Archive: 21 November 2019
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Saasa ties kwacha’s depreciation to mines’ poor performanceEconomist Professor Oliver Saasa says the mismanagement of the country’s mining sector has contributed to the kwacha’s depreciation. And Professor Saasa has said Zambia is playing games with the mining industry. In an interview, Professor […]
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Zesco pays Eskom for 3-month power importEskom says Zesco has met payment requirements for resumption of power imports. Eskom deputy spokesperson Dikatso Mothae said she could not, however, reveal how much had been paid to the utility, citing confidentiality. She said […]
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Current debt stock reflection of PF’s ambitious infrastructure development agenda – Ng’anduFinance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says the current debt stock is a reflection of the Patriotic Front’s ambitious infrastructure development agenda. And Dr Ng’andu has clarified that the increase in the overnight lending rate by […]
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It’s too early for MMD to form alliances – NeversMMD president Nervous Mumba says it is too early for the party to enter into any alliance with either the UPND or the PF because the former ruling party is focussed on rebuilding. And Mumba […]
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German Envoy a novice – Siliya; he’s inciting citizens to rise against govt – KasoloChief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya has charged that German Ambassador to Zambia Achim Burkart is a novice on the country’s affairs, judging by his statement against President Edgar Lungu on the Constitutional Court ruling against […]
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Pointing a gun at somebody for buying fish unacceptable – CCZCouncil of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says pointing a gun at a person for merely buying fish at the market is unacceptable. And Fr Chikoya says if there will be […]
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Ex-ministers’ refusal to pay back a threat to judicial system – MweetwaChoma UPND central member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa says the continued refusal by former ministers to pay back money they illegally acquired in 2016 is setting a bad precedent for Zambia’s judicial system. Speaking on […]
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IMF absence limiting donors from helping Zambia – German EnvoyGerman Ambassador to Zambia Achim Burkart says the high risk of debt distress and absence of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program has limited cooperating partners from helping Zambia. And Ambassador Burkart has called on […]
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GDP growth could drop to below 2% in 2019, we must question our actions – KalyalyaZambia’s economic growth rate could drop to below two per cent this year, triggered by a cocktail of challenges, including constrained electricity generation and lower than anticipated mining output, says Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor […]
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Lungu will win 2021 despite load shedding, high mealie meal prices – LusamboKabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo says the massive UPND and NDC rallies on the Copperbelt Province last weekend were cosmetic because people were bussed from other parts of the country. And Lusambo says […]
