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16 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

ZRA recovers over K2.2m from abalone smugglers

THE Lusaka Economics and Financial Crimes Court has convicted three taxpayers for the offence of smuggling contrary to the Customs and Excise Act. This is in a matter in which Ronata Logistics Limited and Sawa... […]

16 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

Banks not dictating products people can apply for under SAFF – Govt

GOVERNMENT says banks are not dictating the products that people can apply for under the Sustainable Agriculture Financing Facility (SAFF). Recently, some farmers took to social media to lament that they were being forced to... […]

16 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

2024 CDF utilisation rate was 77% – Govt

GOVERNMENT says in 2024 it recorded a 77 per cent Constituency Development Fund (CDF) utilisation rate compared to the 66 per cent recorded in 2023. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Nicholas... […]

15 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

Human rights violations are real, UN can verify this – Mundubile

MPOROKOSO PF MP Brian Mundubile says the clarification by the United Nations on reports that Zambia has been blacklisted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for failure to uphold human rights standards was... […]

15 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

Police kill 2 Yango taxi thieves

POLICE have shot and killed two criminals during a gunfire exchange that occurred at Lusaka’s Chifundo Market in George Compound. This was after the suspects robbed a Yango driver of his vehicle after booking him... […]

14 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

Don’t expect a better 2025 because of elections next year – Binwell

NKANA Independent MP Binwell Mpundu says Zambians should not expect a better 2025 because there will be general elections next year. Mpundu has observed that it was a common trend that before an election year,... […]

14 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

UN denies blacklisting Zambia for ‘human rights violations’

THE United Nations has refuted reports that Zambia has been blacklisted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for failure to uphold human rights standards. And government says Zambia intends to vie for a... […]

14 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

Next 2, 3 years will be difficult years – Economist

I think the next two, three years, if we are being honest with ourselves are going to be difficult years, says Economist John Musantu. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV’s COSTA programme, Sunday, Dr... […]

13 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

We’re still mopping up illegally harvested mukula – Govt

GOVERNMENT says it is still mopping up illegally harvested mukula logs and assembling them at central points. Minister of Green Economy and Environment Mike Mposha has described the exercise as an expensive undertaking, but insists... […]

13 Jan 2025 | Philip Chisalu

Loss of Zimbabwean fuel transporters a blessing in disguise – PTAZ

PETROLEUM Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) Secretary General Benson Tembo says the loss of about 3,500 Zimbabwean tankers from the fuel supply chain in Zambia is a blessing in disguise for local transporters. Tembo says... […]