Standard Chartered contributes $50, 000 for masks
By BUUMBA CHIMBULUSTANDARD Chartered Bank has contributed US$50, 000 to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Zambia to support the provision of locally produced personal protective face masks in…
‘GOLD SMUGGLING RIFE IN MSANZALA’
By SILUMESI MALUMOMSAZALA Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Daka has called for enhanced security to curb smuggling of gold in his constituency in the Eastern province.Mr Daka said Zambia had…
Stop bad fishing methods, orders Lungu
By MARTIN AKENDE in NchelengePRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he will task the ministries of Fisheries and Defence to work on modalities to stop bad fishing methods on Lake Mweru in…
Consultant bashes ‘alarmist’ EIZ
By AARON CHIYANZOTHE continued negative and alarming talk against Lusaka’s Society Business Park by the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) proves that the organisation has a hidden agenda, says independent…
ZRA seizes cooking oil worth K1m
By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has seized 3,830 litres of cooking oil in Kafue worth close to K1 million suspected to have been imported using forged permits from…
UPND MP withdraws motion
By SIMON MUNTEMBAUPND Mwinilunga Member of Parliament Newton Samakayi was yesterday forced to withdraw a private notice of motion after Parliament unanimously rejected it.Mr Sakakayi presented a notice of motion…
Pope Francis declares support for same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope
Gay couples deserve legal protections for their relationships, Pope Francis said in a new documentary. Also in the film, which premiered in Rome on Oct. 21, less than two weeks…
HH ‘STUPID’ REMARK ‘RILES’ POLICE
By KALOBWE BWALYAA STATEMENT by Hakainde Hichilema describing an alleged Inspector General call out as “STUPID” has incensed police who have objected to the language and have revealed that no…
IMF wants relaxed conditions for Africa
By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for the relaxation of external financial conditions for Sub-Saharan Africa to access hard currency bond markets.Hard currency is money that comes…
Tempers flare up in parley
By SILUMESI MALUMOTEMPERS flared in Parliament when UPND Mwinilunga Member of Parliament Newton Samakayi accused the Patriotic Front (PF) of buying councillors.Mr Samakayi said he had proof that the ruling…
