ECONOMIST Noel Nkhoma says the oversubscription to the Bank of Zambia treasury bills in the recent auction is a clear statement of confidence in the government and its monetary and fiscal policies. According to the...

FORMER NAREP president Elias Chipimo has urged government to ensure that entrepreneurs have affordable capital and credit to enable them achieve higher levels of output. In an interview, Chipimo said the country would remain in...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has invited Oil Marketing Companies to use the TAZAMA pipeline to transport their low Sulphur diesel following the completion of the conversion process. And TAZAMA Managing Director Davison Thawethe says the...

UNIONISED Miners at Non-Ferrous Company Africa Mining (NFCA) in Chambishi have rejected a K400 salary increment offer. Meanwhile, Mopani Copper Mines has offered its unionized employees an eight percent salary increment in addition to a...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says toll fees will rise by slightly over six percent annually to cover for inflation as the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway loan is being paid back. In an...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says there is increased expression of interest from Independent Power Producers (IPPs) because of cost reflective tariffs. In an interview, Thursday, Kapala encouraged more IPPs to come on board. “There is a...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says concluding the country’s debt restructuring process will help stabilise cost of living. And Dr Musokotwane says government has done everything possible to get the country’s debt...

Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma says the Zambia National Service plans to make presentation of an NRC a prerequisite of buying mealie meal in Kasumbalesa in order to control smuggling. In an interview, Wednesday, Lufuma said...

GOVERNMENT has maintained that it will not cancel the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project and rehabilitation of the Masangano-Fisenge-Luanshya road. Meanwhile, Road Development Agency (RDA) says Macro Ocean Investment Consortium was picked as the preferred concessionaire...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has revealed that government has found the money to revive Mopani Copper Mines. President Hichilema has commissioned Mimbula Copper Mine in Chingola with a call to prioritize local participation in the supply...