• 7 Apr 2020
• Stuart Lisulo

Govt, FRA’s deal with millers failed to cut mealie meal prices – IAPRI

GOVERNMENT’s Tripartite Agreement between the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and selected millers to reduce mealie meal prices has failed to yield the desired results, says the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). And IAPRI says the 2019/2020 agricultural season is the fourth consecutive period in a row where Zambia experienced the Fall Army Worm (FAW)...

• 7 Apr 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

Habitat urges govt to improve living conditions in unplanned settlements

HABITAT for Humanity Zambia national director Mathabo Makuta has called on government to improve the living conditions in unplanned settlements in addressing the COVID 19 pandemic in Zambia. In a statement, Makuta stated people living in unplanned settlements were more susceptible to COVID-19 because of their living conditions and policy makers needed to expedite the...

• 7 Apr 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

SACCORD hails PF, UPND for peaceful Nangula poll

SACCORD has congratulated the ruling party on winning the Nangula ward by-election. In a statement, Monday, SACCORD hailed both the PF and UPND for conducting peaceful campaigns. "The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) would like to congratulate the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) for winning the Nangula ward by-election in the...

• 7 Apr 2020
• Natasha Sakala

ZRA’s tax audit on media houses within its mandate but wrongly timed - MISA

MEDIA Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia chapter chairperson Hellen Mwale says Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA)’s tax compliance audit on media houses is in line with their mandate but has been wrongly timed following an impasse between the government and Prime Television. The ZRA recently wrote to all media houses, informing them of a tax...

• 7 Apr 2020
• Abraham Kalito

Kamusoko, Mangani on path to recovery

THE Super league, known by the majority of Zambians as 'Bola yapa Zed', was suspended indefinitely but by the time the Football Association of Zambia will announce resumption dates, a number of squads will have all players ready for action, including those who were poised to stay out of action longer due to severe injuries....

• 7 Apr 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Govt must carry out robust awareness campaign against COVID-19 - CSPR

THE Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says government needs to carry out a robust sensitisation campaign against COVID-19 for the country to avoid a total lockdown as a result of the disease. In an interview, CSPR acting executive director Juliet Ilunga said the spread of the disease must be halted because total lockdown would...

• 7 Apr 2020
• Abraham Kalito

Siwale welcomes FIFA's intervention in FAZ wrangles

SOCCER administrator Blackwell Siwale says he is disappointed and excited at the same time that FIFA will send a representative to mediate in the disputes that have rocked the football fraternity over the last few years. Last week, a correspondence between FIFA and the Ministry of Youth and Sport surfaced where the world soccer governing...