ZACL ANTICIPATES INCREASED 2023 AIR PASSENGER TRAFFIC
The Zambia Airports Corporation Limited has projected an increase in air passenger traffic in 2023 from over one point six million passengers recorded in 2022. Speaking during a media briefing…
LIVINGSTONE BUS TERMINUS, CITY MARKET FINALLY OPENED
After ten years of waiting for the commissioning of the modern bus terminus and City market in Livingstone, government has finally opened the two facilities to the public. Local Government…
FUEL PRICE HIKE INEVITABLE – EXPERT
Economist Watson Lumba says economic fundamentals such as the exchange rate and oil prices on the international market may warrant an upward adjustment of fuel pump prices for February, 2023.…
MEALIE MEAL PRICES REMAIN HIGH
Trading outlets in some parts of the country have continued to sell mealie meal at exorbitant prices of between K180 and K220 per 25KG bag. Traders in North Western, Muchinga…
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INVESTS $19.5 M IN PETAUKE MILLING PLANT
Correctional Service Commissioner General Fredrick Chilukutu says 19.5 million US Dollars has been invested on the Petauke milling plant in a bid to drive the agenda of value addition and…
COST OF LIVING REMAINS HIGH AMIDST REDUCED INFLATION
Residents of Lusaka’s Kabwata Township have expressed mixed feelings over reduced inflation. Richard Nawa told Diamond News that the reduction is only good on paper as prices of basic commodities…
FRA TO RELEASE OVER 250, 000 METRIC TONNES OF MAIZE TO MILLERS
Government has directed the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to release over 250 thousand metric tonnes of maize to help curb the escalating mealie-meal prices across the country. Speaking at a…
ZAMBIA IN OVER 44 PERCENT TRADE DEFICIT
Zambia’s trade balance has decreased to 44.5 billion kwacha in 2022 from the 80 billion kwacha in 2021. Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says this translates…
IMF CHIEF HAILS GOVTS EFFORT TOWARDS SOCIAL SECTOR
International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, has commended Zambia’s resolve to strengthen the social sector. Speaking during the Townhall Discussion at the University of Zambia, Ms Georgieva says a…
IMF CHIEF VISITS ZAMBIA
International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director, Kristinah Georgieva, has arrived in the country for a two-day visit. Ms. Georgieva arrived at 07:30hrs, at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka.…