Govt Timber Industry Players to Ink Deal
THE Government is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the stakeholders in the local timber industry aimed at addressing issues affecting sustainable forest management. Lands, ...
View ArticleTanzania-Zambia Railway Authority Acquires New Locomotives
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - The derailing Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has announced the purchase of six new Diesel Electric (DE) mainline locomotives from China. Part of the acquisition ...
View ArticleDoctors Blood clot located in Hillary Clintons head
In this June 10, 2011 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves as the arrives at Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia. Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital ...
View ArticleChinese Ambassador commends rebased currency
Fileresident Sata talks to Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao says the newly launched rebased Zambian currency will make business easy for Chinese ...
View ArticleTraffic accidents worry Government
Government is saddened by the high number of road traffic accidents in the country. Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni says government notes with grave concern the continued high number of ...
View ArticleZambia starts new year with new look currency
Zambians on Tuesday woke up to a new year and new bank notes, which lop off three zeros in a bid to address high inflation that made the currency cumbersome to work with. Zambia's Finance ...
View ArticleJCTR urges government to put in place measures to counter food insecurity
JCTRR Director Leonard Chiti The Jesuits Center for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has urged government to put in place measures to counter the looming food insecurity resulting from the current ...
View ArticleAs Zambians and Africans we should not be abandoning old people-Nkandu Luo
ELDERLY people should not be abandoned because they are an important part of Zambia's heritage, Chiefs and traditional affairs Minister Nkandu Luo has said. Professor Luo said Zambians and ...
View ArticleZambia central bank launches rebased currency
Zambia 's central bank launched its rebased kwacha currency on Tuesday, removing three zeros from new denominations which will run side by side with the old bank notes until June this year. ...
View ArticleZambia Malawi finally connected by rail
Planned since the 1970s and inaugurated last month, commercial transports have now started on the Chipata-Mchinji railway line between Zambia and Malawi. Soon, a connection to Mozambique's coast ...
View ArticleLusaka Stock Exchange goes real-time
Real-time data from Zambia's Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) today started to go online, increasing equity trading opportunities for LuSE's local and global ...
View ArticleFertilizer tree triples Malawi Zambia yields
Scientists have managed to triple maize yields on smallholder farms in Zambia and Malawi by simple "evergreen agriculture" techniques. Planting acacia trees among the crops automatically ...
View ArticleZambia farmers get innovative e-vouchers
The 'e-voucher project' - the first of its kind on the continent, according to participant Mobile Transactions Zambia Limited (MTZL) - covers the delivery of products including seeds, ...
View ArticleZambia AIDS treatment reaches 90 of sick
As HIV/AIDS prevalence is finally being reduced in Africa, also Zambia can celebrate successes in the fight against the pandemic. Almost all Zambians suffering from AIDS now receive ...
View ArticleZambia mine tax fraud causes outrage
A leaked auditors' report alleging massive tax irregularities in Zambia's key copper mining sector "must lead to" further investigations, civil society groups ...
View ArticleZambia President to win upcoming polls
Zambia's President Rupiah Banda expects his MMD party to score an easy victory in an election that he says will be coming in a matter of months. Elections must be held in ...
View ArticleRebased currency steers drama in Kabwe
New notes There was drama in the streets of Kabwe this afternoon when a street vender refused to collect a K10.00 rebased note, previously K10, 000 from a customer, saying she did not want to be ...
View ArticlePolice to deal with culprits intending to swindle using old Kwacha
Inspector General of Police, Stella Libongani Inspector General of Police, Stella Libongani, has assured the nation that police will deal severely with any culprit intending to swindle unsuspecting ...
View ArticleLuwingu council introduces dog levy
The Luwingu District Council has introduce dog levy in a bid to reduce the suspected rabies out break which has rocked many villages in senior chief Shimumbi, chief Chipalo and chief Tungati's ...
View ArticleMbola Joins Chipolopolo Camp
Emmanuel Mbola has jetted into Johannesburg to join the Zambia training camp. The 19-year-old left back from FC Porto in Portugal landed at OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg at 08:30 on Monday. ...
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