Former MMD Leader Backs Calls to Lift Banda's Immunity
Former MMD Eastern Province chairperson Kennedy Zulu has backed calls for the lifting of former president Rupiah Banda's immunity. And Mr Zulu has said the Patriotic Front (PF) would easily ...
View ArticleFRA Cracks Whip on 4 Transporters
The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has terminated contracts for four transporters for sub-contracting vehicles which diverted the recently reported stolen 3,000 bags of maize valued at K238 million on ...
View ArticleNdola Boxer Dropped, Fumes
Ndola boxer, Samuel Lungu is fuming after being dropped from the Women International Boxing Association (WIBA) and Women International Boxing Organisation (WIBO) title unification bill between ...
View ArticleGovt Determined to Contain Mufulira Typhoid
Ministry of Health spokesperson Kamoto Mbewe has said the Government has made progress in containing the typhoid outbreak in Mufulira. Speaking in an interview yesterday, Dr Mbewe said despite the ...
View ArticleFans Go Wild as Chipolopolo Win
Soccer fans were united in congratulating Zambia for beating Senegal 2-1 in the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) opener, saying after passing the first test the Chipolopolo can now dare to ...
View ArticleNew Diarrhoea Vaccine Unveiled for Babies
Lack of access to improved water sources and decent sanitation facilitates a situation that perpetuates the spread of diarrhoea among children under the age of five, says Minister of Community ...
View ArticleJudiciary failed to account for over K700 million
THE Judiciary failed to account for more than K700 million collected from various courts around the country as fees and fines, the Auditor General's report for 2010 has revealed. According to ...
View ArticleKangonga Centre Faces Financial Blues As Donors Pull Out
DONORS have pulled out of the Kangonga Centre project in Ndola and the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities {ZAPD, is appealing to the Government through the Ministry of Community Development ...
View ArticleMines and Mineral Development Act to Be Reviewed
ZAMBIA will soon review the Mines and Mineral Development Act to bring it in line with other legislations in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region's best practices. The ...
View ArticleSugar Outgrowers Land K210 Billion
ZAMBIA Sugar Plc last year paid out K210 billion to small-scale outgrowers in Mazabuka District who account for almost 40 per cent of the raw materials the company uses to produce the commodity. ...
View ArticleAirtel Projects 23 Per Cent Growth
AIRTEL Zambia has projected a growth rate of 23 per cent in 2012 in which the service provider plans to add at least one million more subscribers. The one million new subscribers that were expected ...
View ArticleStakeholders Demand Govt Early Action On Decentralisation Policy
And usually because of the bureaucracy involved in making such decisions from one centre or by the people that are not directly affected, implementation of development projects tend to take long and ...
View ArticleLocal Suppliers Demand Fair Share of Market
THE Mine Suppliers and Contractors Association of Zambia (MSCAZ) has said Zambia's manufacturing base is weak and this has led to foreign suppliers to take advantage of the local market. MSCAZ ...
View ArticleZAFFICO Targets More Provinces
THE Zambia Forest and Forestry Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) is to create more timber plantations outside the Copperbelt as part of its expansion programme, managing director Frighton Sichine has ...
View ArticleGovernment to involve US Government in tracing authors of malicious Internet...
Home Affairs Minister Kennedy Sakeni Government has hinted at involving the American Government to trace the authors of the malicious rumours that President Micheal Sata had been assassinated. Home ...
View ArticleZambia president 'assassinated' according to Wikipedia prank
Mr Sata, 74, had narrowly lost three previous elections before he swept to power in Zambia last September after 20 years of rule by the Movement for Multiparty ...
View ArticleZambia takes back Libya-owned Zamtel, knocks off three zeros from the kwacha
Alexander Chikwanda Zambia will take back a 75 percent stake in local fixed-line operator Zamtel that is currently held by Lybia’s LAP Green Networks, Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said ...
View ArticleZambia to re-negotiate Zamtel sale
LUSAKA: The Zambian government is set to re-negotiate the sale of the Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel), the country's largest telecommunications operator. The Libyan company, LAP ...
View ArticleZambia starts first-ever diarrhoea vaccines on children
LUSAKA - Zambian health authorities on Monday started the country's first-ever vaccine campaign against diarrhea on children under five years of age, in an attempt to reduce deaths arising from ...
View Article