U17 girls face Uganda
ZAMBIA U17 women’s national team coach Carol Kanyemba says today’s 2024 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup third round final leg qualifier against Uganda is a mountain the team entered to conquer. Kanyemba’s girls face Uganda at St Mary’s Stadium in Kitende armed with a 2-0 first-leg victory on May 12 at National Heroes Stadium in…...
Subsidising electricity would kill Zesco – PAC
PAC president Andyford Banda says it would be ill advised for Zesco to subsidise electricity for consumers because that would kill the company. And Banda says the mining sector is not the only problematic area for the country, pointing out that financial services and agriculture sectors also have several challenges. In a recent interview, asked…...
ZBF to send three boxers for World Olympic qualifiers
THREE boxers are set to represent the country at the second World Olympic Qualification Tournament set for Thailand from May 24 to June 2. The three boxers are Commonwealth Silver medalist Steven Zimba, Mwengo Mwale and Margret Tembo. The trio will aim to book tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and join Patrick Chinyemba…....
Why is govt still single sourcing TAZAMA pipeline fuel suppliers?
NEWS from the energy sector suggests that Agro Fuel has decided to withhold its diesel stock because the company feels that the pump price dictated by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) is too low. Since this is the company that was single-sourced by government to supply fuel to the nation using the TAZAMA pipeline, one…...
Kapata tells court she built 10 double-storey houses at K1m
FORMER lands minister Jean Kapata has told the Lusaka High Court that her company makes approximately K250,000 every six weeks through chicken rearing, plus more income from her piggery and fish farming, but does not meet the ZRA threshold for tax registration. And after the court visited her house and other properties in Roma yesterday,…...
Businessman sues state over mobile money levy
A LUSAKA businessman has sued the state in the Lusaka High Court, seeking a declaration and order that the Mobile Money Transaction Levy Act No.16 of 2023 is unconstitutional and therefore void. Bishop Njanji, a resident of Lusaka’s Ibex Hill area, has cited the Attorney General as the respondent in the matter. In his petition,…...
Water crisis will worsen in 3rd quarter – Mposha
MINISTER of Water Development and Sanitation Mike Mposha has warned that the current water crisis will worsen in the third quarter of this year due to reduced water levels. And National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) Executive Director Dr Aaron Chansa says schools should be spared from water rationing to avoid disruption in…...
It’s immoral for us to be food insecure because of one dry season – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says it is immoral for Zambia to be food insecure because of one dry season, highlighting the need to work together as a country to secure food. Speaking when he met the Livestock Services Board of Directors, Thursday, President Hichilema said there was a need to begin exporting beef in order to…...
You can’t fully correct a fiscal problem with monetary instruments – Saasa
ECONOMIST Oliver Saasa says Zambia cannot correct its fiscal problem by only using the Central Bank’s monetary instrument. And Professor Saasa says the increase in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) was expected but his biggest worry is whether the Bank of Zambia (BOZ) will also tamper with the Statutory Reserve Ratio (SRR). On Wednesday, BOZ…...
Don’t condemn everything UPND does, Sunday Chanda tells opposition
KANCHIBIYA PF Member of Parliament Sunday Chanda says the opposition shouldn’t condemn everything the ruling party is doing but should also be able to commend where things are working. And Chanda says he will be handing over the first ever mortuary for Kanchibiya district since independence this Friday, which was constructed using CDF. He discloses…...
