ECONOMIST Noel Nkhoma says the impact of reduced inflation has not been felt because people’s wages have not changed. And Nkhoma says Zambia’s reclassification to low income status by the World Bank will not affect...

FOOD Reserve Agency executive director Chola Kafwabulula says the agency has not revised the maize purchase price from K160 to K180 due to public pressure, but out of respect for farmers. Last week, FRA announced...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti had a tough time maintaining silence in the House on Thursday. As Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi was on the floor of the House responding...

FORMER Finance Minister Ng’andu Magande says Zambia’s reclassification of income status by the World Bank could mean that perhaps the country has been reduced to a beggar. But Movement for Multiparty Democracy MMD president Never...

BANK of Zambia (BoZ) Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has attributed the recent appreciation of the Kwacha to a higher inflow of foreign exchange from the mines as well lumpy demand, mainly for energy, during the...

ZAMBIA Statistics Agency (ZSA) Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says in order for the cost of living to reduce, something else needs to happen such as decent incomes for individuals. Speaking during the Economics Association...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is surprised that some people are skewing the fight against corruption and calling it names which it is not. And President Hichilema has encouraged Zambians to use social media positively...

ITALIAN President Sergio Mattarella says he has a deep appreciation for the Zambian government’s free education policy which is aimed at guaranteeing free access to education to all. Addressing Zambia’s National Assembly, Thursday, President Mattarella...

POLICE in Mumbwa and Mwansabombwe are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of three people after they consumed Gold Blend whisky and Nikolai Vodka. In a statement, Friday, Zambia Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said two of

THE World Bank has reclassified Zambia to low income status from lower middle income, for the 2023 financial year. The development comes after Zambia’s deterioration of Gross National Income (GNI) per capita estimates recorded in