Archive: 18 November 2022

18 Nov 2022 | Diggers Editor

Zesco connection fees

18 Nov 2022 | Philip Chisalu

HH launches CEEC Marketeers Booster Loans, notes lack of access to financing

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has wondered why African countries are made to pay higher interests than Europeans when accessing financing. And President Hichilema says what his administration is doing for marketers through ensuring financing is what... […]

18 Nov 2022 | Philip Chisalu

ZACA warns consumers to be wary of scammers, expired goods on Black Friday

ZAMBIA Consumer Association executive secretary Juba Sakala has cautioned consumers against purchasing expired goods or products nearing expiration during next week’s Black Friday. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) recently advised consumers to track... […]

18 Nov 2022 | Angela Muchinshi

HH has taken us 15yrs backwards, it’ll be difficult to get back to where PF left the country – Mwila

FORMER PF Secretary general Davis Mwila says President Hakainde Hichilema has taken the country 15 years backwards. In an interview, Wednesday, Mwila said it would be difficult to take the country back to where PF... […]

18 Nov 2022 | Philip Chisalu

2022 census data almost ready, MoF will announce – ZamStats

ZAMBIA Statistics Agency (ZamStats) interim statistician general Mulenga Musepa says the leaked fake figures of the 2022 census of population are actually a projection of figures from an old exercise. In a statement, Tuesday ZamStats... […]

18 Nov 2022 | Timothy Kaumba

Zambia needs $14bn to meet electricity demand by 2040 – ERB

THE Energy Regulation Board has disclosed that according to the recently conducted Electricity Cost of Service Study, Zambia needs a total of U$14 billion dollars to meet the expected electricity demand of 4,169 megawatts by... […]

18 Nov 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

We won’t allow HH to give contract to his friends – PF

MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says most public procurements are single sourced under the UPND government, stating that this is a scheme to award tenders to contractors who are friends with those in... […]

18 Nov 2022 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

PAC hears how Lsk Province PS failed to account for K16m youth empowerment

LUSAKA Province Permanent Secretary Robert Kamalata has acknowledged that the provincial administration failed to account for over K16 million paid to interns attached to various education institutions under the youth empowerment programme in 2021. According... […]

18 Nov 2022 | Philip Chisalu

Some cooperative members have been left out of FISP – Small Scale Farmers

NATIONAL Union for Small Scale Farmers in Zambia (NUSFAZ) president Frank Kayula says some cooperative members in some districts across the country have been left out of the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). In an... […]

18 Nov 2022 | Angela Muchinshi

Investigative wings shouldn’t target former ruling party only – Fr Chikoya

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says there is need for the investigative wings to shift their law enforcement approach. In an interview, Friday, Fr Chikoya said the law shouldn’t... […]