Daily Archives: January 11, 2018

ZRA collected K45.9 billion in gross revenues in 2017

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has disclosed that it collected a total of K45.9 billion in gross revenues during last year, 2017. The authority has also disclosed that it refunded K6.7 billion thereby recording net revenue of K39.1 billion which was 4.1 percent above the annual budget target of K37.6 billion. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, ZRA Commissioner ...

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Neymar strikes as PSG reach semis

Neymar scored a second-half penalty as four-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain toiled before overcoming 10-man Amiens 2-0 to reach the semifinals of the French League Cup on Wednesday. PSG were again without leading scorer Edinson Cavani, who also missed Sunday’s French Cup rout of Rennes after returning late from his Christmas and New Year break in Uruguay. Amiens’ hopes of ...

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California mudslides death toll rises with 13 still missing

Hundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides that have killed 17 people. Another 28 injuries have been reported in Santa Barbara County following the deluge that overwhelmed an area scorched by wildfires last month. More than 100 homes were destroyed, and another 300 have been damaged. One rescue worker ...

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Chikuse disagrees with Kalaba, Kambwili

Governance Activist Leslie Chikuse says the resignations by former Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba and disparaging remarks by Roan MP Chishimba Kambwili alleging that the Patriotic Front (PF) are maneuvers by politicians seeking to contest the August 2021 Presidential elections. Mr. Chikuse says politicians are ruthlessly fighting in an intra-party marathon following lack of legal clarity whether or not President ...

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Hamududu proposes establishment of four agric markets

Opposition Party of National Unity (PNU) President Highvie Hamududu has proposed the establishment of four agricultural produce markets, lamenting that the infamous South West Eastern Township (SOWETO) market has been over stretched. Mr. Hamududu feels that government is struggling to find alternative trading spaces for street vendors and agricultural produce. He says it is for this reason; he has encouraged ...

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