HICHILEMA CAUTIONS WORKERS OVER WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE
As Zambia joined the rest of the World in commemorating International Labour Day, President Hakainde Hichilema has urged the labour movements to support his cause of cutting down on unnecessary…
EX-MINERS BEMOAN HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
Ex miners in Mufulira district on the Copperbelt province say it is pointless for workers to celebrate Labour Day when the majority in the working age are unemployed. Emmanuel Muma…
BUSINESS REGISTRATION AT PACRA INCREASES
The Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) exceeded its quarterly registration target of 8081 by registering 11,333 businesses in the first quarter of 2023. This reflects a 40.2% increase as…
UNITED CAPITAL FERTILIZER UNVEILS $595 MILLION PLANT
United Capital Fertilizer has broken ground for the construction of a 595 million dollars urea fertilizer plant. Speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony, President Hakainde Hichilema hailed the plant saying it…
DECENTRALISE NAPSA OFFICES, BENEFICIARIES PLEAD
Long queues have continued at the ongoing payout of partial pension by the National Pension Scheme Authority-NAPSA offices in Lusaka. The slow pace of the process has resulted to calls…
STOP HOARDING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, OMCS WARNED
The Energy Regulation Board has cautioned Oil Marketing Companies from hoarding petroleum products causing sporadic shortages a few days before fuel pump price adjustments. Speaking during the media tour of…
REVISED TARIFFS TO DRAG MORE PEOPLE INTO POVERTY – CUTS
The Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) says the recently approved multi-year tariffs by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) will increase poverty among vulnerable households. CUTS Zambia Consumer Welfare Officer, Victor…
LOW SUBSCRIPTION TO PUBLIC SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES WORRIES GOVT
The government has noted with concern that only 20 percent of the total working population is registered on the NAPSA pension scheme. Out of the two-point three million employees in…
KWACHA APPRECIATION SADDENS TOBACCO FARMERS IN CHIPATA
Tobacco Farmers in Chipata are saddened with the appreciation of the Kwacha against the United States Dollar, which is negatively affecting the pricing value of tobacco in the 2022-2023 marketing…
OVER 8,000 NORTHERN PROVINCE PUPILS DITCH SCHOOL TO CATCH CATERPILLARS
Education authorities in Shiwang’andu District have revealed that records from last year show that from various learning institutions over eight thousand pupils in the region abandoned classes to catch caterpillars.…