The ministry of health has disclosed that Lusaka has recorded an upswing in malaria cases from 19.8 cases in 2018 to 31.8 cases in 2021 per 100 population. Announcing the development to q news, Lusaka province health director Dr. Consity Mwale says rural districts of Lusaka province which include Luangwa, Rufunsa and Chongwe are showing increased incidences of malaria. Dr. ...

The opposition Economic Front party says bringing back subsidies will help reduce, transport costs and price of food commodities especially mealie meal which have gone beyond the reach of many Zambians. Party member of the central committee, Fewdays Nsensema says its unacceptable to have a country where citizens are struggling to afford the staple food which in any case should be ...

President Hichilema has been urged to state clearly that he does not desire a government salary so that the allocation can be frozen for the next five years. Political scientist, Neo Simutanyi says this would enable the ministry of finance channel the funds to other needy areas, including the paying of hundreds of civil servants currently not on payroll because ...

The Rotary Club of Lusaka has handover a total number of 229 laptops and 10 printers to two Districts namely Kafue District in Lusaka Province and Nkeyema District in Western Province. The 229 laptops and 10 printers that have been distributed between the two provinces are to benefit nine schools in Kafue Districts and four schools in Nkeyema District. The move ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Chairman for Information and Publicity Raphael Nakacinda has charged that the cost of living for the Zambian people has gone very high because the nation is being run by capitalists who are only interested in making profits for their businesses and their friends. Mr. Nakacinda says prices for most essential commodities have shot up thereby sending majority ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has charged that Zambia’s economy greatly needs investment and his administration is committed to fostering private sector development. President Hichilema says the private sector is at the top agenda of his administration’s economic turnaround objectives. He has disclosed that his government will this month launch the public private partnership dialogue for development, an instrument that will create ...

Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane has announced that the country managed to raise total revenues and grants amounting to k23.8 billion against a projection budget of k23.4 billion in the first quarter of the national budget implementation. Dr. Musokotwane says Zambia also recorded tax revenue amounting to k19.1 billion while non-tax revenues and grants amounted to k4.5billion ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit (AMLIU) has re-arrested former Konkola Copper Mines plc (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu for theft and money laundering activities contrary to the laws of Zambia. Mr. Milingo Lungu, a male aged 43 of plot no. 22763 Mulungushi Road, Roma in Lusaka has been re-arrested for theft of k4.4 million ...

The Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone Limited has declared a dividend of over 1.2 million kwacha to the Industrial Development Cooperation and a profit before taxes of 4.98 million kwacha for the 2021 financial year. And the zone has further recorded an investment total of 309 million dollars for the year 2021 against a cumulative of 567 million dollars from ...

Opposition Patriotic Front Kabushi Member Of Parliament this morning staged a lone protest against the alleged threats to the democracy that the new dawn administration is posing. Mr. Lusambo says in the quest to protect the democracy, he decided to protest outside hot FM in longacres to visiting United Kingdom minister for Africa Vicky Ford as she left the studio ...