By Bennie Mundando ZAMBIA must exploit high copper prices through increase the production base of mining companies by giving them at least 25 percent capital allowances, Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has said. The Centre notes that the mining remains the backbone of Zambia’s economy accounting for 14%
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By Scoop Editor ANDREW Kamanga was elected Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president in March of 2016, barely a year after Zambia’s disastrous outing to the 2015 edition of the AFCON 2015 under the watch of Kalusha Bwalya. On what basis did Kamanga win the March elections? People were tired
Read MoreA month ago we concluded our mentorship class "60 Landlords". In total we graduated 450 students today. A big thank you to all. For 60 days, we shared ideas, inspirational and real life experiences on home ownership. There is nothing wrong with being a tenant. But there is something wrong
Read MoreTHE Chipolopolo was the team to beat when the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournament kicked-off in South Africa. So it was no surprise that there was a high standard of competition in Group C which also had Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. With the exception of a few players,
Read MoreSCOOP EDITORIAL IT IS no longer news. Former UPND spokespersons Charles Kakoma has ditched the UPND and joined the PF and according to him, he will ensure that President Edgar Lungu is re-elected on August 12 as Republican President. When you see the men of principle begin to disappear, it
Read MoreBy Bennie Mundando The 53rd Session of the Commission and Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM 2021) of the United Nations Commission Economic Commission for Africa opened today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Zambia is being presented by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of National Development
Read MoreBy Bennie Mundando THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has arrested six people of Chadiza District in Eastern Province for operating pharmacies without Certificates of Registration contrary to section 14(1) of the Medicines and Allied Substances Act No. 3 of 2013. ZAMRA Senior Public Relations Officer Christabel Iliampu has identified
Read MoreBy Bennie Mundando THE Kafulafuta Water Supply System project will be commissioned as soon as few auxiliary works are completed in due course, KWSC Managing Director Engineer Athanasius Mwaba has disclosed. Mr. Mwaba said the US 499 million Government-funded project was 85 percent overall completed with the actual dam being
Read MoreBy Bennie Mundando KAFUBU Water and Sanitation Company on the copper belt has announced plans to develop a floating solar photovoltaic PV system to generate electricity on the newly constructed 125 million m3 capacity Kafulafuta Dam in Masaiti District. Company Managing Director Engineer Athanasius Mwaba says the power to be
Read More…..Assures members of an update in due course on NDC’s next political direction By Bennie Mundando BELEAGUERED National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili has unreservedly apologised to President Edgar Lungu and businessman Valden Findlay for calling them drug dealers. And Mr. Kambwili says the suspended NDC officials’ fate will
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