By EMILY KUWEMA-ELECTRICITY consumers in Lusaka have rejected Zesco’s application to increase electricity connection by an estimated 213 per cent.However, the power utility company has defended the proposed hike, saying if the connection fees remain...

By JAMES KUNDA – LUSAKA mobile money agent Pamela Chisumpa, who has been missing since April, this year, has been found in Lusaka’s Chalala area, along with 12 other girls in a suspected case of...

By MAPULANGA LIBINGA-A WOMAN of Ndola who was charged with her daughter for the murder of her husband has been sentenced to death by the Ndola High Court.“It breaks my heart sentencing women because they...

By JAMES KUNDATHE 2023 National Budget has reset the parameter for macroeconomic stability and the economy on a ‘Zambia Forward’ agenda, Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa has said.Meanwhile, Zambia Revenue Authority Commissioner General Dingani...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI-THE Government has with immediate effect ordered the Kabwe Municipal Council (KMC) to re-do the Social Economic Survey for degazetted Mpima Forest.During the verification of genuine settlers of degazetted Mpima Forest in Kabwe...

By JAMES KUNDA-FINANCE and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has said the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) access guidelines will be simplified to allow constituencies make decisions with minimum approvals from the ministry of Local Government...

By JOSEPH BANDALOCAL Government Minister Gary Nkombo says the New Dawn Government has adopted some principles from late India’s founding president Mahatma Gandhi who advocated a people-centred development.Speaking at the commemoration of Mr Gandhi’s 153...

By BRIAN HATYOKATHE Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on local investors to embrace the proposed reforms targeted at State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the country.Announcing the 2023 National Budget on Friday...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE, KENNEDY MUPESENI and JAMES KUNDAFINANCE and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane is today scheduled to present the 2023 National Budget to Parliament, the second of the United Party for National Development (UPND)...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI-THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has said the drop in copper prices to below US$ 8,000 per tonne in recent times is a major ‘blow’ to the manufacturing segment servicing the mining...