importers bring Chirundu to life
TUNDUMA border post which separates Tanzania and Zambia is a hive of activity with many Zimbabweans passing through to collect vehicles they will have imported from Japan. BY NUNURAI JENA in Dar es...
View ArticleMealie-meal prices fall
THE Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) has said millers across the country have reduced the prices of breakfast mealie meal by about K10 but the situation on the ground yesterday still showed high...
View ArticleThree die Kasama-Mpika road traffic accident
Three people died on the spot while eight others sustained injuries after the Toyota Glanvia Registration No. ALL 6212 in which they were traveling overturned after a tyre burst along Kasama-Mpika...
View ArticleChurch, civil society slammed over constitution
THE Zambia Small-Scale Farmers Network Organisation (ZSSFN) has expressed concern at what it has described as acrimony being perpetrated by some civil society organisations (CSOs), Church bodies and...
View ArticleSakala reveals all,tells how K500,000 was spent
AFTER standing his ground and vowing not to reveal what he used K500,000 of taxpayers’ money on, former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commander Andrew Sakala yesterday sang like a proverbial canary in court....
View ArticleZAFFICO creates 4,000 jobs
OVER 4,000 jobs have been created by the Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) following the opening of a new plantation in Kawambwa at K87.2 million And Minister of Finance...
View ArticleMutati earns another high profile appointment
FORMER Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati has been selected to join the Eminent Persons Group of the ‘Atlantic Basin Initiative’ launched by SAIS-Johns Hopkins University. Mr Mutati has...
View ArticleHeroes Stadium works cheer minister
SPORTS Deputy Minister Christopher Mulenga has expressed happiness with works done at the Heroes National Stadium in Lusaka saying the US$94million facility needs to be guarded jealously. And Mulenga...
View ArticleBan on residential poultry rearing a political time bomb – PAZ
The Poultry Association of Zambia has described the decision by the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to ban the rearing of Chickens in residential areas as a political time bomb. Association Executive...
View ArticleMinister Daniel Munkombwe’s office robbed
SOME suspected criminals have embarrassed security personnel by stealing a computer monitor, decoder, television set, printer and other accessories from Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe’s...
View ArticleZesco to hike tariffs soon
The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has completed reviewing proposed tariff increases by ZESCO Limited and Zengamina Power Limited. ZESCO had proposed to increase its tariffs by an average of 26 percent...
View ArticleTWO Zambia Air Force officers die in plane crash
TWO Zambia Air Force (ZAF) officers have died after their FA 528 SAB aircraft yesterday crashed in Livingstone. The accident occurred around 12:00 hours near Kabanje Bwiketo Village, located less than...
View ArticleFDD accuses PF govt of using police as a tool of intimidatation
The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) is saddened by the continued use of Police by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) as a tool of intimidation. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says what was...
View ArticleLocal language in school can promote tribalism – Kabwe
Media Network on Child Rights Executive Director, Henry Kabwe says the introduction of local language as a teaching language in primary schools has the potential to bring about tribalism if necessary...
View ArticleWynter risking his reputation by not stepping down- Mulongoti
People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti says Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba is risking his image and reputation by hanging on to his Cabinet portfolio following the setting up of a tribunal to probe...
View ArticleFAO sets aside €11m for agriculture
THE Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has set aside almost 11 million euros [K60.940 million] to scale up conservation agriculture in Zambia. The project is aimed at...
View ArticleNew curriculum to enhance education
GOVERNMENT says the revised education curriculum is aimed at enhancing the reading and writing culture in children. Minister of Education, Early Childhood and Vocational Training, John Phiri said the...
View ArticleMTN launches 4G
MTN Zambia has become the first Mobile Telecommunications solutions provider in Zambia to commercially launch Long Term Evolution (LTE). Long Term Evolution technology (LTE)is the latest technology in...
View ArticleNew Copper Projects Boost Production as Prices Recover
Several new copper projects in Zambia, Africa’s largest producer of the metal, helped boost production by 21% in the first 11 months of 2013, amid improving global metal prices. Data from the central...
View ArticleZambia’s agricultural sector, with its reliance in small-scale farmers, is in...
Zambia’s agricultural sector, with its reliance in small-scale farmers, is in crisis. The government is pinning its hopes on foreign expertise and capital. One German-Zambian firm has taken up the...
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