By HELEN ZULU - THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has continued to face challenges in implementing instruments and policies that have been developed to improve the region’s integration agenda. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said the implementation of regional commitments and full scale participation of all Member States in
A HUMANITARIAN crisis has besieged Zambia as more than 5,000 refugees fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are domiciled in Luapula Province. The number of asylum seekers fleeing political turmoil in that country resulting from President Joseph Kabila’s third term of office bid keeps on increasing, with latest figures at 5,890. Between100
By FRANCINA PHIRI - HOUSING and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela is disappointed with Copperfield Construction Service, a contractor working on the Pedicle Road, over delays to complete the remaining 70-kilometre stretch. Mr Chitotela said tarring of the road, bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was an economic venture which would benefit the two
By SARAH MWANZA - AS the number of asylum seekers from the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) neared 6,000 yesterday, the resident United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Zambia has described the parlous refugee situation in the camp as a humanitarian crisis calling for international assistance. UNHCR country representative Pierrine Aylara said Zambia
By MILDRED KATONGO - WITH the rainy season all but set, the Lusaka City Council (LCC) is racing against time to clear the blocked drainage system in the Central Business district to avert flooding of roads and car parks. LCC acting public relations manager George Sichimba said the programme commenced last month and that it
By HAMATAN KACHABE - A FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Chinese businessman has been arrested for producing fake shoes labeled Bata, with police seizing 2,768 pairs worth K68,800 from his shop in Lusaka. The Bata brand is legally owned and registered by Bata Zambia Shoe Company. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo said this shortly after the police displayed the counterfeit
By KELVIN MUDENDA - SMUGGLING remains the biggest cancer to domestic revenue mobilisation quite apart from eroding the competitiveness for local products, Finance Minister Felix Mutati has said. Mr Mutati said the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) needed to employ fiscal methods, technology and intelligence to cure the malady. The minister said this after touring Victoria
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