By JOSEPH BANDAPRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has terminated the contracts of Agriculture Permanent Secretary GreenMboozi and Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary Thandiwe Oteng.Also fired are Accountant General Kennedy Musonda and controller of Internal Audit Chibwe Mulonda.Making...
Read MoreBy KETRA KALUNGA – THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has handed over a report to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock on the Kapenta Value Chain upgrading strategy on Lake Tanganyika in Mpulungu district.This...
Read MoreBy JULIUS PHIRI – ZAMBIA can double its export earnings from the current US$2.8 billion through the facilitation of trade and removal of trade barriers with the neighbours.Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Lillian Bwalya...
Read MoreBy CHATULA KANGALI – THE Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) has honoured some of its members for their outstanding performance in various fields in the past year.Those who have been recognised include Tazama Pipeline Limited...
Read MoreBy ANDREW MULENGA – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has recorded a cumulative total of K48.5 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds.ZRA commissioner for domestic taxes Joseph Nonde said out of the K48.5 billion,...
Read MoreBy KENNEDY MUPESENI – FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) says it is committed to meeting the US$1.25 billion investment outcome and ramping up copper production at Kansanshi Mine in Solwezi.Chief Executive Officer Tristan Pascall was at...
Read MoreBy SANDRA MWILA – CHIPOLOPOLO midfielder Lameck Banda has been ruled out of the Four Nations tournament due to a knee injury and has since been replaced by South African based Gamphani Lungu.The tournament kicks...
Read MoreBy SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – POSTER-BOY Patrick Chinyemba won Zambia another medal at the ongoing African Games in Ghana and this was after stopping Ethiopian boxer Wibshet Dawit after just two rounds of the bout.After the...
Read MoreBy PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A POLICE officer has appeared in court for raping a 19-year-old university student whom he apprehended for idling in Lusaka’s Thornpark area.Jack Mudhani, 28, is said to have detained and raped...
Read MoreBy JOSEPH BANDA – THE World Bank has disbursed a grant of US$100 million to Zambia for the first phase of the $700 million National Energy Advancement and Transformation (NEAT) programme for the period 2023...
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