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Zambia’s largest taxpayer First Quantum Minerals (FQM) backs Bank of Zambia’s Export Proceeds Tracking Framework directives
Lusaka, Zambia – Monday 4th March 2024 Zambia’s largest taxpayer First Quantum Minerals (FQM), has pledged its support for the Bank of Zambia’s Export Proceeds Tracking Framework directives, which aim to ensure revenue from exports of goods and services, and the use of these funds, can be tracked through local Zambian bank accounts. The directives,…
Let us hold peaceful elections, pleads ZCTU General Secretary Cosmas Mukuka
Let us hold peaceful elections, pleads ZCTU General Secretary Cosmas Mukuka By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela Zambia Congress of Trade Union ZCTU General Secretary Cosmas Mukuka is calling for a peaceful campaign ahead of the Thursday 12th August 2021 polls. Mr. Mukuka is urging peaceful voting and acceptance of results, in an effort…
Russia to increase its petroleum product exports
Russia continues to increase its supplies of petroleum products to foreign markets despite the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union. According to British analytical agency VORTEXA, Russian diesel exports rose by 33% in March 2023, with shipments at Black Sea ports focused on trade with Turkey and North Africa reaching the…
Russia-IAEA Meeting Held in Kaliningrad
On April 1, Kaliningrad (Russia) hosted the official meeting between Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and Director General of the International Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi, who arrived in Kaliningrad after his visit to Ukraine. Following the meeting, Alexey Likhachev stated that the key topic of the talks was the issue of ensuring…
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Statement on Measures to address Coronavirus (Covid 19) and Diarrheal Diseases delivered by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Gary Chilala Nkombo, MP. on Friday, 13th January, 2023
Comprehensive Press Statement issued by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon Gary Nkombo, MP, Friday, 13th January, 2023. REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT ON MEASURES TO ADDRESS COVID 19 AND DIARRHEAL DISEASES DELIVERED BY THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, HON. GARY NKOMBO, MP.…
Tourism Minister Rodney Malindi Sikumba upbeat with US$100 million boost from World Bank
By DERRICK SINJELA Minister of Tourism Rodney Malindi Sikumba has appreciated the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors for approving a US$100 million credit line designed to strengthen Zambia’s nature-based economy and increase economic opportunities in emerging tourism destinations in the Liuwa Plains National Park, Source of the Zambezi, and Kasaba Bay. In a Tuesday,…
More than One Thousand (1,000) World Celebrities of African Descent eye Zambia
….as Zollywood City offers global People of Colour celebrity icons free land; as a first step toward an inaugural Annual Excellence Awards By Roving Ambassador Dr. Edgar Ngoma, State of the African Diaspora (SOAD) Mission Office, Lusaka, Zambia As a land located within the Common Market for East and Central Africa (COMESA) and the Southern…
30th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day
By Mthoniswa Banda AS THE world media celebrates 30 years’ anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration which in 1991 adopted the landmark policy of development of a ‘free, independent and pluralistic media’ in all nations, Zambia which boasts of various media forms, has come a long way in achieving this truly free, independent and pluralistic media.…
FINAL CONCLUSION ON THE MOVIE MWABI CAN THEY SEE US
FINAL CONCLUSION ON THE MOVIE MWABI CAN THEY SEE US The issue of the movie in question has now come to a conclusion after positive engagements with stakeholders involved in the matter. Both the Albinism community and the producers of the film have agreed to CHANGE THE TITLE of the film and the following actions…
DStv welcomes the launch of Quincy Jones’ QWEST TV onto screens this month Featuring Jazz, Soul, Blues, Hip-hop, Rnb, Afrobeats, and Dance – only on DStv
DStv welcomes the launch of Quincy Jones’ QWEST TV onto screens this month Featuring Jazz, Soul, Blues, Hip-hop, Rnb, Afrobeats, and Dance – only on DStv • Available to DStv Compact Plus and Premium customers • Open to Compact Customers from Friday, 20 January, 2023- Sunday, 19th February, 2023 Lusaka, Zambia – Friday, 13th January…