Saturday, November 16, 2024

Economy

Government ups minimum capital requirements for banks from K12 billion to K104 billion

Government has hiked the amount of money investors must deposit with the Bank of Zambia if they want to establish a commercial bank, Mr...

Government warns Job Agencies collecting money as fees from unsuspecting desperate job seekers

Government warned job agencies charging fees that they risk prosecution for obtaining money by false pretences from unsuspecting desperate job seekers. Minister of Labour...

Poverty levels still high – JCTR

THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says the cost of living in Zambia is still high, despite the inflation rate being stable in...

DEC working under political pressure – Zamtel Managing Director

Zamtel managing director Hans Paulsen has said that siezure of ZAMTEL accounts by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) was unreasonable and calculated to frustrate...

ZAMTEL Accounts frozen because of suspected Money Laundering activities

Sources in Lusaka have told the Times of Zambia that authorities have frozen Zamtel accounts pending money laundering investigations as a result of the...

Government freezes all Zamtel bank accounts

Government has frozen all Bank accounts belonging to the troubled Zamtel Company. All deposits and withdrawals have been frozen literally grounding the company’s operations. The...

Zamtel Final Report

On January 14th 2012 President Michael Sata directed the Minister of Justice Sebastian Zulu to release the Zamtel Report to the public in order...

Zambia is standing on very firm ground in terms of food security-Agriculture Minister

Zambia has robust maize stocks and sees little risk in using them to partly fill a regional gap as a supply crunch looms in...