GOVERNMENT has announced that it has delivered 100 percent of the Compound D fertiliser and 98 percent of the Urea fertiliser procured under the Direct Input Supply (DIS) modality for the 2024/25 farming season. In...

MINISTER of Home Affairs Jack Mwiimbu says Petauke Independent MP Emmanuel Jay Banda has been apprehended in Zimbabwe where he was hiding in that country’s capital, Harare, after escaping from lawful custody on August 4,...

THE Oil Marketing Companies Association of Zambia (OMCAZ) says Energy Regulations Board’s (ERB) directive to prioritise retail sites when allocating diesel from the TAZAMA pipeline will ensure security of supply in needy areas. In an...

IMF Resident Representative in Zambia Eric Lautier says the Fund is forecasting a very strong economic recovery for Zambia in 2025, with a projected 6.2 per cent GDP growth. In an interview, Lautier said the...

THE National Assembly has given Petauke Independent MP Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda a seven-day ultimatum to attend parliamentary sittings or lose his seat. This was after Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti subjected the...

MINISTRY of Education Permanent Secretary Joel Kamoko says government is aware of overstaffing in some schools and takes that into account when deploying newly recruited teachers. Kamoka says his ministry has a policy of redistributing...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi has attributed the action by some individuals to hold on to money when the Central Bank puts it into circulation to a shift in spending habits, triggered by lack of liquidity in...

ENERGY Regulation Board (ERB) Director General Elijah Sichone says the regulator has issued a directive to the effect that retail sites should be prioritised in terms of diesel allocation from the TAZAMA pipeline. Addressing the...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has announced the appointment of a new Board of Directors for the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS), to be headed by Oliver Chinganya as Chairperson. According to a statement...

WONDERFUL GROUP Deputy CEO Roy Mwamba says works at its $595 million United Capital Fertilizer Urea Plant are now 60 per cent complete and the project has so far created about 2,300 contractual jobs. Mwamba...