Let Hanke demonstrate how he arrived at 47% as Zambia’s inflation rate – Kalyalya
BANK of Zambia Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has challenged US economist Steve Hanke to demonstrate how he arrived at 47 percent as the official annual inflation rate for Zambia. Dr Hanke, a professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University recently wrote on X that Zambia’s inflation was nearly four times higher than the official rate of 13.1%…...
Zambia’s water coverage sits at 72%, sanitation at 54% – Mposha
MINISTER of Water Development and Sanitation Mike Mposha has disclosed that the water coverage countrywide is currently sitting at 72 percent with the sanitation coverage sitting at 54 percent. And Mposha says the outbreak of cholera has been building up over the last three years. Meanwhile, Mposha says people use shallow wells because they don’t…...
Kaizer has been changing abodes, immigration officer tells court
AN IMMIGRATION officer has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that officers are having challenges executing the bench warrant against former president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Kaizer Zulu as he has been changing abodes. In June last year, Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya issued a bench warrant against Zulu for missing court sessions in a matter in which…...
MoH should handle cholera donations with high levels of transparency – TIZ
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) Executive Director Maurice Nyambe has urged the Ministry of Health to adhere to highest standards of accountability and transparency in managing donations made towards the cholera response. In an interview, Nyambe said the misappropriation of funds donated towards the COVID response in 2021, as reported by the Auditor General, did not…...
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…...
