Friday, January 17, 2025

Economy

Government’s budget for maize purchase exhausted, FRA asked to borrow money to pay farmers

Agriculture Minister Emmanuel Chenda has said that government has exhausted the K300 billion budgetary allocation for the crop marketing exercise. Mr. Chenda said that...

Clearing and forwarding agents in Livingstone continue with strike

Clearing and forwarding agents at Victoria Falls and Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) port office in Livingstone have continued with their strike action and are...

Chikwanda nominates members of Public Accounts Committee

Finance Minister, Alexander Chikwanda today moved a motion in Parliament to constitute the Public Accounts Committee for the Second Session of the Eleventh National...

75 fuel tankers marooned in Tunduma as ZRA customs clearing agents protest

Over 75 fuel tankers which were scheduled to enter Zambia this morning from the port of Dar-es-salaam through Tunduma on the border with Nakonde...

People in Lufwanyama riot against the mines for employing people from other towns

SCORES of residents in Chief Nkana in Lufwanyama yesterday ran amok and blocked all the roads leading to the mines in protest against...

Mpulungu farmers give Government ultimatum to pay them

Irate farmers in Mpulungu district have given government up to Wednesday to be paid their money for the maize supplied to the Food Reserve...

Provincial Television Stations project launched

Government says it is committed to ensure speed and smooth implementation of the provincial television station project which will see television studios established in...

90% of microfinance loans given out are for consumption-Bwalya N’gandu

The Bank of Zambia(BoZ) has called on microfinance institutions to expand their lending to the productive sectors of the economy and alter the concentration...