2024 budget will need to be adjusted to accommodate Cholera measures – Govt
GOVERNMENT says it will make adjustments to the 2024 budget, through supplementary, to accommodate immediate measures aimed at containing the cholera outbreak in risk areas. Last week, President Hakainde Hichilema directed that shallow wells in the country must be buried as a measure to combat the cholera outbreak. In an interview, Monday, Finance and National…...
MUZ urges Zesco, CEC to up power production as mining is expected to boom
AS the country’s mining sector is rebounding following the unlocking of Konkola and Mopani Copper Mines, the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) is urging the country’s energy firms, in particular ZESCO and Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC), to produce more electricity so that they can meet the pending demand. Zambia has set a target of reaching…...
We’ll prioritise giving vaccines to people in high-risk areas – Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the 1.4 million cholera vaccines Zambia has received will be deployed to high-risk areas first because they are inadequate to cater for the whole country. And Masebo says about 188 children are in admission at Heroes Stadium Cholera Treatment Centre. Speaking when she received the cholera vaccines from the United…...
There’s nothing KBF can do if Lungu decides to participate – Mwamba
PF Chairperson for Information and Publicity Emmanuel Mwamba says only Zambians can decide who should be the leader of the country and not KBF or anyone else. Last week, Zambia Must Prosper leader Kelvin Fube Bwalya said he will fight former president Edgar Lungu if he seeks to be on the ballot in 2026. But…...
PF is jittery, govt can’t stop working because of by-elections – Nkandu
MINISTER of Youth, Sport and Arts Elvis Nkandu has denied assertions that he plans to donate some motorbikes and give out some loans and grants in Mpika and Shiwang’andu, where there will be by-elections next week. According to an article published by different social media pages, Nkandu had informed the Muchinga Province Administration that he…...
Swedish Envoy must back his corruption allegations with evidence – Govt
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Johan Hallenborg should back his allegations of corruption under the UPND government with evidence. On Monday, Ambassador Hallenborg said Swedish companies were hesitating to invest in Zambia because of “pervasive” corruption, which prompts them to move their investments elsewhere. But commenting on this in an…...
Suggestion that people should make NHIMA contributions through VAT is fair – PS
MINISTRY of Labour Permanent Secretary Zacharia Luhanga says the idea of making NHIMA contributions through VAT is fair but that there are other parameters which have to be considered first. Meanwhile, Economist Noah Kabwita says it is a good idea but might result in double taxation. Recently, Resident Doctors Association of Zambia President Mweushi Mpande…...
Instead of reducing cost of living, govt has done the opposite – ZACA
THE Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) says it was hoping that government would this year look at lowering the cost of living and cost of doing business, but it has done the opposite. In an interview, Saturday, ZACA Secretary General Juba Sakala said with the increased toll fees for heavy goods vehicles, mealie meal prices would…...
NAQEZ urges govt to rescind decision to increase centre fees for GCE, G9 external
NAQEZ has urged the Ministry of Education to rescind its decision to increase tuition and centre fees for Grade nine external candidates and GCE levels. The National Action for Quality Education in Zambia says the 100 percent fee increase will disadvantage the less privileged candidates who may want to rewrite the examinations. In a letter…...
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