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GOVERNMENT TAKES INTEREST IN SUGILITE MINING
March 3, 2023
GOVERNMENT TAKES INTEREST IN SUGILITE MINING
Government has indicated its intention to include the mining of sugilite in its mineral profile to allow the country effectively…
DEC SEIZES OVER K588 MILLION ALLEGED STOLEN MONEY
March 2, 2023
DEC SEIZES OVER K588 MILLION ALLEGED STOLEN MONEY
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has seized over K588 Million money reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime from various…
$577 MILLION FOR NDOLA-LUSAKA DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, FAR LESS THAN BEFORE
February 28, 2023
$577 MILLION FOR NDOLA-LUSAKA DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, FAR LESS THAN BEFORE
The Government of Zambia, and concessionaire Macro-oceans Investment Limited, have signed a 25-year Public-Private Partnership concession agreement, for the upgrade…
DELAYS TO COMPLETE KAZUNGULA BUS STATION IRKS RESIDENTS
February 28, 2023
DELAYS TO COMPLETE KAZUNGULA BUS STATION IRKS RESIDENTS
Lack of a functional Bus station in Kazungula district which borders the country with Botswana has dismayed residents who say…
LOCAL CONTRACTORS DEMAND PAYMENT
February 26, 2023
LOCAL CONTRACTORS DEMAND PAYMENT
The Zambian Association of Citizen Contractor (ZACCO) has appealed to government to expedite the process of dismantling debt owed to…
FORMER MAID BECOMES EMPLOYER FROM FRITTERS
February 23, 2023
FORMER MAID BECOMES EMPLOYER FROM FRITTERS
A former Lusaka maid who runs a roadside business selling fritters has had her fortune changed. Diamond Media has had…
INFLATION GOES UP TO 9.6 PERCENT
February 23, 2023
INFLATION GOES UP TO 9.6 PERCENT
Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for February 2023 has increased to 9.6 percent from 9.4 percent in January. Zambia Statistics…
STAKEHOLDER NOT IN FAVOR OF PLANNED TAXATION OF MOBILE MONEY TRANSACTIONS
February 22, 2023
STAKEHOLDER NOT IN FAVOR OF PLANNED TAXATION OF MOBILE MONEY TRANSACTIONS
Players in the mobile money business have bemoaned the intention by Zambia Revenue Authority to devise ways of taxing mobile…
MEALIE MEAL PRICES STILL FETCHING OVER K200 PER BAG
February 20, 2023
MEALIE MEAL PRICES STILL FETCHING OVER K200 PER BAG
Despite government pleading with millers to reduce mealie meal prices, the commodity has remained expensive in most parts of the…
TRANSPORTERS WARY OF TAZAMA, BUT GOVT ASSURES PROFITABILITY
February 20, 2023
TRANSPORTERS WARY OF TAZAMA, BUT GOVT ASSURES PROFITABILITY
Local Fuel Transporters have expressed mixed feelings over government’s policy to configure the Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) Pipeline to transport…
