By Ruth Chayinda Agriculture Minister, MTOLO PHIRI has urged the Food Reserve Agency -FRA- to expedite payment of farmers that supplied maize to the Agency. This follows the release of the remaining 667 million kwacha by government to FRA for the 2020/2021 marketing season. Mr PHIRI says FRA will on Monday distribute the monies to…
By Effie Mphande Milenge District Hospital in Luapula has developed cracks. Health Minister Sylvia MASEBO has tasked the Luapula provincial health authority to send engineers to assess the state of Milenge District Hospital. Ms MASEBO says the engineers also need to assess the cost to complete the construction of the hospital, which was being built…
(BBC) Up to 44 million UK Facebook users could share £2.3bn in damages, according to a competition expert intending to sue parent company Meta. Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen alleges Meta “abused its market dominance” to set an “unfair price” for free use of Facebook – UK users’ personal data. She intends to bring the case…
(BBC)Kenya’s avocado sector has become so lucrative that organised criminal gangs have begun to target growers. This is because the fruit from just one tree can pay for the private education of a secondary school student for a whole year – up to $600 (£450). With the demand for the fruit growing in the US…
(BBC) Novak Djokovic is set to be deported from Australia after losing a last-ditch court bid to stay in the country. Judges rejected his challenge to the government’s decision to cancel the unvaccinated player’s visa on “health and good order” grounds. The world number one’s hopes of defending his Australian Open title and winning a…
By Martha Banda Over 98 percent of the Kanda Forest Reserve in Mongu Western Province, has been encroached. And government says it will NOT hesitate to relocate families that have illegally settled in the forest reserves. Green Economy and Environment Minister, COLLINS NZOVU says this has had devastating effects of Climate Change in areas where…
By Ruth Chayinda Over 3,000 children aged between 12 and 17, have so far been vaccinated against the Coronavirus since December 2021. And 8,000 vaccinated adults have so far received booster vaccines against the Covid-19. Zambia National Public Health Institute Head of Information Systems, MAZYANGA MAZABA, says the statistics are from Lusaka and Copperbelt Provinces.…
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