THE Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) says the Food Reserve Agency’s (FRA) low maize purchasing price is detrimental to rural growth as it will erode opportunities meant to enhance rural income disbursements. In

FORMER finance minister Ng’andu Magande says restructuring of bond loans requires financial manipulation, stressing that the people who bought the bonds are not interested in anything else but getting their money back. In a statement,

THE National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has given a 100 per cent three-month waiver to tenants that were closed in line with Ministry of Health guidelines and 40 per cent to those that are still

LOCAL Government Minister Charles Banda says consultations on modalities for reopening of bars are almost complete. In an interview, Banda said an announcement would soon be made. “It [the re-opening of bars] has always been

ZESCO says customers should prudently consume electricity because units can only get depleted when there is consumption. In the past few days, Netizens have been complaining that their electricity units are depleting faster than usual,

THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) has given Chicago’s at East Park Mall and four other businesses a 24-hour ultimatum to show cause why their licenses should not be revoked for contravening public health guidelines. Other

KACHASU traders in some densely-populated areas of Lusaka say closure of bars amid the COVID-19 pandemic has helped their businesses grow owing to the huge patronage they are currently receiving. But at some homes where

FORMER home affairs minister Dr Peter Machungwa says Local Government Minister Charles Banda has emboldened erring Chinese nationals living in Zambia to continue breaking laws after he publicly rebuked Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa over the

THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has warned that the ongoing smuggling of maize has the potential to jeopardize official maize exports into neighbouring countries. And the Union has cautioned that the Food Reserve Agency

ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama has projected that the country’s inflation might drop to as low as 12 percent by August, following the expected stability of food prices as the produce of this year’s harvest hits the