It’s illogical in a liberalised economy to have ZNS distribute mealie meal – Kampyongo
SHIWANG’ANDU PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo says it’s illogical for the Zambia National Service (ZNS) to be distributing mealie-meal across the country. On Thursday, Minister of Information and Media Cornelius Mweetwa said ZNS’ mealie-meal would this week begin to be sold in Shoprite outlets countrywide at K230 for a 25kg bag of breakfast mealie-meal…...
Don’t worry about Zambia Airways malfunction, it was cleared – Minister
TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says the aborted flight to Johannesburg by Zambia Airways on Thursday is something that members of the public should not worry about. Zambia Airways aborted its first flight scheduled for Johannesburg on Thursday due to a mechanical fault. But addressing the media on the issue upon disembarking from the…...
Ne-Yo, Macky 2 State House visit sparks UPND outrage, as HH censures members
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema on Saturday took time to respond to angry UPND youths in a WhatsApp group who expressed displeasure at his interaction with musicians who campaigned for former president Edgar Lungu prior to the 2021 elections. Musicians, among them Macky 2, Mampi, Cleo Ice Queen among others, accompanied American singer Ne-Yo on a visit…...
Debt serving won’t cripple citizens’ lives – Musokotwane
FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says Zambia’s debt was restructured in such a way that government will be able to service it without crippling the lives of the people. And Dr Musokotwane says the secret to dealing with a debt crisis is to come out in the open and accept that you have a problem…...
MPs should not sleep in Parliament, it’s embarrassing – Kang’ombe
KAMFINSA PF MP Christopher Kang’ombe says parliamentarians are not supposed to doze in Parliament but debate and push forward the agenda of the people they are representing. Members of parliament had a field day making fun of the Deputy Speaker last week when he dozed off during debate in the House, prompting some members of…...
Be Zambia’s Ambassador for music in America, HH tells Ne-Yo
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the government will support each and every artist to the best of its ability within the country’s resource envelope. And President Hichilema has called on visiting American singer, songwriter Ne-Yo to be Zambia’s ambassador in his country, marketing and promoting Zambian music as well as talent. Speaking, Friday, ahead of the…...
Met Department predicts rains from Oct 16th-20th
THE Zambia Meteorological Department through the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment has urged farmers to secure their harvested crop as the country is expected to experience rains in most parts from October 16 to 20, 2023. According to a weather alert issued by the Ministry, Friday, the rains and slight reduction in weather temperatures…...
Zambians being swindled in agro-business transactions
THE Zambian High Commission in Botswana has noted with concern the rising number of cases where citizens from Zambia and Botswana are being swindled out of their money in fake agro-business transactions. In a statement, Friday, First Secretary Press at Zambia’s High Commission in Botswana Julia Malunga said many linkages among agro dealers have been…...
We are headed towards disaster under UPND, charges Nakacinda
PF Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda says the country is headed towards disaster under the UPND government. In an interview, Nakacinda said the UPND leadership had hoodwinked the public into believing that they had a plan for fixing the economy and reducing the high cost of living when in fact not. “We are headed towards disaster…...
We’re working on a process to reduce fuel, mealie meal prices – Veep
VICE-President Mutale Nalumango says government is working on a modality for reducing fuel and has urged members of parliament to be patient. And Vice-President Nalumango says the maize that the Zambia National Service is milling dubbed “Eagle One” is local maize from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Meanwhile, Vice-President Nalumango says government doesn’t expect any…...