The loan was agreed in June 2018 shortly after then Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe pledged to curb additional borrowing to prevent an imminent debt crisis...
The dismissal of Zambia's embattled Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe on 14 July came as no surprise although a few eyebrows were raised at the choice of Sunday night for the announcement...
At the same time Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe is being called into question over allegations that she is often drunk (See Box Margaret and the margarita)...
Margaret and the margarita The severity of the economic problems Zambia is facing especially in finance is drawing unwelcome attention to the public behaviour of Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe...
Court rules against Lungu opponent The Constitutional Court has overturned a High Court ruling that nullified the election of Patriotic Front Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe to her Central Lusaka seat at the 2016 general election...
Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has been urging all including the International Monetary Fund to 'be positive about the economy'...
The deal signed barely two weeks after Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe pledged to cease new borrowing looks likely to cost the exchequer far more than the purchase price...
Even though Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe pledged to halt all Chinese-backed projects that were less than 80% complete on 11 July President Lungu publicly told Chinese officials in Lusaka that there would be 'no disruption in the ongoing projects' financed by China...
Even this modest target will probably elude Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe because the government's spending habits have become so ingrained insiders in Lusaka say...
Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe appointed in February has failed to establish a rapport with the Fund insiders say...
The guarantee was cancelled on 24 April by Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe completing a process set in motion by her predecessor Felix Mutati who was appalled by the arrangement and set about cancelling it as soon as he learned about it...
figure announced by Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe as the arrears for end of 2017 is incomplete...
Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe was absent; recent medical problems severely restrict how much travel she does...
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