2025 will be tough but with more opportunities – PwC
PRICEWATER Coopers (PwC) Country Senior Partner Andrew Chibuye says the continued upward adjustment in the Monetary Policy Rate has not been effective as expected because the intervention is acting as a pain killer. Meanwhile, Chibuye has predicted that 2025 will be a tough year but with more opportunities for entrepreneurs and individuals to earn a…...
PF is finished under Lungu, Lubinda – Milupi
INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says the PF under the reign of former president Edgar Lungu and Given Lubinda is finished. Meanwhile, Milupi has described Lubinda’s statement that dogs are now malnourished because things are worse in the country as dramatic. On Saturday, Patriotic Front faction vice-president Lubinda said things had become…...
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Auditor General is right, analytical journalism is dead. We need help to revive it
AUDITOR General Dr Ron Mwambwa has observed a decline in journalists writing authoritatively on Public Finance Management. Dr Mwambwa raised his concern when he officially opened the AG’s Investigative Journalism workshop a fortnight ago, attributing the gap in quality journalistic work to limited resources and a lack of training, particularly in understanding complex financial data…...
HH did not instruct ACC to raid Lungu’s house, Moono tells court
ACC Head of Corporate Communications Timothy Moono has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that President Hakainde Hichilema did not instruct the commission to raid former president Edgar Lungu’s residence, as alleged by Raphael Nakacinda. However, after hearing Moono’s testimony yesterday, Nakacinda, who is PF faction Secretary General, asked Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Davies Chibwili to…...
I won’t slow down in ensuring our laws are upheld – Mwiimbu
HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says he will not slow down in carrying out his duties as mandated by the Constitution to ensure Zambia’s laws are upheld. According to a statement issued by his Principal Public Relations Officer, Mwala Kalaluka, Mwiimbu said his parliamentary statement last Friday was aimed at encouraging citizens…...
NCZ failed to produce over 90,000MT of FISP fertiliser for two farming seasons – AG
THE latest Auditor General’s report on parastatal bodies has revealed that Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia failed to produce 47,338.05 metric tonnes of Compound D fertiliser for the 2022/2023 farming season and 43,292.70 metric tonnes for the 2023/2024 farming season under a contract with the Ministry of Agriculture. The report has further disclosed that NCZ outsourced…...
Govt needs private sector’s support in mitigating drought effects – Australian Envoy
AUSTRALIAN High Commissioner to Zambia Minoli Perera says various external factors are making it difficult for Zambia’s economy to progress. In an interview, Thursday, High Commissioner Perera said the Zambian government needed the private sector’s support in mitigating drought effects. “I think, in many ways, the Zambian economy is doing tough. There have been a…...
Introduction of higher notes a result of failure to keep inflation down – Kalyalya
BANK of Zambia Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya says one of the major reasons why the Central Bank has decided to introduce new notes is the challenges it is having to keep inflation down. And Dr Kalyalya says the introduction of new notes has nothing to do with the 2026 general elections. Speaking on ZNBC’s Sunday…...
Nawakwi still sick, court hears
FDD leader Edith Nawakwi again failed to appear before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday in a matter where she is charged with four counts of threatening violence and abduction as she is unwell. Her lawyer, Chifumu Banda, State Counsel, informed Magistrate Amy Masoja-Chilangwa that his client was still sick and unable to attend court. On…...