Archive: 19 September 2019

The United Kingdom has donated more than £1,000,000 towards the hunger crisis in Zambia. The Department for International Development (DFID) Zambia has since issued an invitation for proposals from NGOs with capacity to deliver emergency […]

Renowned economist Professor Oliver Saasa says failure to adequately prepare for climate change despite previously suffering its effects makes Zambians, not the natural phenomenon, a disaster. And Professor Saasa has urged government to consider declaring […]

Former secretary to the cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says enhanced austerity measures being advanced by the current Secretary to the Cabinet are an exercise in futility if President Edgar Lungu feels exempt from the exercise. […]

Chapter One Foundation says President Edgar Lungu’s acknowledgment of the economic challenges Zambia is facing is a step towards an honest conversation and concrete measures to addressing them. And the Foundation says the announcement by […]

Zambia has remained stagnant on 17th position in Africa and 81st in the World on the latest Coca-Cola FIFA rankings. And Belgium has maintained the overall top position with World champions France on second position. […]

Implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) risks resulting in the loss of over 20,000 indirect jobs in the mining sector if government insists on implementing it from January 2020, the Zambia Chamber of Mines […]

The National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has said Zambia currently has around 50,000 teachers who cannot find jobs in government or private schools, warning that the situation might turn into a social, […]

Consumer Unit Trust Society (CUTS) says deleting constitutional clauses that seek parliamentary oversight in the contraction of public debt will weaken the system of checks and balances. Making a submission before the parliamentary Select Committee […]

Local Government minister Charles Banda has disclosed that government has no money to rebuild the gutted Lusaka City Market, explaining that companies that made false donations towards the cause cannot be pursued to pay because […]

The anti Corruption Commission chairperson justice Anderson Zikonda has attributed the failure by the commission to explicitly carry out its duties to the lack of funding to the institution. And Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) president […]