MoF releases K495.4M for developmental programmes
The Ministry of Finance has so far released K495.4 Million for various development programmes during the month of March, 2014 to step up infrastructure...
Has China been a friend in Africa?
Despite its undeniable symbolism, Xi Jinping's first trip to Africa as China's president hasn't brought any substantial change to Beijing's rhetorical approach to the...
BoZ confident kwacha will remain stable
THE Bank of Zambia says it is confident that the Kwacha will remain fairly stable going forward.During a media briefing at the Bank of...
Glencore’s Zambia copper mining unit lays off 4 300 workers
Glencore's Zambian unit has laid off 4 300 workers, union and company sources said on Tuesday, as the mining and trading company deepens cuts...
Kwacha suffers more battering but…
THE Kwacha is under considerable pressure from the United States dollar but unlikely to breach the K8.50 level, a senior Stan-bic bank official has...
‘Zambia will beat digital deadline’
INTERNATIONAL Telecommunication Union (ITU) deputy secretary-general Houlin Zhao is confident that Zambia will beat the digital switch-over deadline set for next year.
Mr Houlin said...
Economist warns of inflation rise after Kwacha re-basing
A Lusaka based economist Andrew Sinyange of Consumer Unit Trust has warned that if authorities do not adequately deal with negative effects of re-basing...
Govt will not allow KCM lay off 1, 500 workers
Government says it will not allow the mining giants, Konkola Copper Mine (KCM), to lay off one thousand five hundred workers.
Mines Minister, Christopher Yaluma...
Tazara orders more Chinese locomotives
TANZANIA-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has awarded CSR Qishuyan Locomotive Company, China, a contract worth $US 12.5m to supply four additional type SDD20 diesel locomotives...