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

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

National Restoration Party (NAREP) leader Elias Chipimo says his efforts to meet President Edgar Lungu to sale his youth empowerment idea have been to no avail. And Chipimo says his heart goes out to anybody

The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) says the 3.6 million tonnes of maize recorded this year is the highest in the country’s history. And ZNFU president Javis Zimba says the lifting of the maize export

The Jesuit Center for Theological Reflections has noted a reduction in the cost of living in Lusaka owing to a reduction in the price of essential foodstuffs. In a statement released today, JCTR however, observed

With the 75 per cent tariff increase, Zesco will generate revenue of K9.4 billion per year, according to the Energy Regulation Board. And the ERB has approved Zesco’s application to increase electricity tariffs by 50

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says the increase in electricity tariffs will leave a lot of people stranded because the cost of living is already too high. And Sinkamba says the increment will also result

The Zambia consumer protection unit has been elected the first African unit to head the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) since its establishment in 1992. Congratulating the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)

Centre for Trade Policy and Development acting executive director Isaac Mwaipopo says the 2016/2017 marketing season is a lost opportunity for small-scale farmers and grain traders to cash in because of the maize exportation ban.

Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president Sean Tembo says government is hiding the main reason behind increase in Zesco tariffs. Tembo said it was difficult for stakeholders to advise government on the way forward in