The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has started paying farmers who have supplied their produce to the Agency for the 2020 marketing season countrywide. FRA Assistant Public Relations Officer Manyando Luywa says this follows the official launch of the 2020 marketing season that was announced by the Minister of Agriculture Mr…
By: MUTINTA MULENGA Mtendere ward 30 councillor Watson Mtonga has urged marketers in his ward to shield their businesses by having them insured. Speaking to Komboni radio news in an interview, Mr Mtonga has emphasized the need for business owners to insure their businesses in case of a fire or…
By: SILVESTER KAUMBA Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has commended the Government through the Zambia Medical Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) for having recalled thirteen brands of locally manufactured alcohol-based hand sanitizers and disinfectants that did not conform to recommended specifications. ZAM Vice President Chipego Zulu says this development brings to light…
The annual rate of inflation for the month of September 2019 has increased to 10.5 percent from 9.3 percent recorded in August 2019, indicating an increase of 1.2 percent. This means that prices of goods and services increased by 10.5 percent between September 2018 and September 2019. Central Statistical Office…
BY CECILIA SOKONI Small scale Poultry farmers in Lusaka have expressed happiness over the reduction in the prices of feed. The poultry farmers have told Komboni radio news in an interview that they are happy that prices of feed have finally been reduced following public outcry from the farmers. The…
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) says it is concerned with the growing tendency by Schools to tie school fees for tuition to other activities that have no direct link to education. CCPC Public Relations Officer Namukolo Kasumpa says the Commission is aware that some schools have been forcing…
The annual rate of inflation for the month of August 2018 has increased by 0.3 percent from the 7.8 percent recorded in July this year, to 8.1 percent. This means that on average, prices of goods and services increased by 8.1 percent between August 2017 and August 2018. Central Statistical…
Shoprite Kasama has been fined K1, 500 by the local authority for violating the Public Health Act. Kasama Municipal Council Assistant Public Relations Officer, Caroline Simumba, has confirmed this saying that the local authority re-opened the store after it worked on its sewer spillage. Ms. Simumba explained that Shoprite Kasama…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA) has urged service providers to provide quality and safe products to consumers during the Labour Day commemoration. Speaking on the eve of the Labour Day commemoration whose theme is ‘‘Building Partnerships for Sustainable National Development through Decent Job Creation and Social Justice’’,…
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in collaboration with five Local Authorities in Western Province has seized assorted goods collectively worth K 3, 719.00. CCPC Public Relations Officer Namukolo Kasumpa says the seizure came in the wake of the five separate inspections conducted in over 54 trading places in…
