Despite government’s commitment to reduce prices of mealie meal, retailers in Ndola District have bemoaned inconsistent prices they describe as exploitative. Concerns from Kawama Township are that millers are selling…
Rampant smuggling of mealie meal into the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a shortage of the commodity in Mufulira District on the Copperbelt Province. Some concerned residents have called…
Eight trucks laden with 4,200 by 50-kilogram bags of white maize have been impounded in Mpulungu by a joint security team. Northern Province Permanent Secretary, Bernard Mpundu, has disclosed the…
Lumezi District Commissioner (DC) Jimmy Phiri has been arrested for the alleged theft of 271 by 50 kilogram bags of white maize. Accoding to the Police Deputy Spokesperson, Danny Mwale,…
Mufulira District Commissioner, Saboi Kabika, has warned citizens in the district against the illegal exportation of mealie-meal into the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Ms. Kabika says the continued smuggling…
Despite government pleading with millers to reduce mealie meal prices, the commodity has remained expensive in most parts of the country. In some areas, such as Nsama District of Northern…
Agriculture Minister, Reuben Mtolo Phiri, has urged millers to reduce mealie meal prices to at least K150. Speaking at a press briefing, the Minister says millers should replicate the Zambia…
As Zambia faces high mealie meal prices, Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga Province Governor says his province is equally hit with a dire shortage of the commodity. Speaking when he…
Despite the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and millers discussing the reduction of mealie meal prices, the commodity has remained expensive in most retail outlets in the country. In Livingstone, traders…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Court has found former defense Minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba with a case to answer in a matter in which he is accused of corruption and…
