A 22 year old bus conductor of Lusaka’s Mtendere East compound has been arrested by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) for trafficking in 21 sachets of heroin. DEC Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo named the suspect as Gibson Nyirenda. Meanwhile DEC has also arrested 20 people for unlawful cultivation and trafficking in of cannabis from...

Zambia Revenue Authority Director General Kingsley Chanda says the authority has exceeded its revenue collection target by K140 million in the first quarter. Speaking when he addressed the press in Livingstone yesterday on the sidelines of an Indaba on “Repositioning Zambian Capital Markets as an Enabler to Sustainable Economic Development", Chanda said ZRA was performing...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya says the ban on importation of fruits and vegetables cannot be implemented because local farmers currently cannot satisfy consumers. Speaking when she officiated at the stakeholders’ consultative meeting on fruits, vegetables, and livestock sectors in Zambia yesterday, Siliya noted that her ministry received a request from ZNFU in December 2016 to...