ZICB achieves A-rating after 1,200% profit growth
The Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB) has recorded an unprecedented 1,200% profit growth, surging from ZMW 3.9 million in 2021 to ZMW 51.3 million in 2024, a milestone that has earned the bank an A-rating from Premier Rating Services (PRS). Speaking at the credit rating event held at Taj Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka yesterday, ZICB…...
MMA Zambia, Inwit seal groundbreaking streaming deal
IN a significant boost for Zambian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), the Zambia National Amateur League (ZNAL) will now be streamed exclusively on Inwit, following a groundbreaking partnership between MMA Zambia and the global video streaming platform. Announcing the deal during the partnership signing ceremony in Lusaka, Monday, MMA Zambia president Benjamin Bush said the partnership…...
ACC could have hidden information on investigation of Musokotwane, Milupi, Fube tells court
CHILUBI PF MP Mulenga Fube has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) team which was in place when Munir Zulu is alleged to have defamed two Cabinet Ministers was corrupt, hence its disbandment. Fube has told the court that the ACC could have hidden information on the alleged investigations it was…...
Kasupe couple was murdered on their farm, Chilanga MP tells court
CHILANGA UPND MP Sipho Hlazo has narrated to the Lusaka High Court how he was called by an unknown person who claimed to have been in possession of a laptop belonging to Bernard Chomba, the deceased whose body was found next to his wife’s in Kasupe area more than two years ago. Hlazo also told…...
Population explosion shocks Musokotwane: Can you imagine, from 13 to 20 million
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has raised an alarm over the rate at which Zambia’s population is growing. Dr Musokotwane has highlighted the need to prepare for the future, as the current economy cannot sustain Zambia’s rapidly growing population. Meanwhile, the minister says information published in the revised 2022 Census Summary Report…...
700m people worldwide live on less than $2.15 per day – WBG
THE World Bank Group (WBG) says nearly 700 million people worldwide live in extreme poverty with less than $2.15 per person per day. WBG says robots, AI and digital platforms are affecting the relationship between growth and jobs by creating new tasks, enhancing labour productivity and displacing workers. In a 2025 catalogue, WBG indicated that…...
5-yr-old narrates how father repeatedly defiled her
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how her father defiled her on several occasions. The five-year-old victim has told the court that her father did ‘bad manners’ on her and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incidents. This is in a matter where Danny Kambobe, a 40-year-old…...
Report unethical media content to the Complaints Committee, abash statutory regulation
MINISTER of Information and Media, Honourable Cornelius Mweetwa says government has been motivated to reactivate its agenda to implement statutory media regulation. According to him, some newspapers have been publishing malicious and alarming statements. This stems from a headline in one of the daily newspapers which read: “Zamstats under siege as HH fires three directors,…...
Police nab 2 Chinese for defying mine suspension at Rongxing
POLICE have arrested an operations manager and a director at Rongxing Investment Company, located along Mufulira Road in Kitwe, for continuing operations despite a suspension order issued on February 4, 2025. The Ministry of Mines, through the Mines Safety Department, suspended the company’s operations following a fatal accident on February 2, 2025, and environmental concerns,…...
We’ll gag liars if need be – govt
INFORMATION and Media Minister Cornelius Mweetwa says the government has no intention of gagging the media but will gag liars if need be. Mweetwa has also announced the formation of a ministerial media team to articulate government policies as well as the appointment of Sports and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu as the new UPND deputy…...
