Business
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ZRL workers locked out for demanding better wagesZAMBIA Railways employees, who were this morning locked out by management for demanding better wages, have finally been allowed into the premises. The workers have been demanding better conditions of service but when they arrived […]
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Focus on poverty alleviation, not 2021 polls – ZUFIAWZAMBIA Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers president Ackim Mweemba says Zambia needs to focus on economic development and poverty alleviation and not the 2021 elections.
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Offloading maize to millers won’t reduce cost of mealie meal – FDDFDD spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says prices of mealie meal will not come down by directing FRA to offload maize to millers because it is unsustainable.
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Late delivery of farming inputs unjustifiable – UPNDUPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the late delivery of farming inputs this season has nothing to do with last year’s general elections.
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Fastjet cancels flight last minute, angers passengersTHERE was confusion at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport last night January 11, 2017 when Fastjet cancelled a flight from Lusaka to Dar es Salaam thirty minutes before check-in. Fastjet stated: “Dear passenger, we regret to […]
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Parastatals owe ZRA, NAPSA over K1.2 bnPARASTATAL bodies and other Statutory Institutions owe NAPSA and ZRA over 1.2 billion kwacha, says the Auditor General. In a statement released today, January 6, 2017, Office of the Auditor General public relations head Ellen Chikale stated that there was poor financial and operational performance in the audited entities for the year ended December 31, 2016.
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Govt releases K30.8m to fight armywormsTHE Treasury has released K30.8 million to combat army worms which has ravaged thousands of maize fields. In a statement issued today, Ministry of Finance media and public relations head Chileshe Kandeta stated that the […]
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Germany, an industrialisation model- COMESACOMESA secretary general Sindiso Ngwenya says African countries have a lot to learn from Germany’s industrialization process. Speaking when he received German Ambassador to Zambia Achim Burkat’s credentials today, Ngwenya said African countries had a […]
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Lusaka cost of living hits over K5000THE cost of living for a family of five in Lusaka has breached the K5,000 psychological barrier for the first time in Zambia’s history, according to the Jesuit Centre of Theological Reflection. Announcing the latest […]
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CUTS warns of poverty riseTHE Consumer Unity and Trust Society says it fears that there might be an increase in poverty statistics because some households are unable to cope with austerity measures in the recently announced national budget. Commenting […]
