THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has asked Zesco to consider reducing electricity tariffs by at least half of the last increment to help the manufacturing sector thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic period. And the association has called on the government to ensure that the current “Buy Local” interventions continue even after the pandemic is...

THE UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) has written to President Edgar Lungu asking him to immediately reopen Prime Television. In a letter dated April 12, UPND secretary general Steven Katuka said the closure would result in increased unemployment levels. “We write to express our disappointment and displeasure over your government’s decision to close Prime...

LUSAKA lawyer and businessman John Sangwa State Counsel says the Patriotic Front government has no capacity to resolve the debt capacity that it has plunged the country in, arguing that if there was capacity, those in leadership would have avoided engaging in excessive borrowing. And Sangwa says the fact that government has not provided a...

LIVESTOCK and Fisheries minister Professor Nkandu Luo says her Ministry will undertake investigations to ascertain whether or not there can be human to animal transmission of the Coronavirus. In an interview, Prof Luo said there was need to swab animals found at households where people had tested positive to Coronavirus. “Everybody is affected, including News...

CHAPTER One Foundation is calling on individuals who may have been unlawfully assaulted by law enforcement authorities during the COVID-19 prevention activities to present their cases for assistance. In a statement, Wednesday, Chapter One Foundation executive director Linda Kasonde urged the law enforcement authorities to stop assaulting individuals who frequented nightclubs and bars saying any...

THE Patriotic Front says is empowering marketeers across the country to sew up to one million face masks which will be distributed to citizens who cannot afford disposable masks. And President Edgar Lungu has donated K150,000 through the Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund towards the empowerment of female tailors in selected parts of the country to...

MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya has announced that Zambia recorded 4 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. At a media briefing, Dr Chilufya said among the latest cases are a 10-year-old from Kabwe and a 19-year-old who was admitted at Chilenje hospital. He said 20 people were currently in isolation while...

Former Bank of Zambia Governor Dr Caleb Fundanga, former finance ministers Ng'andu Magande, Situmbeko Musokotwane and Felix Mutati, former Commerce minister Dipak Patel and former Economic Advisor to late President Levy Mwanawasa have written to President Edgar Lungu and incumbent Minister of Finance Dr Bwalya Ng'andu, expressing concern over Zambia's current debt position. These eminent...

Since the virus emerged late last year, COVID-19 has largely been a disease of the Global North. Its worst and deadliest effects have been felt in Europe, East Asia, and North America. But that is likely to change. As the pandemic reaches its peak and begins to slow in these places, epidemiological models suggest it...

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