$46BN MARIJUANA INCOME PROJECTED
By PETER SICHALIZAMBIA could make $46 billion in one year from processing and exporting marijuana for medicinal purposes and should therefore stop delaying the process, says Green Party president Peter…
Oil exploration underway, says Veep
By SILUMESI MALUMOOIL exploration in Gwembe has commenced to ascertain the extent of the deposits, Vice-President Inonge Wina has disclosed.The Vice President said that oil explorations were taking place in…
North-West Covid-19 testing boosted
NORTH-WESTERN Province will soon increase Covid-19 testing capacity from 600 to 1, 000 per day, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary in charge of Technical Services, Kennedy Malama, has said.This follows…
Report all child abuse cases to police, parents told
By JACKSON MAPAPAYIPARENTS in the North-Western Province have been warned against concealing child and sexual abuse offences against their children.North-Western Province Commissioner of police, Elias Chushi, said all cases of…
MUCHELEKA TRIAL FAILS TO TAKE OFF
By STEPHEN MWEWATHE trial for UPND deputy Secretary-General Patrick Mucheleka together with four others failed to take off in the Kasama Magistrates’ Court yesterday.This is because defence lawyers were reported…
Maintain peace – Mumbi Phiri
By OLIVER SAMBOKOZAMBIANS are one regardless of their political affiliation, hence the need to maintain peace ahead of the 2021 general elections, PF deputy Secretary-General Mumbi Phiri has said.Ms Phiri…
‘Stop ferrying cadres to registration centres’
By SILUMESI MALUMOALL Members of Parliament who are ferrying people to registration centres should stop because this is putting pressure on officers undertaking the exercise, Vice President Inonge Wina has…
ECZ registers 2.7m voters
By SENIYA BANDATHE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has so far registered slightly over 2.7 million voters in the ongoing voter registration exercise against the targeted nine million.And the ECZ…
Generate more revenue, councils urged
By SIMON MUNTEMBAGOVERNMENT has challenged local authorities to be innovative in resource mobilisation to have many income sources as opposed to heavily relying on traditional revenue from the State.Local Government…
Marijuana is the answer
IS it by coincidence that everyone thinks that marijuana could be the answer to Zambia’s economic problems in as far as settling the national debt is concerned?We do not think…
