The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has destroyed over 1,300 bricks of cigarettes and 17 cases of tomato paste worth K118,000 which were smuggled into the country. And the authority has donated assorted goods worth K205,000 to government institutions and charitable organizations. ZRA Corporate Communications Manager Topsy Sikalinda has explained that the tomato paste could not be donated as it is ...

ZESCO Limited appears to have backtracked on the announcement of an average 200 percent increase in electricity tariffs effective 1st October, 2019. Most reputable broadcast media houses carried the story of the 200 percent tariff increase quoting officials at the power utility who had earlier addressed a media briefing. During the same briefing, ZESCO acting Managing Director Webster Musonda said ...

President Edgar Lungu has called for strengthening of bilateral relations between Zambia and Sierra Leone for the mutual benefit of the two countries. President Lungu made call in New York yesterday when he held a bilateral meeting with Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio. The Head of State observed that Zambia and Sierra Leone have a lot in common such ...

Government has been urged to reverse the announced increase in fuel pump prices which came into effect at midnight. Leader of the opposition in Parliament and Monze Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu has told Journalists in Lusaka that government should consider the impact this will have especially on the poorest of the poor in the country who mostly rely on ...

ZESCO Limited has announced a 200 percent increase in electricity tariffs effective 1st October,2019. The six months increase in electricity tariffs is meant to offset the cost of importing 300 megawatts of power from South Africa to mitigate the power deficit the country is facing. Speaking at a media briefing, ZESCO Director Strategy and Corporate Services Patrick Mwila says the ...

Lionel Messi won the Fifa Men’s Player of the Year award on Monday with Megan Rapinoe bagging the women’s prize to cap a historic year for the United States’ World Cup icon. Barcelona striker Messi’s victory in Milan was a surprise as he edged out Virgil Van Dijk, who won the Uefa player’s award last month after helping Liverpool to ...

Pop superstar Ed Sheeran has said he is “made up” to have been asked to design a music-themed Blue Peter badge to mark BBC Music Day on 26 September. He said: “Music was really important to me growing up and I hope this badge will inspire more kids to get into it.” The multi-coloured new badge features the Blue Peter ...

Iran has rejected a joint statement by the leaders of France, Germany and the UK who blamed it for attacks earlier this month on Saudi oil installations. Iran’s foreign minister accused them of “parroting absurd US claims”. The European leaders said there was no other plausible explanation for the attacks, which shut down half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production. But ...

The highest court in the UK is set to make a historic ruling on whether Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks was lawful. Ministers say the suspension, or prorogation, is not a court matter, but critics argue it was intended to limit scrutiny of the PM’s Brexit plans. If the judgement – due at 10:30 BST – ...

The Transparency International Zambia has called on Finance Minister Bwalya Nga’ndu to increase the budgetary allocation to the anti-corruption commission in the 2020 national budget TIZ Chapter President Reuben Lifuka has told QTV news that the anti corruption commission should be adequately funded to effectively fight corruption in the country. He says increased funding will enable the acc to have ...