MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says government will never allow illegal mining from anyone including its officials. Last week Thursday, President Hakainde Hichilema terminated the contract for Luapula Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Roy... […]

BANKERS Association of Zambia (BAZ) Chief Executive Officer Leonard Mwanza says government’s move to reduce borrowing from the domestic market will enable it to earn more taxes from the private sector. And Mwanza says Zambia’s... […]

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Professor Lackson Kasonka says being a doctor is about sacrifice, arguing that those who joined just to get rich are in a wrong profession. And the Zambia... […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says 50 companies will participate in the Zambia European Union Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Forum following government’s international engagements. And the President says government will be signing off the commencement of construction works for... […]

WHILE government is optimistic that debt restructuring will be concluded in the first quarter of the year, economist Trevor Hambayi thinks the chances of success in that period are low. Finance and National Planning Minister... […]

PARTY of National Unity and Progress (PNUP) president Highvie Hamududu says low income levels are leading to the public outcry about mealie meal prices. In an interview, Hamududu said if poverty levels were not high... […]

GOVERNMENT says it has reduced its borrowing from the domestic market from K24 billion in 2022 to K16 billion in 2023 and hopes to reduce even further. In a speech read on his behalf by... […]

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the alleged abuse of public funds being investigated at the Ministry of Finance took place during PF’s tenure. And Dr Musokotwane says he is amazed at... […]

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says ZRA’s intention to tax business mobile money transactions will discourage growth of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector. Hambayi says SMEs will find a way to avoid paying more tax... […]

FORMER Commerce minister Bob Sichinga says the country doesn’t need foreign entities to come and invest in the mines, arguing that ZCCM-IH can also borrow funds to be able to do that. Mines Minister Paul... […]