Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says his Ministry is closely monitoring the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines in other countries in order to draw key lessons on the efficacy and safety before making recommendations to Cabinet.

MEDICAL Stores Limited managing director Chikuta Mbewe has been fired by the board and replaced with Chipopa Kazuma in an acting capacity. Kazuma was serving as director of programmes at the institution before the new

SWEDISH Ambassador to Zambia Anna Maj Hultgård has warned that her government’s relations with Zambia will not be able to survive if scandals continue to happen in the Ministry of Health. But Health Minister Dr

Governance activist Brebner Changala says the Industrial Development Corporation needs to be overhauled to curtail the loss-making deals that the holding company has approved over the years. And Changala says President Edgar Lungu will be

KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) chief executive officer Christopher Sheppard says the Lusaka High Court’s decision to throw out the injunction it had earlier granted Vedanta against the splitting of the mine will allow for the

MATERO PF member of parliament Lloyd Kaziya says he is currently under police protection because some PF cadres plan to attack him for unknown reasons. In a short interview, Kaziya said he did not know

NKEYEMA UPND member of parliament Kapelwa Mbangweta says the PF’s massive and frequent cash donations to unsuspecting citizens around the country is tantamount to money laundering because there is no accountability. Commenting on Lusaka Province

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

LANDS Minister Jean Kapata says only President Edgar Lungu can make PF win the August 12 general elections. And Kapata says despite being fought by Mandevu PF chairman Joseph Tamba, she will re-contest her seat,

PUBLIC health specialist Dr Canisius Banda says the recalling of defective products supplied by Honeybee Pharmacy Limited involving so many products all at once is unprecedented in the health and pharmaceutical history of Zambia. But