ZEMA promoting sustainable development The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA)says it is looking forward to the finalization of the ongoing review of the current ZEMA Act. And ZEMA Northern Regional Manager Crispin Simwanza says the region which includes the Copperbelt Province houses a lot of mining companies who have a history of getting away with environmental offences due to some ...

Economist Noel Kabwita has called for the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to be transformed into a department under the Ministry of Finance and National Planning. Mr. Kabwita feels the IDC is merely a cost to the country and is serving no purpose apart from duplicating the work of parastatal bodies. He says there is nothing much that the IDC is ...

The Tobacco Free Association of Zambia is saddened by the recent approval of the Tobacco Bill, 2022, at the expense of the Tobacco control Bill which has been pending for over 10 years. Association Executive Director, Brenda Chitindi has explained that the Tobacco Industry Bill is designed to care for the success of Tobacco Companies, while the Tobacco control Bill ...

Caroline Kalombe The Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA) has cautioned members of the public against consuming Gold Blend Whiskey which allegedly killed two people in Mumbwa district last Friday. On Friday last week, two people including a 14-year old girl, died after allegedly consuming Gold blend whiskey in Mumbwa district. Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency Communications Officer, Caroline Kalombe says the ...

The cost of living for a family of five in Lusaka as measured by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB) for the month of June, 2022 has increased to K9,301.46 from K9,293.04 recorded in May 2022, an increase of K8.42. JCTR Social and Economic Development Programme Manager, Chama Bowa says the minimal upward ...

The Ministry of Health says it will next week commence the administration of the new oral COVID-19 drug called PAXYLOVID to those infected with the virus. PAXYLOVID, a new oral COVID-19 drug approved by WHO and currently being used in Europe and America, stops the SARS-Cov-2 virus from multiplying and reduces the progression of the disease. Addressing the media on ...