OLYMPICS Gerald Phiri Bows Out
100 meters sprinter Gerald Phiri Olympic games debut ended at the semifinal stage today at the Olympic Stadium in London. Phiri running in heat two finished fifth behind a stellar field led by Usain ...
View ArticleZambia Enter Camp In Ndola
Zambia has regrouped in Ndola ahead of Wednesday’s friendly against Zimbabwe. Coach Herve Renard has called 30 players who started arriving at Ndola’s Savoy Hotel on Sunday in readiness ...
View ArticleZambian Miners Kill Chinese Manager In Riot
Zambia killed one Chinese manager and injured another during a riot Saturday. The miners were on strike at the Chinese-owned Collum coal mine in Sinazongwe in protest of delays in raising the ...
View ArticleOne killed and two injured in labor clash in Zambia
By Yu Runze,Sina English One Chinese was killed and two others were injured on Saturday in labor clashes at a Chinese coal mine in Zambia's Southern Province, the Chinese Embassy confirmed late ...
View ArticleDIARY-Southern South Africa to March 2013
There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic ...
View ArticleAfrican Markets - Factors to watch on Aug 6
NAIROBI, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - ...
View ArticleZambian Minister Condemns Killing of Chinese Mine Manager
Zambia’s Minister of Labor and Social Security said the weekend killing of a Chinese mine manager was a criminal act that had nothing to do with an industrial dispute involving a new minimum ...
View ArticleChinese manager killed in Zambian mine dispute
In a riot over a pay dispute, enraged miners at the Chinese-owned Collum coal mine killed the Chinese mine manager and wounded another company ...
View ArticleZambia First Quantum Invests $3.7bn in Zambia
It was bad news for Zambia in March when Fitch, the ratings agency, downgraded the country's economic forecast, citing concerns over the new government's direction on mining reform. But ...
View ArticleSikota accuses Government of demoralizing Zambians in the constitution making...
Lawyer Sakwiba Sikota Prominent Lusaka Lawyer and leader of the opposition United Liberal Party Sakwiba Sikota has charged that government’s position on certain provisions in the draft ...
View ArticleWhat the Church needs to do about poverty
File:The face of poverty..A boy is photographed at a public meeting with rugged clothes in Katete What exactly should the Church do when it witnesses abject poverty all around it? Well, the answer is ...
View ArticleZambia’s mining tax rate highest in region
File:NCHANGA Mine rescure Team B Captain Jonathan Kolala inspects air underground during the Zambia Mine Rescure Association competetion at Namundwe Mine FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) Limited says the ...
View ArticleZesco to spend $5.3bn to boost power
ZESCO LTD engineers inspecting power pylons at Kafue Gorge station’ ZESCO plans to spend about US$5.3 billion for power generation, transmission and distribution to mitigate the existing power ...
View ArticleThe new minimum wage has been misunderstood-Shamenda
Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda THE new minimum wage has been misunderstood by some employers and other players in the labour industry, Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda has said. ...
View ArticleBoZ to announce launch date for new notes
Bank of Zambia THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) will by the end of this week be certain on when the new rebased Kwacha notes will be on the market. BoZ deputy Governor for Operations, Bwalya Ng'andu ...
View ArticleKalomo man sentenced to 6 months imprisonment with hard labour for defaming...
President Michael Sata A 43-year-old man of Kalomo has been sentenced to a six months imprisonment with hard labour for defaming the President, contrary to Section 59 of the Penal Code Cap 87 of the ...
View ArticleZambia BoZ to Announce Launch Date for New Notes
THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) will by the end of this week be certain on when the new rebased Kwacha notes will be on the market. BoZ deputy Governor for Operations, Bwalya Ng'andu said this during ...
View ArticleCoke Tourney Kicks Off
CHAMPIONS Naboye kicks off their title defence of the 14th edition of the COPA Coca-Cola Schools national championships today with a seemingly easy match against Chililabombwe while Muchinga Province ...
View Article1 Chinese Worker Killed 2 Injured at Zambia Mine
Clashes at a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia have killed one Chinese worker and injured two others. The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the attack happened at Collum Coal Mining ...
View ArticleZambian miners kill Chinese manager in riot
LUSAKA (AFP) - Zambian coal miners killed a Chinese mine manager and injured his colleague in a riot over wages at a mine known for tensions with the Chinese investor in southern Zambia, state media ...
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