Parliamentary Committee hails Government effort on solving housing problems

The Parliamentary Committee on Local Government, Housing and Chiefs Affairs says Government has shown commitment towards alleviating the 1.5 million housing deficit in the Country. Committee Chairman Maxwell Kabanda says the project in Ndola to build 8 thousand low, medium and high cost houses under Public Private Partnership- PPP is a milestone in the Country’s

Take advantage of LSE, Zambia urged

By MAYA NTANDA - ZAMBIA and other developing countries have been challenged to take advantage of the London Stock exchange (LSE) and access financing in wide range of currencies to invest in economic prosperity. United Kingdom (UK) International Development secretary Priti Patel said at the launch of the (LSE) first-ever ‘Companies to Inspire Africa’ report,

Zesco’s proposal commended

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA - CONSUMER Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) International has commended Zesco Limited’s proposal to raise the threshold for life-line tariffs by about 200 per cent to minimise the effects on domestic users. Zesco has proposed to peg the life-line electricity tariff at 0.15 Ngwee per kilowatt hour for 300 units from the

Sub-standard products hit Zambia

By CHARITY MOONGA - LOOKING at hundreds of Zambians in their posh cars jamming the streets of Lusaka every day evokes a good emotional feeling. It is clear that will rising incomes, more and more citizens no longer need to walk long distances to get to various points. Sadly, the   propensity  most citizens have to

Disciminitory TB law to be repealed

By HOPE BWALYA - JAPHET Ndinenka is a former miner representing the Mine Retirees Workers Association (MRWA) and recently, he gave a touching story pertaining to the many ex-miners who get retired on medical grounds as a result of contracting Tuberculosis (TB). Mr Ndenenka, who was lucky enough not to be retired on medical grounds,

Expedite new Ndola airport – EL

By JAMES KUNDA - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed the Copperbelt provincial administration to facilitate the immediate commencement of the construction of a new international airport in Ndola. Copperbelt Minister Bowman Lusambo said the President also directed that all the 500 settlers on the site of the new airport be relocated to a new land,

Cops after top cop

By CHILA NAMAIKO POLICE are on high alert for fugitive former Western Province police commissioner, Fanwell Siandenge, over charges of aggravated robbery. Police are looking for Mr Siandenge for allegedly staging a robbery of ballot boxes along with former Lusaka Province minister Obvious Mwaliteta and some members of the United Party for National Development (UPND).
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