The Zambia Statistic Agency (ZAMSTATS) has disclosed that it will recruit 39,570 enumerators and 6,430 supervisors for the forthcoming national census of population and housing slated to run from 18th August to 14th September,2022. ZAMSTATS Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says adverts for the recruitment of enumerators, supervisors and Zonal coordinators have since been placed in various media platforms to ...

Energy Minister Peter Kapala says works on the US$1.5 billion new Tanzania-Zambia Refined Oil Pipeline project have already commenced with the construction of the 700 km segment on the Tanzanian side. Mr Kapala says the TAZAMA pipeline will be rehabilitated, cleaned up and reconfigured to start pumping finished products instead of comingled crude. In a statement posted on his Facebook ...

Vedanta Resources has disclosed that it has set aside US$220 million to dismantle outstanding debt to small and medium contractors in a bid to reduce liabilities and aid the growth of businesses. In a statement obtained by Q-NEWS, Vedanta Resources Zambia Director Corporate Communications Masuzyo Ndhlovu says KCM through its Provisional Administrator has not paid the majority of creditors during ...

Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe has directed ZCCM-IH through its lawyers to begin engaging in roundtable discussions with the legal team for Vedanta Resources with a view of settling the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) court issues out of court. Mr Kabuswe says government is not willing to continue waiting for the next court hearing set for January 2023 ...

Development analyst Charity Musamba says Zambia’s poor financial and development management has made it difficult for the country to excel economically resulting in the failure to maintain its development status. The World Bank has reclassified Zambia to low income status from lower middle income for the 2023 financial year. Dr. Musamba says various factors are considered when grading countries, noting ...

Government has been asked to tell the nation how much it is paying the six companies engaged to evaluate the process related to the accumulation and audit of the public domestic arrears that various public institutions owe suppliers of goods and services. The six firms are Client Focus Solutions Chartered Accountants, CYMA Chartered Public Accountants and Management Consultants and EY ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has increased bus fares by 1 kwacha 50 ngwee for local routes and 3 kwacha for inter-mine Copperbelt routes as well as Lusaka peri-urban routes effective TODAY, July 12,2022. In a statement, RTSA Head Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga says the agency has approved the request by bus operators to increase bus fares, pursuant ...

Governance Activist Brebnar Changala says reports that the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) is investigating properties owned by South African based Zambian business tycoon James Ndambo are a source of worry. Mr Changala has told Q-News that Mr. Ndambo has delighted many Zambians with his generosity and many citizens are looking up to him, hence the move by the Commission to ...

ZEMA promoting sustainable development The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA)says it is looking forward to the finalization of the ongoing review of the current ZEMA Act. And ZEMA Northern Regional Manager Crispin Simwanza says the region which includes the Copperbelt Province houses a lot of mining companies who have a history of getting away with environmental offences due to some ...

Economist Noel Kabwita has called for the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to be transformed into a department under the Ministry of Finance and National Planning. Mr. Kabwita feels the IDC is merely a cost to the country and is serving no purpose apart from duplicating the work of parastatal bodies. He says there is nothing much that the IDC is ...