ZAMBIA Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) president Ashu Sagar says the manufacturing sector has faced difficulties in absorbing the impact brought about by the depreciating Kwacha and fuel prices in the last four months. In an...

AGRICULTURE Minister Reuben Mtolo Phiri says government has suspended the export of maize to neighbouring countries to ensure the country has enough stock of the commodity. Meanwhile, Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Johan Hallenborg has noted...

ZCCM-IH has dispelled allegations in some sections of the media that it has lost control of Kasenseli Gold Mine. In a statement yesterday, ZCCM-IH Corporate Affairs Manager Loisa Mbatha said resumption of mining operations at...

BANK of Zambia (BoZ) Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya says the country’s economic situation is far from normal. He says the measures that government is implementing through the Central Bank to arrest rising inflation may look...

GOVERNMENT says it intends to jointly develop a hydro power station on the Luapula River with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, stretching from Mumbotuta Falls to Mambilima. Acting Energy Minister Charles Milupi...

ECONOMIST Noel Nkhoma says it is normal for Vedanta and other businesses to look for investors elsewhere. Meanwhile, Nkhoma says Bank of Zambia interventions are helping the Kwacha to be resilient. Vedanta announced that it...

KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has refuted claims that it is sending workers on forced leave. An organisation called ‘Vedanta Must Return Community Campaign Movement’ based on the Copperbelt in Chingola and Chililabombwe had claimed that...

ZESCO says it will this year spend over K20 million on new initiatives to fight vandalism. And Zesco Senior Corporate Affairs Manager Caristo Chitamfya has lamented that vandals are making the power company’s operations difficult....

SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Economic, Investment and Development Affairs Jito Kayumba says its normal for Vedanta Resources to sell some of its shares in its quest to raise capital. And Kayumba says Zambia has about...

GOVERNMENT says it released K13.3 billion in January 2024 to finance public service delivery, of which K2.6 billion was for transfers, subsidies and social benefits; K1.5 billion for implementation of various government programmes and general...