K600 billion Kitwe-Chingola road upgrade to dual carriageway to start in 100...
Road Transport and Safety acting director Martin Mbandu talks to journalists at a media briefing in Lusaka on the hiked bus fares in Lusaka. The Road Development Agency (RDA) is within the next 100 ...
View ArticleZambia maintains a credit rating of B+ from both SP and Fitch $500m Eurobond...
Zambia's debut 10-year $500m Eurobond was assigned a B+ rating by both S&P and Fitch earlier yesterday. The bond is expected to be issued anytime from yesterday after marketing roadshows ...
View ArticleTEXT-SP assigns B+ rating to Zambias $500 million eurobond
Sept 13 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it has assigned its 'B+' long-term senior unsecured debt rating to the proposed $500 million bond to be issued by the ...
View ArticleZambia Hold Your Fire Bus Operators Told
GOVERNMENT has urged bus operators in Lusaka to revert to old fares until the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications looks at their proposal as well as the concerns raised by the ...
View ArticleZambia Kabwe Residents Toast Zrl Return
SCORES of Kabwe residents yesterday staged a solidarity march in support of Government's move to revoke the concession agreement with the Railway Systems of Zambia (RSZ). Meanwhile, the Zambia ...
View ArticleZambia Your Investments Are Safe Assures Minister
GOVERNMENT has assured investors that their investments are safe as long as they adhere to the laws of the land. Labour and Social Security Deputy Minister, Ronald Chitotela said it was important ...
View ArticleZambia UPND Denied Permit Again
POLICE in Lusaka have for the second time refused to allow the UPND to hold a rally in Lusaka's Kanyama Township because the venue is a subject of a court case. In his response to the ...
View ArticleTiger Simasiku to Rumble With Zambias Zulu
Windhoek - He might not be well known in local boxing circles, but Namibia's heavyweight pugilist Boniface 'Tiger' Simasiku who hails from the Caprivi Region, is a man driven and ...
View ArticleRenard Sticks to His Bullets
ZAMBIA coach Herve Renard has stuck to his faithful 24-member squad that edged Uganda 1-0 in the first leg of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola last ...
View ArticleFQM to the Rescue of ZRFU
FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) Bwana Mkubwa has given the Zambia Rugby Football Union (ZRFU) K25 million towards preparations for this month end's Rugby World Cup (RWC) Sevens qualifiers set for ...
View ArticleBad Mpongwe-Machiya Road Worries MP
MPONGWE Member of Parliament Gabriel Namulambe has bemoaned the poor state of the Mpongwe-Machiya road which is the main artery in his constituency stretching through four chiefdoms. Government has ...
View ArticleNdola Farmers Sell Maize to Congolese
SOME farmers in Ndola rural have resorted to selling their maize to the unscrupulous Congolese brief case business at an unguarded border area near Minsundu Food Reserve Agency (FRA) maize depot in ...
View ArticleHIV-Free Zambia Possible Says Storella
UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella has said an HIV free generation in Zambia is a possible, especially if interventions like male circumcision are taken seriously. The ambassador ...
View ArticleRevoke Mulobezi Concession - MP
GOVERNMENT should also revoke the concession agreement with Mulobezi Railway Line operator because the line has deteriorated over the years, former Livingstone Member of Parliament Lukulo Katombora ...
View ArticleGovt Vows to Clean Up Chibolya
GOVERNMENT says law enforcement agencies will soon carry out an operation to cleanse Lusaka's notorious Chibolya Township of all criminal activities. ChibolyaTownship, has for years been a ...
View ArticleCB Minister Not Happy With Police Operations
COPPERBELT Minister Mwenya Musenge has expressed disappointment with the way some police stations are being manned in the province. Meanwhile, police on the Copperbelt have complained of continued ...
View ArticleReduced Unza Radio Redius Within Law
INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga has said the reduction of the radius for University of Zambia (UNZA) Radio from 1, 000 to 500 watts was done within the law. ...
View ArticleNation to Benefit From Microbicide
ZAMBIA is among several other African countries that will soon benefit from a microbicide that has proved to be effective in HIV prevention in women in South Africa. A scientist and professor at the ...
View ArticleNothern Tourism Circuit Stakeholders Team Up
TOURISM is one sector that can invigorate rapid growth in any given economy and has great potential to spearhead economic diversification. The sector if well harnessed can make this country accrue ...
View ArticleAFRICA FX WEEKAHEAD - Kenyan Nigerian currencies seen easing
NAIROBI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling and the Nigerian naira are expected to weaken against the dollar in the next week to Thursday, while the Ghana Cedi is expected to strengthen, ...
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