Am Not Retiring-Douglas Chiwaya
Veteran Nkana striker Douglas Chiwaya has declared he has no intention to retire from active football any time soon. Chiwaya, who turns 42 this year, is one of the longest serving players in the ...
View ArticleBank of Zambia hopes the introduction of new Kwacha notes will be done within...
Dr. Michael Gondwe Bank of Zambia governor Michael Gondwe said that the central bank is hoping that the procedure to introduce the new notes will be done within six months. Dr. Gondwe however, ...
View ArticleGovernment summons Media Heads over Wikipedia entry
Information Broadcasting and Tourism Minister Fackson Shamenda (r) Government has taken seriously Internet publication insinuations that President Sata has been assassinated. To this effect ...
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 Jan 24
NAIROBI, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday. - - - - ...
View ArticlePapic Rues Missed Opportunity
YANGA SC head coach, Kostadin Papic, feels he has a herculean task of mounting a serious bid for title retention after his side battled to a 2-2 draw with Moro United in one of the opening second ...
View ArticleFreezing of ZAMTEL accounts without any Court Order can cause uncertainty...
PSDA chairman Yusuf Dodia The Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) has observed that the freezing of Zamtel bank accounts by the Drug enforcement Commission (DEC) is mostly likely to cause ...
View ArticleGovernment ups minimum capital requirements for banks from K12 billion to...
Bank of Zambia Government has hiked the amount of money investors must deposit with the Bank of Zambia if they want to establish a commercial bank, Mr Chikwanda said at the same function. "The ...
View ArticleGovernment intelligence reports indicate that people illegally allocating...
Minister of Local Government, Nkandu Luo Government intelligence reports indicate that people illegally allocating land in Lusaka are MMD cadres. Minister of Local Government, Nkandu Luo has ...
View ArticleHippo’s foot and Ivory from Zambia seized at Cardiff Airport
Ten Carved ivory ornaments seized from a passenger travelling from Zambia via Amsterdam at Cardiff Airport, UK, by the UK Border Agency Ten carved ivory ornaments and the foot of a hippopotamus were ...
View ArticleCopy of Letter to the president by MOREBA
I have come across a letter written by MOREBA to the President after the visit of the 3 Barotse Activist Groups to State house. I am convinced that the letter carries very important information that ...
View ArticleINSIGHT-As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality
The risk is that Africa's consumers are harvesting their gains before their economies can bear it, economic analysts say. As more people see inequalities widen, that could fuel ...
View ArticleState to Run Zamtel, Float Shares
FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda has said Government will takeover Zamtel and run it on behalf of Zambians before floating shares to the public. Mr Chikwanda, who was responding to questions ...
View ArticleMISA, PAZA, Launch Poll Monitoring Report
TWO media bodies yesterday launched the January 2012 Post Elections Monitoring Report which has revealed that there is a shift in focus from election-related topics of the previous phase to ...
View ArticleGovt Props Up Kwacha
THE GOVERNMENT has redenominated the Zambian Kwacha, a move aimed at correcting misalignment in the currency and enhancing the credibility of the local legal tender. The move is specifically aimed ...
View ArticleVictoria Falls ZRA Beats IMF Revenue Target
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Victoria Falls Border Post has managed to beat International Monetary Fund (IMF) revenue targets by collecting average revenue of K6.5 billion per month, station ...
View ArticleBanda Co-Accused Arrested for Murder
POLICE in Lusaka yesterday arrested one of MMD Lusaka Province chairperson William Banda's co-accused Somili Shinku for suspected murder which happened during the September 20, 2011 elections. ...
View ArticleKwacha Rebasing Wins Accolades From Business Houses
THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has welcomed the decision to rebase the Kwacha, a move that will see three zeros on the local currency being knocked off. The association said this ...
View ArticleChambishi Farmers Up in Arms Over Mining Activities
FARMERS in Chambishi Farm Bloc in Kalulushi District have complained about mining activities being conducted by the Non- Ferrous Company Africa (NFCA) Mining, saying their crops were being ...
View ArticleGrotesque and Sickening Rumours
editorial THE late Nigerian President and statesman, Namdi Azikiwe, got so irritated and exasperated about persistent rumours that he had died that he once commented thus: "Rumours about my ...
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