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Economy

Food Reserve Agency hikes maize purchase prices to K340 for 2025 crop marketing season

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has announced crop purchase prices for the 2025 crop marketing season, with the price for a 50-kilogramme bag ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 3, 20250

Metro

Group calls on resident doctors to call off strike action, as latter insist on withdrawal of services

The Public and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (PAWUZ) has called on the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) to rescind its decision ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 2, 20250

Power and Politics

Electoral Commission of Zambia engages traditional leaders ahead of Lumezi by-election

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) on Monday, June 1, 2025, held a stakeholder engagement meeting with traditional leaders in Lumezi District, Eastern ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 2, 20250

Metro

AfDB team tours key sanitation project sites in Lusaka, reaffirms bank’s commitment to LWSC programmes

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has reaffirmed its support to Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Company (LWSC) sanitation efforts. A high-level delegation from ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 2, 20250

Power and Politics

Zambia set to sign WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies, according to Vice president Nalumango

Zambia is reportedly set to sign the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, joining 111 other countries committed to promoting sustainability ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 2, 20250

Power and Politics

Bill 7 sparks intense debate, as civil society groups, UPND administration clash over by-election reforms

The Non-governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has rejected Constitution Amendment Bill No. 7 of 2025, calling on the government to halt the ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 2, 20250

Economy

Hollard Life reportedly acquires Absa Life Zambia in strategic expansion move

Hollard Life Insurance has reportedly completed the acquisition of Absa Life Zambia’s business in a strategic move aimed at expanding its presence and ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 2, 20250

Economy

Standards agency seizes over 1,000 unsafe products worth over K29,000 across four Zambian provinces

The Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA) has seized over 1,000 non-compliant assorted products in North-Western, Luapula, Northern, and Muchinga provinces, valued at approximately ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 1, 20250

Power and Politics

Youth group urges rejection of proposed constitutional amendments, lack of inclusivity

Operation Young Vote (OYV) has called on Members of Parliament, citizens, the church, and traditional leaders to reject the proposed constitutional amendments, citing ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 1, 20250

Power and Politics

EFF’s Mwenda demands revocation of GMO import permits, alleges ABDI MS registered as radio broadcasting company

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zambia President Kasonde Mwenda has called on the government to immediately revoke all import permits for genetically modified organisms ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJune 1, 20250

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