BUSINESS

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 Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance is worried that the partial operationalization of the Food Safety Act by the Ministry of Health has given rise to the marketing and selling of unhealthy foods by food producers and importers thereby threatening the health of consumers.  Alliance national coordinator Mathews Mhuru notes that despite Parliament enacting The Food Safety Act ...

The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that about 26, 800 people inject drugs in Zambia. UN Resident Coordinator Beatrice Mutali says this group is among the most at risk of contracting infectious diseases such as HIV among others. Speaking during the commemoration of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Lusaka today, Ms. Mutali stressed the ...

Former Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has dismissed assertions of lack of transparency and accountability in the manner the government is handling the Chinese debt.  Dr. Musokotwane says certain questions being asked by Zambians pertaining to government’s discussions with creditors have already been answered.  He says China being one of Zambia’s creditors had its ...

Emeralds and Semi-Precious Stones Mining Association of Zambia President Victor Kalesha has urged government to make it easy for women intending to venture into mining of precious stones to obtain licenses. Mr. Kalesha states that women should be encouraged to participate in the gemstone sector as they are more serious and committed when it comes to investments. He notes that ...

Some Lusaka residents have described the ongoing 2022 Africa Public Service Day Road Show and Exhibition as a good initiative for promoting efficient public service delivery. In Lusaka, the exhibition is taking place at the East Park Mall where various public service institutions are showcasing their services to members of the public. Emmanuel Sakala, a student from the University of ...

Tourism Minister Rodney Sikumba says the New Dawn Government has not cancelled any legally signed hunting concession agreement with any outfitter. In a ministerial statement following a point of order raised by Lumezi Member of Parliament Munir Zulu who wanted to find out the status of the purported cancelled hunting concessions by government, Mr Sikumba says 17th August, 2021 was ...