Government has assured the international community that Zambia is serious about prudent economic management and enhancement of domestic resource mobilisation. Finance Minister Felix Mutati has reiterated the assurance at several consultative meetings with different bilateral and multilateral development partners during the recently held International Conference on Global Transit Guidelines held in Brussels, Belgium. At a side event with the Senior ...

The Movement for National Transformation (MNT) says Zambia needs transformative leadership that will bail the people of Zambia out of poverty. MNT President Daniel Shimunza says there is need to transform Zambia from the third world country into a first world country saying this is possible if leaders develop transformative and implementable ideas. He says this is what his country ...

First Lady Esther Lungu has arrived  in Minnesota of the United States of America where she is scheduled to receive a humanitarian award at this year’s Starkey Hearing Foundation “17th Annual So the World May Hear Award”. The First Lady who arrived around midnight local time at Minneapolis St. Paul’s Airport aboard Alaska airline was received by Zambia’s Charge’ D’ ...

Government has praised the Catholic Church for its contribution to nation building through its various projects in the education and health sectors. Vice President Inonge Wina says the church has constructed many respectable learning and health institutions that have complemented those set up by the government. Ms. Wina says the Catholic Church in Zambia has offered social services in the ...

Stuntman John Bernecker has died after suffering a fall on the set of The Walking Dead. AMC Networks said production on the eighth season of the hit zombie TV series was “temporarily” shut down after Wednesday’s “tragic” accident. A coroner in Georgia confirmed Bernecker died of blunt force trauma in hospital in Atlanta. The stuntman’s other credits include Black Panther, ...

Events will be held in Turkey later to mark the first anniversary of a failed coup in which at least 260 people died and 2,196 were wounded. A faction of the army tried to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but the attempt collapsed. Since the coup, the government has dismissed more than 150,000 employees from state institutions in ...

Luapula Expo has received an injection of K850, 000 from Professional Insurance Company and Rajan Mahtan Family towards the holding of this month’s Luapula Expo. Professional Insurance Company donated K350, 000 while Group Chairman of the Mahtan Group of Companies Rajan Mahtan and his wife donated K500, 000 during the Professional Insurance Company golden jubilee celebrations in Lusaka. And in ...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati has expressed concern that the contributions of the insurance sector in Zambia to GDP still remains below 2 percent. The Finance Minister said this in Lusaka last night during the 25 years anniversary of the Professional Insurance Corporation Zambia Plc. Mr. Mutati says the insurance sector has not grown to the expected level saying the penetration ...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has disclosed that eleven suspects have so far being arrested in connection with the recent cases of arson and sabotage. Mr. Kanganja says the investigations have reached an advanced stage and that any time soon, perpetrators of this ill-act will be taken to court. Mr. Kanganja has told Journalists in Lusaka that there will ...

The Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) Investment Holdings has vowed to continue with the case in which it has sued First Quantum Minerals for a 1.4 billion USD. President Edgar Lungu recently called on the state owned ZCCM-IH to consider an out of court settlement with FQM. President Lungu calls was this week backed by the Association of Mine Suppliers ...