We need to broaden tax base – ZICA
THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) says there is need to broaden the tax base in order to reduce pressure on the few companies in the formal sector. And ZICA says while debt restructuring means there’s some relief, that doesn’t mean the problem has gone away. Speaking when she featured on ZNBC’s Business Review,…...
Enhancing Community Participation and Consultation for an Effective Constituency Development Fund (CDF)
Introduction In the year 2023, Zambia saw an increase in the allocation of funds to the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), rising from ZMK 25.7 million per constituency in 2022 to an ZMK 28.3 million per constituency. Barely two years ago, CDF was pegged at ZMK 1.6 million per constituency. The substantial increase reveals the importance […]
FRA to pay cash for delivered maize
FOOD Reserve Agency Board Chairperson Kelvin Hambwezya says the agency has with immediate effect started paying cash to farmers upon delivery of their maize. In a statement, Friday, Hambwezya said this would enable the agency to protect farmers from making losses as they sold their crops. “In view of this year’s on-going crop marketing season…...
UPND doesn’t care about the people, we’d have suspended fuel price hikes – Chitotela
PAMBASHE PF member of parliament Ronald Chitotela says UPND doesn’t seem to care about the people, arguing that his party would have suspended fuel price hikes by now. And ActionAid Zambia says it is deeply concerned with the drastic increase in fuel pump prices because such increases are hurting the majority of Zambians. On Thursday…...
Buffaloes face Lesotho’s Defence Forces
GREEN Buffaloes women’s football team seeks an uplifting moment and slot in the knockout stages when they lock horns with the Defence Forces of Lesotho at the ongoing COSAFA Championships in South Africa. The Zambia Army-sponsored team is tied on four points with Double Action of Botswana, which faces Ntopwa FC of Malawi in the…...
Ex-COBUSU leader thanks management for reinstatement
FORMER COBUSU president Castro Mulilo has thanked the university management for reinstating him, saying being expelled left him emotionally distressed. Last week, the Copperbelt University lifted Mulilo’s expulsion from the institution. Mulilo, a fourth-year Transport and Logistics student was recently expelled from the university for having announced the cancellation of classes in June this year…...
We need an indaba to plan future of women’s football
Today we revisit women’s football after the dust has settled following the end of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. There has been a glorious rise of the game in Zambia since 2014 when the juniors, now the Copper Queens qualified for the FIFA U17 World Cup in Costa Rica and their predecessors also played at…...
We expect at least 5 boxers to qualify for Olympics – ZBF
THE Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) is confident that at least five of the nine boxers going to the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal will qualify for the Games next year. The boxing team, consisting of nine members, is training at OYDC-Zambia ahead of the qualifiers set to run from September 6-16 in Dakar…....
Using nolle to pardon foreign criminals: Part 1
LAST week when the suspects involved in the KKIA gold scam case appeared in court, the State entered a nolle prosequi in favour of five Egyptians. Announcing the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Prosecutor Gracilliar Mulenga said “THE PEOPLE DO NOT INTEND TO CONTINUE THE PROCEEDINGS” against the Egyptians and one Zambian. Prosecutor:…...
We’re “smelling” mealie meal prices and working on it, insists HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government is able to “smell” the high mealie meal prices and is working hard to resolve this issue. Speaking during the celebration of the Enthronement of His Grace Archbishop Dr Albert Chama as Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Lusaka and the Diamond Jubilee of the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy…...
