ENERGY Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says government has had to subsidise fuel prices to cushion the economic impact the COVID-19 pandemic on consumers’ livelihoods. And Nkhuwa has announced that Indeni Petroleum Refinery is expected to resume

ECONOMIST Noel Nkhoma says government’s second default on the Eurobond interest debt repayment will worsen the country’s credit risk profile, which means accessing foreign capital will be much harder. According to the Ministry of Finance,

MPOROKOSO District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Joseph Kamalondo has committed suicide in a hospital bathroom after testing positive to COVID-19. In a statement, police spokesperson Esther Katongo stated that Kamalondo was found hanging on oxygen

A STUDY by the Boston University School of Public Health has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic in Lusaka has been highly underestimated with the COVID-19 deaths having been under-reported between June and September, 2020. According

SECRETARY to the Treasury Fredson Yamba says donors are not making cash donations towards the fight against COVID-19 but are instead providing various equipment and carrying out certain activities towards that goal. Meanwhile, Yamba says

ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) president Kasonde Mwenda says February 5, 2021, has been declared the beginning of a countrywide work standoff if chain store workers, mobile money booth agents, marketeers and mini-bus drivers are not

MINISTER of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has announced that President Edgar Lungu has commuted the sentences of 246 inmates on death row to life imprisonment, among them former Chilanga member of parliament Keith Mukata. The

THE Ministry of Health has announced that the country has recorded 1,289 new COVID-19 cases out of 11,862 tests done with 16 deaths in the last 24 hours. And Zambia Correctional Services Commissioner General Dr

ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda says the Free Trade Area is not working as it ought to because member countries are still imposing barriers on this country’s exports. Speaking when he appeared

WOMEN for Change (WfC) executive director Lumba Siyanga says there can never be development if the majority of Zambia’s population, who are women, are not involved in the leadership of the country. In an interview,