Friday, September 20, 2024

Economy

Easterners complain of persistent power outages

Chipata residents have appealed to government to find a lasting solution to Zesco’s continued power outages.Speaking on behalf of other residents, Christopher Kangwa of...

Donor funds are for national development

GOVERNMENT has pledged prudent utilisation of funds from cooperating partners on key priority areas to enhance national development. Secretary to the Treasury, Fredson Yamba said...

Zambia’s economy good – Melu

The Economic fundamentals for Zambia have been very positive at the micro and Macro- levels. Speaking at a Q1 Performance media briefing in Lusaka today,...

Government not committed to improving public financial management, agriculture and roads-Donors

Cooperating partners are concerned about Zambia's declining performance in the Poverty Reduction Budget Support process. Poverty Reduction Budget Support chairman, Mike Hammond says government is...

Zambia tightens mine tax collection regulations

Zambia, Africa's top copper producer, has tightened its regulations on taxation of mining companies to boost compliance and revenue collection, the minister of mines...

Zambia Sugar workers end strike with pay deal

A strike over wages at Zambia Sugar, a unit of South Africa's Illovo Sugar, has ended after the company awarded permanent workers a 15...

Increased loadshedding is because of 250MW power shortage

The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has attributed the increased load shedding currently being experienced in the country to a power generation deficit of...

Multi-million dollar Japanese re-manufacturing plant – Hitachi opens in Lusaka

Hitachi Construction Machinery has officially launched a US$ 15 million re-manufacturing plant which will be manufacturing Japanese mining equipment in Zambia. This is the largest...