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FULLY TAX MINING COMPANIES IN 2024 – YUSUF DODIA

Economic Analyst Yusuf Dodia says the 2024 National Budget should outline how government will fully maximize taxing the giants, in the mining sector. Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane will this afternoon present the 2024 National Budget to parliament. Mr. Dodia said, when featured on Christian Voice’s Chatback…

US GOVERNMENT AWARDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 14 ZAMBIAN ORGANISATIONS

The U.S. government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has awarded 14 Zambian organizations a total of 5.7 million kwacha through the 2023 PEPFAR Small Grants Program. This funding will enable the local organizations  which include faith-based non-governmental organizations from the Copperbelt, Muchinga, Eastern, Central, Southern and…

GOV’T CEASES OPERATIONS AT A KABWE SILICON MANGANESE PROCESSING PLANT

Government has ceased operations at Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited in Kabwe, following numerous environmental violations by the Silicon Manganese Processing Plant. The plant was also found with 18,629, 50 kilograms bags of charcoal all valued at K754,474.50 at the site. This follows Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu’s…

POLICE UNEARTH SCAM OF FAKE FERTILIZER SUPPLIERS

Police in Lusaka have unearthed a scam in which some unscrupulous people manufacture and supply counterfeit fertiliser. Police received a tip off from a concerned member of the public On September 28, 2023, suggesting that there were people who were seen supplying suspected fertiliser at a named Agro Shop along…