GOODS WORTH THOUSAND OF KWACHA BURNT IN FIRE
Some Lusaka entrepreneurs have been left stranded after a fire swept through their shops in the central business district on Saturday night. One of the affected, Customs Auto Lights Electronics…
ABOUT 40,000 MEALIE MEAL BAGS CONFISCATED ON THE COPPERBELT
About forty thousand 25kg bags of mealie-meal have been confiscated from suspected smugglers on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia, in the last few weeks. Copperbelt Province Minister Elisha Matambo has…
KAWAMBWA TOWN COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON WARNS ‘UNREPENTANT’ CONTRACTORS
Kawambwa Town Council Chairperson Kalumba Chifumbe has warned contractors that are failing to complete projects under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) within the stipulated time frame. Speaking after a three-day…
ZAMBIA LOSES K1.3 BILLION IN TAX EVASION IN 2022 – FIC REPORT
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Annual Report for 2022 has revealed that Zambia lost over 1.3 billion kwacha from 52 cases of tax evasion recorded in the financial year under…
MEDIA PRACTITIONERS CONVERGE IN THE CAPITAL LUSAKA FOR MEDIA PURE SELF-REGULATION AGENDA
Media practitioners across Zambia have converged in the Capital Lusaka for the Media Indaba on Pure Self-Regulation framework (MAPSR). After the deliberations, the media practitioners are expected to adopt the…
2022 FIC REPORT REVEALS K6.1 BILLION SUSPICIOUS FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
The 2022 Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) annual report has been released revealing suspicious financial transactions amounting to K6.1 billion perpetrated by among others prominent influential persons (PIPs). The report has…
NAPSA AMENDMENT BILL TAKES EFFECT
President Hakainde Hichilema has signed into law, the National Pension Scheme Amendment Bill of 2023 which seeks to amend the 1996 NAPSA Act. Mr. Hichilema says the new law gives…
UKUSEFYA PANG’WENA FUNDRAISER HELD
Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Chipoka Mulenga says government places importance on traditional ceremonies because they are a reservoir of Zambia’s cultural identity. Speaking during a fundraiser for Ukusefya…
ZAMBIA’S TOURIST ARRIVALS STILL LOW
Despite numerous strides to grow Zambia’s tourism through vigorous marketing strategies, the numbers of new arrivals remain low. Zambia Association of Indigenous Tour Operators Secretary General, Kelvin Mutale, is of…
MEALIE MEAL SHORTAGE CAUSES PANIC-BUYING ON THE COPPERBELT
Continued mealie meal shortage on the Copperbelt Province is causing panic buying among residents that keep flocking to retail outlets in the early hours of each morning in the hope…