STATE, COUNCIL POLICE CLEANUP CBD AS VENDORS CRY FOUL
Government has removed street vendors from the Central Business District of Lusaka. A combined team of State and Council Police Officers moved in last night to demolish and burn down…
FIC RECORDS AN INCREASE IN SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS IN 2022
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has recorded an increase of suspicious transaction reports for the financial year ending 2022, valued at K 5.9 billion . In the report, the centre…
SUGILITE-GATE SCANDAL: LUAPULA UPND WELCOMES ARREST OF ITS OFFICIALS
The ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) in Luapula Province has welcomed the arrest of some party officials involved in the illegal mining of Sugilite. Provincial Trustee Haggai Khumalo…
CSOs TO PROTEST OVER DELAY TO RESOLVE KCM AND MOPANI IMPASSE
A consortium of Civil Society Organisations has threatened to protest on August 12, 2023, over the non-functionality status of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and Mopani. Speaking at a press briefing,…
SUGILITE SAGA: STAKEHOLDERS DEMAND SANITY IN MINING SECTOR
Stakeholders in Luapula Province have called for justice to prevail in a matter in which former Provincial Minister, Derricky Chilundika and others have been charged and arrested for the alleged…
COMMODITY PRICES STILL HIGH AMID SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION
Some traders in Lusaka have bemoaned the high prices of basic commodities which they say is making business unfavorable to run amid a drop in inflation to 9.8 percent in…
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA CHALLENGED OVER KCM, MOPANI
Some Mufulira residents on the Copperbelt Province have challenged President Hakainde Hichilema to issue an apology to citizens on the Copperbelt over the ‘unfulfilled’ promises he has been making on…
ZAMBIA’S FISCAL DISCIPLINE ELATES WORLD BANK
World Bank Director, Nathan Belete, says the Bank is so far impressed with Zambia’s fiscal discipline. Speaking when he met President Hakainde Hichilema at State House in Lusaka, Mr. Belete…
NDOLA COUNCIL SECURES LAND FOR ELECTRIC CAR BATTERY PLANT
Ndola City Council has secured about 100 hectares of land for the establishment of an electric car battery plant. Ndola City Council Public Relations Manager, Rebecca Mushota, says the council…
OVER 1000 TRADING PLACES ABANDONED AT CITY MARKET
Over one thousand stands have been abandoned at Lusaka City Market as traders are opting to trade from the streets. Traders inside the market have complained that this has resulted…