Daily Archives: October 12, 2017

Madrid keeper a doubt for Spurs

Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas could miss next week’s Champions League match against Tottenham Hotspur after suffering a leg injury, Spanish media reported on Wednesday. The Spanish club said in a statement that Navas had been diagnosed with a “swollen adductor muscle in his right groin”. Spanish media reported that the Costa Rican was not set to feature against Getafe ...

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CTPD concerned with growing public debt

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) says while it appreciates the projected ambitious macroeconomic indicators by the government for revenue and expenditure estimates for 2018, it is equally deeply concerned with the growing public debt. CTPD Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo notes that Finance Minister Felix Mutati in his budget speech told the nation that Zambia’s total debt level ...

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CSPR urges govt to focus on debt management

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says the failure by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to give the Zambian Government a financial bailout could be as a result of failure by the two parties to agree on conditions. The International Monetary Fund has again failed to approve an economic recovery programme for Zambia. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says ...

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Govt has no money to fund referendum – Lubinda

Justice Minister Given Lubinda has maintained that Government has no money at the moment to hold another referendum on the expanded Bill of Rights. Mr Lubinda’s comments come in the wake of a reminder to government by the Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) that the Zambian people are still waiting for a workable roadmap to adopt the remaining part of ...

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