By JAMES KUNDA – A WALKOUT by Patriotic Front (PF) Members of Parliament (MPs) summed up the first day of parliamentary business for the week in Lusaka yesterday.The walkout happened when Second deputy Speaker of...
Read MoreBy JULIUS PHIRI-A MINISTRY of Agriculture official in Eastern Province has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than 200 bags of fertiliser under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). Provincial acting deputy police Commanding officer...
Read MoreBy MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-STANBIC Bank Zambia has accessed K1.35 billion from the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) under the Targeted Medium Term Refinancing Facility (TMTRF) for on lending to individuals and businesses, as it is named best...
Read MoreBy KENNEDY MUPESENI-THE Zambia Information Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) says the introduction of the Fifth Generation wireless internet network (5G) will spur growth in critical sectors of the economy such as mining, agriculture and manufacturing....
Read MoreBy STEPHANIE KUNDA and CHATULA KANGALI-THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) decision to increase the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 8.5 per cent to 9 per cent will negatively impact the manufacturing sector, Zambia Association of...
Read MoreLISTENING to President Hakainde Hichilema lamentation over the breakdown of the principles of public governance and respect for public assets made one think that the problem could be more than meets the eye.As an outsider,...
Read MoreBy PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE-A LUSAKA Magistrate’s Court yesterday dismissed an application by the State in which it asked the court to order Messrs Makebi Zulu & Advocates to recuse itself from representing Konkola Copper Mines (KCM)...
Read MoreBy KASONDE KASONDE-PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has charged that some current members of Parliament are among those that received 20 per cent advance payments on contracts that were never performed during the Patriotic Front regime. Read...
Read MoreBy PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE-FORMER Health minister Chitalu Chilufya has sued the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and its former acting director general, Rosemary Khuzwayo seeking $50-million damages for alleged malicious prosecution. Read more...
Read MoreBy MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-A-SEVENTY-SEATER plane has been availed for Zambia Airways by its partner, Ethiopia Airlines, to take to the skies in tomorrow’s planned lift-off after nearly 30 years. Zambia Airways will return to the skies...
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