TAMBATAMBA EMBARKS ON LABOUR MARKET SKILLS
The Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Brenda Tambatamba says her Ministry has a vast role to play in identifying skills that are relevant in the Labour market through…
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HIT BY CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS- CEJ
…..calls for increased budget towards environment… Centre for Environment Justice (CEJ) has learnt with sadness that people with disabilities go through the worst form of suffering in the wake of…
INCREMENT IN FUEL PRICES IS A BITTER BUT NECESSARY PILL – CHIKWANDA
Energy Forum Zambia Chairperson Engineer Johnstone Chikwanda has backed the UPND Alliance led government’s decision to increase the fuel pump prices by 20 percent on petrol and 30 percent on…
RAMPANT TEENAGE PREGNANCIES, EARLY CHILDHOOD MARRIAGES AND GBV LEADING TO HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN KANCHIBIYA
Kanchibiya MP Sunday Chanda says It is regrettable that Kanchibiya District recorded 71 girls dropping out of school due to teenage pregnancies in 2021 alone. Mr. Chanda said Teenage pregnancy…
ERB INCREASES FUEL PRICE
The energy Regulation Board ERB has increased the fuel wholesale and pump prices upward for petroleum products effective 24 hours tonight. Speaking during a press briefing, ERB board chairperson Reynolds…
SCIENTISTS URGED TO HELP VALIDATE POLICY
……. As government applauds private sector scientists’ investment in the development agenda. Government has said as a matter of urgency, there is need to hold a two days conference next…
MUSHINDAMO HAS GROWTH POTENTIAL THROUGH IDP
Authorities in Mushindamo have called on various investors to explore the investment potential in various sectors in the area. Presenting the Integrated Development Plan IDP for the district during the…
THE UPWARD ADJUSTMENT OF MPR BY CENTRAL BANK IS NECESSARY
The Chamber of Commerce in North Western Province has described the upward adjustment of the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by the Bank of Zambia as a contractionary measure aimed at…
PEOPLE HAVE AN OPTION TO EITHER GET VACCINATED OR NOT – MASEBO
Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says people have an option to either get vaccinated or not. She says Government will NOT take the right of citizens away but that it has…
DEPRECIATION OF THE KWACHA HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY HEAVY EXTERNAL BORROWING – Kafwaya
A financial expert in Solwezi Dawson Kafwaya has observed that the Zambian kwacha has lost value against the US dollar due to demand of the later. Mr. Kafwaya said in…