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    Charles Mafa
    Charles Mafa
    Charles Mafa is an Award winning investigative journalist, columnist and blogger.Email: charles [at] diggers [dot] news
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    • 26 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    French Embassy unveils Pavilion at 2017 AgriTech expo

    The French Embassy in Lusaka says the 2017 AGRITECH Expo to be held in Chisamba this weekend will for the first time feature the French Pavilion. The AGRITECH Expo provides a unique opportunity for Zambian entrepreneurs, both large- and small-scale farmers and companies to meet some of the world's leading agricultural companies. “For the first...
    • 26 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Police or not, shooter of bus driver must be found, demands HRC

    The Human Rights Commission says the shooting of a bus driver and a passenger by a police officer in Lusaka's Kamwala area is extremely worrying and at the same time frightening. On Monday this week, a uniformed police officer shot a Flash Bus driver Harrison Miti in the abdomen twice and a female passenger Janet...
    • 24 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Minister admits: Zesco power increase was determined by politics

    Energy Minister David Mabumba has admitted that the increment in electricity tariffs was to a larger extent determined by politics and emotions. And Mabumba says it was the responsibility of the electricity consumers to make Zesco financially viable. Featuring on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Mabumba told programme host Grevazio Zulu that government saw it prudent to...
    • 22 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Women participation in manufacturing excites UN country rep

    United Nations resident coordinator Janet Rogan says she is encouraged to see many talented women venturing into the manufacturing sector in Zambia. Rogan was speaking at the inaugural seminar and award ceremony on women’s participation in the manufacturing sector at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka this morning. “It is indeed encouraging to see so many...
    • 20 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Intermarket probe exposes BoZ negligence

    Ministry of Finance Director of Economic Management Ireen Musonda Habasimbi says the ministry has not yet received an update from the Bank of Zambia on when Intermarket Bank will reopen to the public. On February 28 this year, Finance Minister Felix Mutati informed Parliament that the bank would reopen within 30 days, which elapsed in...
    • 19 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Slow manufacturing sector growth worries Mwanakatwe

    Commerce Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has expressed concern over the poor performance of the country’s manufacturing sector. Mwanakatwe said statistics from the Central Statistical Office show that the wholesale and retail sectors are now the largest share of overall Gross Domestic Product averaging 18.3 percent per annum. She was speaking at Radisson Blu...
    • 18 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    JCTR welcomes IMF aid, but wary of conditions

    The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections Executive Director Fr. Leonard Chiti says his organisation will support the planned IMF aid package to Zambia if no stringent conditionality for a bailout programme is attached. Cabinet has given a go ahead for the country to conclude negotiations for an IMF economic bailout facility that is expected to...
    • 14 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Global market reacting to political developments in Zambia – Saasa

    Professor Oliver Saasa says the manner in which the arrest of opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was done created some anxiety on the global money market because Zambia is known to be a relatively peaceful country. American based Bloomberg business news channel reported that yields on Zambia’s $1 billion Eurobonds due April 2024 rose 15...
    • 12 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Chibiya takes up regional Barclays position

    Former Barclays Bank Zambia Plc Managing Director Saviour Chibiya has been appointed as Regional Managing Director responsible for among other functions, the Corporate and Investment Banking business for markets in Africa outside South Africa. Chibiya who served as MD for over six years will be based at the Barclays Africa Group Ltd Head Office in...
    • 10 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    ZEMA approves projects worth $440 thousand

    The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has approved 67 Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for the month of March 2017 worth over $440 thousand. The approved projects are in energy, tourism, urban development, agriculture and forestry, prospecting and mining as well as manufacturing and processing sectors. “Out of the 83 projects considered, 67 projects were approved,...
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