Economist Professor Oliver Saasa says there is nothing that government is doing to address the swelling external debt that now stands at US$10.05 billion. And Professor Saasa says government’s failure to get the IMF bailout

Konkola Copper Mines has shut down operations at number 1 shaft, which was being mined by Master Mine Services, saying the company had failed to source for funds to pay workers. KCM has since written

Copperbelt Minister Japhen Mwakalombe has ordered security wings to impound trucks that are transporting maize and mealie meal without export permits. In an interview, Mwakalombe said the lifting of ban to export mealie meal was

Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) faction leader Felix Mutati has urged African governments to devise methods that will make payment of tax more persuasive. According to statement from Mutati’s press office, the former Finance Minister

Zambia’s external debt has leaped to over US$10 billion for the first time in the country’s history, as debt servicing commitments equally increased to unprecedented levels of nearly US$760 million last year. And government missed

The Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity (ZAAB) has maintained that Zambia’s non-GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) position has not changed and no legislative changes have taken place, contrary to Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilfuya’s pronouncement

Zambian Breweries Plc has earned increased profits of K1.45 billion after tax during its 2018 financial year from just K220 million in 2017, driven by record-breaking beer volumes, according to the company’s results. But the

Zanaco Plc has posted increased profits of nearly K184 million in its 2018 financial year, mainly driven by higher income from net loans and advances, the bank’s results show. According to its audited financial year

Former finance minister Felix Mutati says government should postpone the implementation of the Sales and Goods tax to allow for more consultation, warning that the new tax regime might cause more problems than the Value

The Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) says the new policy lifting the ban of mealie meal exports needs to be revised because some millers who accessed subsidized Food Reserve Agency (FRA) maize are restricted from