Agriculture and Livestock Minister Given Lubinda has assured the nation that government will closely monitor the price of mealie meal in the country and will not accept anything less than what has been agreed with millers. Mr. Lubinda has told Parliament in a ministerial statement today that during the meeting he held with Millers on the 18th and 19th ...

Fast Jet Zambia has disclosed that it plans to invest about fifteen million United States dollars in its operations in Zambia. Speaking today during a media breakfast briefing to mark the company’s first anniversary in Zambia, Fast Jet Chief Executive Officer Ed Winter has also reiterated the company’s commitment to job creation in the country. He says the company has ...

Liquid Telecommunications Limited has today launched its fibre to the home service which allows homes and businesses of all sizes access super fast broadband internet with unlimited data packages. Speaking during the launch this morning, Liquid Telcom Managing Director Andrew Kapula says the company will invest around US$15 million in the fibre to the home infrastructure which will continue indefinitely ...

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya has expressed disappointment that COMESA’s share of exports to United States is still very small. Speaking when he received credentials from American Ambassador to Zambia and envoy to COMESA Eric Shultz this morning, Mr. Ngwenya laments that in 2012 COMESA exports to the U.S accounted for only 2.1 ...

Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba says Government is concerned with the emerging incidences of avoidance of tax obligations by some shop operators/traders. Mr. Yamba says of specific concern over the last few months is the retail sector, whereby several traders have entrenched the habit of selling goods without issuing cash-register receipts to buyers. Mr. Yamba says the Government does ...

Government has dismissed as baseless, unwarranted and uncalled for accusations by African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Zambia Chapter Chairperson Cornelius Mweetwa’s suggestion that Government is behind the legal proceedings against Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili in a statement says Mr. Mweetwa should realize that he is heading an important institution founded on morality ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) says the announced reduction in the price of mealie meal is too insignificant to have any true impact on the majority poor Zambians. ZCSD Executive Director Lewis Mwape in a statement says while his organisation welcomes any effort by government to reduce the prices of essential commodities and services such as mealie-meal and ...

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far earned over K133 million from the sale of over 88,458.41 metric tons of maize from the maize sales program for the 2014 and 2015 marketing season. FRA Public Relations Officer Daniel M’soka in a statement says the Agency has approved 71 applications for maize purchase since the exercise began last year in ...

The Anti- Corruption Commission has arrested a Customs Officer at the Zambia Revenue Authority in Lusaka for corrupt practices involving K 40, 000. ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono says Gilbert Keembe Mainza, 45, of 7758 Woodlands Extension, former OP Flats in Lusaka has been charged with two Counts of Corrupt Practices by Public Officer contrary to Section 19 as ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has called on the parliamentarians to retable the issue of the constitution suspended during the last sitting as the house resumes sitting today. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi says despite the issue of the constitution being shelved to allow dialogue between government and stakeholders, the dialogue did not take place as it turned out ...