By JAMES KUNDA – HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu has said no unauthorised police checkpoints will be entertained and that permissible security checkpoints should be clearly marked, with officers displaying their name...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has assured that the country remains adequate with fuel stocks, the two key commodities being petrol and diesel.ERB director general Elijah Sichone said as at Tuesday...

By PERDITA CHENJELA – GOVERNMENT has welcomed the World Bank’s approval of the US$138m package grant package of Phase II of the Transforming Landscapes for Resilience and Development (TRALARD II) Project, to advance the nation’s...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has called for innovative mining waste management as the country looks to increase copper production to three million tonnes per annum by 2031.The President observed that mining had...

By JULIUS PHIRI – ACCESS Bank has committed K150 million to support 3,000 farmers under the Sustainable Agriculture Financing Facility (SAFF) during the 2025/2026 farming season.Bank Head of Corporate Communications and Brand Management Kalumbu Nyikosa-...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) is for the 2026 financial year targeting to collect up to K185 billion which is about 20 per cent of the nation’s anticipated total K923.7 billion...

Budget Reactions stories by ANDREW MULENGA, CHATULA KANGALI, KENNEDY MUPESENI and SNIKE MZULAH – THE proposed 2026 National Budget is a fair outlay of finances towards social and economic needs which provides a basis for...

By CYNTHIA NKHATA, JAMES KUNDA and GEORGE SINKALA – ECONOMIST Yusuf Dodia has praised the budget as an ambitious and optimistic blueprint aimed at bringing more resources closer to the people.Mr Dodia said this was...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – ACTING Chief Resident Magistrate Ireen Wishimanga has set October 17, 2025, as the date to deliver her rulings on two cases of appeal involving former Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Finance and Economic Development (FED) cluster has demanded that Zesco supplies at least 16 hours of daily electricity to residential areas and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) starting next week.And...