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    Charles Mafa
    Charles Mafa
    Charles Mafa is an Award winning investigative journalist, columnist and blogger.Email: charles [at] diggers [dot] news
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    • 18 May 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Bumper harvest must translate into reduced mealie meal prices – JCTR

    The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says the bumper harvest, estimated at over 3.6 metric tonnes, which Zambia has recorded should lead to a reduction in mealie meal price. In a statement issued by JCTR public relations officer Tendai Posiana yesterday, the theological centre noted that there was need to improve the marketing of...
    • 15 May 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Zim minister loses bid to lead UNWTO

    Zambia's Tourism and Arts Minister Charles Banda has congratulated Zurab Pololikashvili of Georgia for being elected  nominee for the post of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General, beating Zimbabwe's Dr Walter Mzembi. Pololikashvili, the Georgian Ambassador to Spain who is also Permanent Representative to the UNWTO emerged winner with 18 votes against 15 for...
    • 15 May 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Agriculture has failed to end poverty in rural Zambia – UN envoy

    The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver has warned that many Zambian peasants are at risk of becoming squatters on their own land as commercial farmers dominate the sector. Elver was speaking on Friday last week, at the end of her ten-day visit to Zambia, were she met, among others,...
    • 13 May 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Catholics distance themselves from Monday prayers

    Conference of Catholic Bishops in Zambia (ZCCBZ) Communications Director Fr Winfield Kunda says it is "fake news" that the Catholic church is organising prayers for Hakainde Hichilema’s healing and release from prison. In a statement, Fr Kunda said the Catholic Church was praying for the nation through mass every Sunday and allowing God’s will to...
    • 8 May 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    ZRA boss says as a taxman, he does not expect people to like him

    Zambia Revenue Authority Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda says as a taxman, he does not expect people to like him even though he is collecting revenue on behalf of the nation. Featuring on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview last evening, Chanda regretted the recent negative stories written about him, describing them as mere distractions. Before the ZRA sought...
    • 5 May 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    JCTR rubbishes govt’s excuse for delaying ATI Bill

    The Zambia Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says government's explanation that the Access to Information Bill has taken long to go to Parliament because the National Assembly has a backlog of laws to enact, is a clear indication that the State does not consider the media as a priority sector. During the World Press Freedom...
    • 4 May 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Police demand HH’s recording from Radio Liseli

    Two officers from Mongu Central Police Station on Tuesday stormed Catholic-owned oblate Radio Liseli, demanding for a recording which featured opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema a day before the Kuomboka Ceremony. An Assistant Superintendent only identified as Pupe and Deputy Inspector Muyoma visited the station with a search warrant. “The two police officers came with...
    • 30 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    ZNFU happy with Agritech expo exhibits

    Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) president Jarvis Zimba says diversifying the economy into an agricultural-based one cannot be achieved without putting in place proper incentives. In an interview, Zimba said this year’s AGRITECH Expo (27th to 29th April), which attracted eight countries with over 40 foreign companies exhibiting was a great success. “So [Agriculture] is...
    • 27 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Zambia records 2.6% increase in tourist arrivals

    Ministry of Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer Sikabilo Kalembwe says Zambia recorded a total of 956,332 international tourist arrivals in 2016 compared to 931,782 in 2015 – a marginal increase of 2.6 per cent. However the ministry noted that out of the 58 million international tourists who visited Africa, Zambia received a paltry 1.6...
    • 27 Apr 2017
    • Charles Mafa

    Mining dependence has affected agric, tourism – Mwanakatwe

    The Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Margaret Mwanakatwe says continued dependency on the mining industry as a major driver of the economy has left other sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, tourism and ICTs largely underdeveloped. Mwanakatwe said this at a press conference this morning where she announced a two-day national economic and business forum...
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