BARRICK Gold Corporation president and chief executive officer Mark Bristow says he is delighted by the emphasis which President Hakainde Hichilema has placed on the need for investment in the country. And Bristow says Barrick...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his administration is determined to continue attacking the ‘ka something culture’ (bribery culture) because it increases the cost of doing business. Speaking during the ZNFU annual congress, Thursday, President Hichilema UPND’s...

THE annual rate of inflation has reduced to 9.7 percent for the month of October from the 9.9 percent recorded in September, 2022. And Zambia Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says Lusaka was...

THE Ministry of Agriculture has written to all fertiliser suppliers to express displeasure over the slow pace at which the 2022/23 farming season inputs are being distributed, urging them to be faster. In a letter...

FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has announced that the World Bank has approved $275 million concessional financing for Zambia. In a statement, Thursday, Dr Musokotane said the approval was granted through the World Bank’s International...

GOVERNMENT says it is also anxious for works on the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway to commence, but negotiations haven’t been easy to conclude because this is the first time it’s using a PPP model on roads....

AGRICULTURE Minister Mtolo Phiri says the Food Reserve Agency has so far paid K698.14 million owed to farmers who supplied it maize, leaving a balance of K336.53 million. And Phiri says over 30 percent of...

TECHNOLOGY and Science Minister Felix Mutati has unveiled the newly appointed Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) board of directors, to be chaired by professor Mundia Muya. Speaking during the ceremony, Tuesday, Mutati said...

AIRTEL Zambia has disclosed that it has been receiving approximately 5,000 complaints from customers about the internet and data depletion on a monthly basis. And Airtel says although its business has not been affected, the...

LABOUR and Social Security Minister Brenda Tambatamba says NAPSA members will only be allowed to partially access their pension benefits once before retirement, and this is 20 percent of the contributions. In an interview, Tambatamba...