MINISTRY of Agriculture permanent secretary Green Mbozi says fertiliser prices may be reduced but not to K250 for a 50 kg bag as promised during campaigns, adding, at least not this year. Asked in an interview if fertiliser prices would be reduced to the amount which was promised by the President during campaigns, Thursday, Mbozi...

OIL Marketing Companies Association of Zambia president Dr Kafula Mubanga says his association anticipates a 3 percent reduction in the fuel pump price during this month’s price review. And Dr Mubanga has urged government to come up with modalities that will ensure that citizens benefit from consecutive fuel price reductions through reduced commodity prices. In...

ACTING Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has urged public service workers to ensure confidentiality when handling government documents, lamenting that so many confidential government documents are finding their way to social media. And Kangwa has directed the Public Service Management Division (PSMD) to stop receiving surrendered erring officers, saying the trend has led to...

LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says the idea of being extra careful in the utilisation of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has created a red tape, adding that there will be bottlenecks along the way because this is a new phenomenon. Kantanshi PF member of parliament Anthony Mumba recently said there was...

PF national mobilisation committee member Bizwell Mutale says he decided to resign from the former ruling party because it will never reform, arguing that the "so-called" leaders in the party do not possess any leadership qualities. In his resignation letter dated May 25, 2022, Mutale said he could no longer pretend that all was well...

KONKOLA Copper Mines provisional liquidator and acting official receiver Celine Nair has appointed Jason Kazilimani of KPMG Chartered Accountants to act as her agent at one of the country’s biggest mines. According to a statement she released on Wednesday, Nair said as an agent, Kazilimani would, among other duties, support her in the efficient and...

THE annual inflation rate for May 2022 has reduced to 10.2 percent from the 11.5 percent recorded in April. And Zambia has recorded a trade surplus of K3.9 billion in April 2022 compared to the K6.0 billion in March. At a media briefing, Thursday, Zambia Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa said the slowdown...