Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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Measures taken to curb the spread the COVID-19 are very crippling to the poor-

By Fred M'membe The coronavirus outbreak has put a spotlight on economic inequalities in our country and a fragile social safety net that leaves many...

Nangula Ward, Local Government By-Election Results: What do they mean?

By Isaac Mwanza Introduction The Electoral Commission of Zambia has conducted the first unique by-election during the period the country is experiencing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

Zambia risks economic meltdown: Government needs COVID-19 economic impact mitigation dialogue

By Kalima Nkonde. The impact of Cov-19 requires all Zambians and residents to pull together. Zambians regardless of their political persuasion should use their brains...

WHO concerned about Africa as COVID-19 cases accelerate across the continent

With more than 6000 COVID-19 cases reported in Africa, the virus is threatening fragile health systems on the continent. Infections are increasingly spreading not...

Tight Fiscal Space has Constrained COVID-19 Response-CTPD

By Bright Chizonde Senior Researcher-CTPD Zambia has been negatively hit by the global spread of the 2019 coronavirus through both external and domestic shocks attributed...

PF Government is hiding information, the identities of the Government officials under Quarantine must be disclosed

By: Anthony Bwalya - UPND Member At this moment, the Zambian public is entitled to treat with the highest contempt and distrust the infection figures...

Mr Hichilema’s Immediate Lockdown Prescription would Hurt the Masses

By Sunday Chanda We are very disappointed with Mr. Hakainde Hichilema's insensitivity to the realities of the Covid-19, all in his quest to sound relevant. At...

Effects of COVID-19 Disease on the Zambian Mining Industry

By Webby Banda CTPD-Senior Researcher (Extractives) The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has observed that Mineral commodity prices have plummeted in recent days...