Saturday, November 23, 2024

Feature Economy

Zambia lauds China’s zero-tariff decision

The private sector in Zambia has commended China over its decision to grant zero-tariff status to some least developed countries (LDCs), saying it would...

Do we have to block roads for Government to Listen?

I would like to air my grievances over both the former and present government for continuously neglecting G.R.Z. students abroad. We have been airing...

Local Money Market Rates

The Kwacha continued on a downward trend on Thursday mimicking further falls in the euro-dollar currency pair, Zanaco Bank reported this morning. According to Zanaco,...

Small-scale developments-our mud and our dust in Zambia

By Nellow Simukonde( Civil Engineer) Development to the man in the street, typically means improvement in the environment in which we conduct our daily lives....

Scraping of FirstRand Deal Fuels Zambian Currency Slide

Zambian President Michael Sata yesterday scrapped FirstRand Ltd.’s purchase of a local lender and fired the board of the central bank. The Kwacha fell...

The Task Ahead

By Gray Soko One of the international observers to the just ended elections said that the successful outcome of the elections should be a victory...

Increase tax exemption – CSOs

The Civil Society organisations have proposed an increase in the tax exemption threshold for Pay-As-You-Earn from K1 million to K1.3million per month in the...

Hard Facts

By Gray Soko In 2010 the World Bank named Zambia as one of the world’s fastest economically reforming countries and the Bank has reclassified Zambia...