By Michael Kaluba Kitwe District Chamber of Commerce, Trade and Industry Vice President in charge of Commerce, Emmanuel Mbambiko has accused Local Cement Producers of forming a cartel which has resulted in almost a 100 percent hike in the price of the commodity within the last 6 months. And Mr. Mbambiko is concerned that…
By Patricia Mbewe A 35-year-old Zambian national is stranded in Lima, Peru where she was lured for greener Pastures in 2015. Nasishemo Mwango who is currently experiencing ill-health and is jobless in the Peruvian capital disclosed her ordeal to the Zambian mission in Brazil. “I came to Peru after being invited by a male…
By Linda Cheleka Political Scientist Alex Ng’oma says the continued disregard of the High Court’s judgement that installed Dr Nevers Mumba as the legitimate leader of the MMD by its former faction National Secretary, Raphael Nakacinda is undermining the judiciary. Reacting to the stance taken by nominated Member of Parliament Raphael Nakacinda who has…
By Balewa Zyuulu Energy Expert Johnstone Chikwanda says the standoff between Iran and the US government will have a negative impact on fuel import dependent countries like Zambia. Mr. Chikwanda tells Phoenix News that crude oil prices on the international market are influenced by different factors ranging from demand to geopolitical tension among others.…
By Prudence Siabana The Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition Alliance has welcomed the directive by the Zambia National Service commandant for the ZNS units in North Western, Luapula and Northern Provinces to open up more land for cultivation to increase food production. CSO-SUN Country Coordinator, Matthews Mhuru says the directive is progressive as the…
By Tinkerbel Mwila Basic Data processed from the baseline evaluation undertaken by the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia –CIDRZ- has confirmed presence of hepatitis b among health care workers in Kalulushi District on the Copperbelt. Speaking at the launch of the Health Care Worker Hepatitis B vaccination in Kalulushi District today, Health…
By Michael Kaluba Copperbelt University Dean at the School of Natural Sciences, Professor Felix Kalaba has revealed that Zambia currently loses approximately 31 hectares of forest equivalent to 51 football pitches per hour while some tree species are headed for extinction. Professor Kalaba made this revelation in Kitwe today at the Forest Symposium held…
