TRADITIONAL NORMS HINDER WOMEN IN GOLD MINING
Traditional norms and beliefs continue to hinder the progress of women in modern Zambia with one classic example being the mining of gold in some parts of rural Zambia. Women…
PETROL, DIESEL PUMP PRICES GO UP BY OVER THREE KWACHA
The Energy Regulation Board has adjusted upwards the pump prices of petrol by 3.85 ngwee per litre while diesel has been adjusted by 3.52 ngwee per litre. ERB Board Chairperson…
FRA PROCURES 20 MILLION EMPTY GRAIN BAGS
The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has purchased a total of 20 million empty grain bags for the packaging of Grade A white maize during this year’s ongoing crop marketing season.…
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…
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…
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…