By STEVEN ZANDE-THE Government has reconfirmed that the three-month suspension of deductions on civil servants’ pay-slips will start from this month and will result in more money reflecting in Government workers’ bank accounts.This was confirmed...

By CHUSA SICHONE in Chikankata-PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says Zambia is a sovereign State and will not allow other countries with representatives locally to dictate its governance system.President Lungu said foreign countries that wanted to send...

By EMILY KUWEMA and FRANCINA CHOMBA-THE Ministry of Health commenced the administering of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Lusaka yesterday, attracting overwhelming turnout of the people wanting to get the one-dose vaccine.Health Permanent...

By MILDRED KATONGO-THE Government has attributed the continued stability and recent appreciation of the Kwacha against the United States (US) dollar to K21.39 from K22.64 in three weeks to foreign exchange supply and improvements in...

By ELIAS CHIPEPO-ZAMBIA’S featherweight boxer Everisto Mulenga has been put on bye following draws conducted yesterday at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games while the two other pugilists will begin their medal quest at preliminary round.Stephen...

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA-ZAMBIAN swimmers Tilka Paljk and Shaquille Moosa today go into the biggest race of their careers as they compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games hoping for the unimaginable.The two would swim in...

By PRISCA KABWEA THRIVING crop always gives hope to a farmer.But in January of 2021, farmers of Sikauzwe camp in Kazungula district in Southern Province experienced some challenges in their crop cultivation due to the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-ZAMBIA Gold Company Limited (ZGCL) has so far purchased a total of 29,523.31 grammes of gold from artisanal and small-scale miners from the time it started operations in January last year.The year to-date...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-STANDARD Chartered Bank has committed a US$200 million facility with African Export –Import Bank (Afreximbank) to help finance the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines for African nations.The collaboration between Standard Chartered and Afreximbank would...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-THE Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) has advised public service workers with existing loans from commercial banks and financial institutions that the terms and conditions under which these credits were contracted are still...