IMF CHIEF VISITS ZAMBIA
International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director, Kristinah Georgieva, has arrived in the country for a two-day visit. Ms. Georgieva arrived at 07:30hrs, at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka.…
WWF ZAMBIA READY TO PARTNER WITH GOVT ON LOWER ZAMBEZI
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is ready to partner with government to boost tourism in the Lower Zambezi National Park unlike allowing the operationalization of Mwembeshi Resource Limited. WWF…
CANCELLATION OF HUNTING CONCESSIONS COSTS TREASURY K64 MILLION
The Zambia Community Board of Natural Resource Management Forum has disclosed that the government has in the last two years lost 64million kwacha due to cancellation of hunting concessions communities.…
KCM SECURES $27.63M FOR NCHANGA SMELTER SHUTDOWN
Konkola Copper Mines has secured financing to facilitate annual shutter down of Nchanga Smelter. The Smelter periodically requires an upgrade of infrastructure to improve efficiency and production and prolong the…
STREET VENDING ‘THRIVES’ AMID POOR SANITATION
Street vending has continued in Lusaka’s Central Business District, following President Hakainde Hichilema’s order to halt the removal of vendors. A check by Diamond Media in the Central Business Center…
KAZUNGULA FARMERS CAUGHT IN FISP FRAUD
Government has unearthed a scam, in which some farmers in Kazungula district, who are yet to redeem their 2022-2023 inputs, are said to have ganged up to defraud the Farmer…
MAAMBA COLLIERIES TO RESUME 150MW POWER GENERATION
Maamba Collieries Limited is tomorrow scheduled to resume generation of 150 megawatts into the national power grid. This is after government intervened to have the scheduled annual maintenance period reduced…
HIGH EXPORT DEMAND LEADS TO INTERMITTENT MEALIE MEAL SHORTAGE
Government has attributed the shortage of mealie-meal in some parts of the country to the high export demand in the region. Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo Phiri says some neighbouring countries…
HH CALLS FOR JOINT VENTURES & VALUE ADDITION IN MINING
We held a meeting with Ali Rashed Alrashdi who is the International Holding Company (IHC) Board Chairman. IHC is one of the Middle East and Africa’s large conglomerates that invests…
SKYROCKETING MEALIE MEAL PRICES RAISE WORRY
The prices of mealie meal and other foods have continued to skyrocket, raising concern among residents of Lusaka. A 25kg bag of Mealie Meal is trading between 170 and 200…