Zambia to Tighten Foreign Currency Rules - FT
Zambia, Africa's biggest copper producer, plans to force companies to repatriate foreign currency earned from exports in a move to crack down on tax avoidance, the Financial Times reported Monday.The...
View ArticleParley Committee Bemoans Low Revenue Collection
THE Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has urged the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to come up with ways of addressing the dwindling revenue collection at Kariba border post. The committee...
View ArticleLunkuse Bags Gold in Lusaka
Jamila Lunkuse 1:17.29 Olympian Jamila Lunkuse's star continued to rise when she won gold in the 200m breaststroke final at the Olympic youth development centre pool in Lusaka, Zambia, on Friday. The...
View ArticleChinese hospital heals sore spot in Zambia
Lusaka general hospital, which opened nearly two years ago, sports a plaque with gold lettering: "China Zambia Friendship Hospital". Photograph: Meng ...
View ArticleSlain cab driver’s family living in fear
The family of murdered taxi driver Vincent Chandlha, whose body was discovered in a decomposed state in Kabangwe area two weeks ago, has said they suspect that his killers are pursuing them. The family...
View ArticleLusaka couple arrested for killing son
A couple in Lusaka's Matero Township has been apprehended for allegedly killing their four-year old child during a domestic fight. It is alleged that the John Banza had a quarrel with his wife and...
View ArticleUPND picks Ex East PS Eularia Mwale for Feira
The opposition UPND has adopted former Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Eularia Mwale as its candidate for the June 20 Feira parliamentary bye election. UPND Deputy General Secretary Kuchunga...
View ArticleMalupenga tells media to focus less on politics but other issues affecting...
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Amos Malupenga Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary, Amos Malupenga has told the media to desist from...
View Article67 year old businessman wins flat in Zamtel Double Tobela promotion
ZAMTEL CEO Mupanga Mwanakatwe A 67 year old businessman of Kalomo district in Southern Province has become an instant property owner after winning a KR780, 000 worth flat in the Zamtel's Double Tobela...
View ArticlePrisoners eating one meal day due to the broken down kitchen equipment
Milima Prisons Officer-In Charge in Kasama, in Northern Province, David Phiri, has revealed that 485 prisoners at the prison take one meal per day due to the broken down kitchen equipment. Mr Phiri...
View ArticleKansanshi Kitwe United Off After Ref No Show
The FAZ Division One North Week Six match between Kasanshi Dynamos and Kitwe United failed to take place on Saturday after Mufulira referee Amos Chalwe failed to travel to Solwezi. Chalwe is said to...
View ArticleWeekend ScorecardMighty Fire Israel Mwanza
Mufulira Wanderers have fired coach Israel Mwanza. Club secretary Fernando Bwalya confirmed on Monday. Wanderers hired the ex-Zambia and Nchanga Rangers defender early last season after firing Kellies...
View ArticleKalusha We Should Honour 1993 With 2014 Qualification
Kalusha Bwalya says qualifying to the 2014 Brazil World Cup will be the ultimate honour to the victims of the 1993 Gabon Air Disaster. Kalusha was reflecting on Sunday’s 20th anniversary of the...
View ArticleEastday-Investor confidence in Zambia justified
LUSAKA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The confidence shown by investors in Zambia's policy direction and national stability is justified because the government has maintained attractive macro-economic...
View ArticleZambia Malawi finally connected by rail
Planned since the 1970s and inaugurated last month, commercial transports have now started on the Chipata-Mchinji railway line between Zambia and Malawi. Soon, a connection to Mozambique's coast will...
View ArticleLusaka Stock Exchange goes real-time
Real-time data from Zambia's Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) today started to go online, increasing equity trading opportunities for LuSE's local and global ...
View ArticleFertilizer tree triples Malawi Zambia yields
Scientists have managed to triple maize yields on smallholder farms in Zambia and Malawi by simple "evergreen agriculture" techniques. Planting acacia trees among the crops automatically fertilised the...
View ArticleZambia mine tax fraud causes outrage
A leaked auditors' report alleging massive tax irregularities in Zambia's key copper mining sector "must lead to" further investigations, civil society groups ...
View ArticleZambia President to win upcoming polls
Zambia's President Rupiah Banda expects his MMD party to score an easy victory in an election that he says will be coming in a matter of months. Elections must be held in ...
View ArticleFr. Frank Bwalya urged to stop attacking the PF government in the media
File: Father Frank Bwalya addressing a PF rally during the run up to the 2011 elections Outspoken Catholic Priest Fr. Frank Bwalya has been urged to stop attacking the PF government in the media. PF...
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