FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government has made progress in slowing down the rate at which prices of commodities are rising. Commenting on the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection’s Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB) for January which stood at K9,047.31, Dr Musokotwane insisted that prices had been increasing at a slow rate. “The high cost of living, what you need to understand [is that] there are ways of objectively measuring these things. Because you have to be careful that some of the statements that are made are made for politics and some are professionally done. So we should always be mindful of that fact. Therefore, for many other economies, there are established ways of measuring...
