The annual rate of inflation for the month of August 2018 has increased by 0.3 percent from the 7.8 percent recorded in July this year, to 8.1 percent. This means that on average, prices of goods and services increased by 8.1 percent between August 2017 and August 2018. Central Statistical Office (CSO) Acting Director Goodson Sinyenga says the increase in ...

Zambia’s total public debt currently stands at approximately US$ 14.56 billion representing 53.1 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) against a threshold of 56 percent.. Of this amount external debt stood at US$ 9.37 billion while domestic debt amounted to US$ 5.87 billion as at the end of June this year. Ministry of Finance Head of Public Relations Chileshe Kandeta ...

Zambia Sugar PLC has announced that over 10 Million Kwacha will be spent to upgrade the Lubombo road and support rural communities of Mazabuka, Southern province using cobblestones. The Zambia Sugar is partnering with the International Labour Organization (ILO), Barclays Bank Lafarge, Road Development Agency to upgrade the 10- kilometer Lubombo road to enhance agricultural and entrepreneurship in Mazabuka, Southern ...

Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to work with Ministries of Health in African Countries to strengthen health security on the continent. Dr. Chilufya says health security, if not enhanced, can reverse economic gains various Countries have posted. He has also called on the WHO to encourage African Countries to devise mechanisms that will strengthen ...

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has apologized over the photos he posted on social media in which he posed holding a pistol in his rihgt hand and threatening to shoot illegal land sellers. In a statement Mr. Sampa says he regrets his action as it was out of context. Mr. Sampa explains that his photo posting was as a result of ...

State House has been accused of shielding former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commander Eric Chimese who was recently fired for allegedly involving himself in corrupt practices. Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) consultant Chishimba Kambwili is suspicious that the alleged corrupt practices General Chimese involved himself in, may have been deep rooted. Mr. Kambwili does not think the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) ...

Conditions at the US Open were described as “dangerous” as five men had to retire from their first-round matches on Tuesday because of heat-related issues. Temperatures close to 38C (100F) in New York were made more stifling by humidity levels of over 50%. French player Julien Benneteau, who won on day two, said matches in the middle of the day ...

Officials in Puerto Rico now say 2,975 people died following Hurricane Maria – a devastating storm that struck the US island territory in September 2017. The revised death toll is nearly 50 times the previous estimate of 64. Governor Ricardo Rossello “accepted” the findings in a long-awaited independent investigation. Puerto Rico has struggled to repair its infrastructure and power grid ...

Brazil announced Tuesday it is sending its army to the border to “guarantee law and order” amid an influx of migrants fleeing crisis-hit Venezuela. President Michel Temer said in a televised address that Venezuela’s “tragic” situation threatened peace in the whole of South America. Millions of Venezuelans have fled their country due to hyperinflation, and food and medicine shortages. Brazil’s ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) Mangango Constituency Member of Parliament , Naluwa Mweene has died. The late Mweene, died in a road accident at Itezhi tezhi turn off along Mongu-Lusaka road that happened yesterday. Mr Mweene experienced a tyre burst that saw his vehicle roll off the road and hit a tree. Four other passengers who where in the ...