Archive: July 2019

2 Jul 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

MoH targets to immunize 331,000 14-year-old girls from HPV

Government has introduced the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunization to the routine immunization programme and has targeted at least 331,000 14-year-old girls. Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya announced this in a Ministerial statement to Parliament, […]

2 Jul 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

Inflation jumps to 8.6%

The annual rate of inflation has leaped to 8.6 per cent in June, up from 8.1 per cent recorded in May, the highest on record this year so far, according to Central Statistical Office (CSO) […]

2 Jul 2019 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

It’s important to honor people when they’re still alive – Luo

Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo says Africans have a bad tendency of honoring people when they are long gone. Speaking at a special convocation ceremony at Intercontinental Hotel, Saturday, Prof Luo hailed the University […]

1 Jul 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

National Health Insurance Bill won’t work, insists ZCTU

The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says the proposed National Health Insurance bill is unlikely to work because the Ministry of Health is simply shoving it down the throats of employers and workers. Government, […]

1 Jul 2019 | Diggers Editor

Well done Alita and your DEC

On Tuesday, a story broke out that the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) had raided the residence of the Road Safety Agency (RTSA) boss, Zindaba Soko, to conduct a search. The next day, DEC Commissioner Alita […]