THE Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) has suspended Prime Procurement Limited from public procurement for one year due to the company’s failure to execute contractual obligations in a tender issued by ZESCO. In a statement,...

THE Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says it has received the Food Reserve Agency’s (FRA) announcement of a K340 buying price for a 50kg bag of maize with mixed feelings, warning it could trigger...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says increasing copper production and promoting value addition are key to supporting global efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Speaking at the 2025 Hamburg Sustainability Conference, Tuesday, Dr...

THE Ministry of Energy has assured the public that the country has enough diesel stocks to meet national demand. The Ministry says it is actively investigating reports of fuel hoarding, particularly in instances where outlets...

THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has announced that it will start buying non-genetically modified white maize from farmers at K340 for a 50-kilogramme bag. And FRA Board Chairperson Suresh Desai says if government had not...

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) says while it can’t guarantee a continuous drop in fuel pump prices, it hopes that increased competition from the open access framework will help drive them down. ERB recently reduced...

FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) says it made a direct economic contribution of $2.6 billion to the country in 2024. FQM also says it paid a total of $19,372,074 in withholding tax in 2024. According to...

THE Zambia Statistics Agency has disclosed that the national average price of a 25 kg bag of Breakfast Mealie Meal decreased by 4.0 percent between April and May 2025, falling from K358.86 to K344.41. In...

THE annual inflation rate for May 2025 has reduced to 15.3 percent from 16.5 percent in April 2025. In this month’s report, read on her behalf by Chief Statistician Chola Nakazwe Daka, Acting Statistician General...

FOOD Reserve Agency (FRA) Board Chairperson Suresh Desai says the Agency will announce the price at which it will be buying maize this marketing season at the beginning of next month. In an interview, Tuesday,...