Capital requirements deadline stands

ESTHER MSETEKA, Livingstone MINISTER of Finance Felix Mutati (left) says there will be no extension of the October 2017 deadline for the minimum capital requirement for insurance companies that has been increased from K1 million to K20 million. In 2015, Government signed Statutory Instrument (SI) number 71 to compel insurance companies increase their paid-up capital

Stop those blue lies

CATHERINE MUMBA, HONE SIAME, Parliament, Lusaka MINISTER of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has urged individuals peddling lies about Zambia being a dictatorship and in a crisis to stop because their campaign is unpatriotic and unjustified. And the Patriotic Front (PF) has urged Zambians countrywide to be wary of unpatriotic politicians and clergymen that have joined

Heal the world for the betterment of children

Children's Corner with PANIC CHILUFYA IN 1991, American recording artist, dancer, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist Michael Jackson released the song Heal the World, a soft rock and gospel genre, to draw attention to the suffering of children living in third world countries, especially Burundi, which was going through unrest at that time. This song came

Value addition key – Kagame

STEVEN MVULA, CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka RWANDAN President Paul Kagame says value addition to raw materials is the foundation of industrialisation. Mr Kagame said Africa has set itself on the path of industrialisation and the best way to achieve that is to add value to raw materials, which are abundant on the continent. “Rwanda hopes to

Lungu rolls out 7NDP

KELVIN MBEWE, Lusaka PRESIDENT Lungu is today expected to present the (2017- 2021) Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP). The plan focuses on the creation of a diversified and resilient economy for sustained growth and socio-economic transformation driven by agriculture, mining and tourism. Minister of Development Planning Lucky Mulusa said this at a press briefing yesterday.
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