By MAIMBOLWA  MULIKELELA  – The estimated 60 per cent poverty levels in Zambia can only be reduced if the country’s agriculture potential is diversified and converted into meaningful growth, Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has said....

By BRIAN HATYOKA – TOURISM and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo has urged the Spanish and Portuguese business community to invest in Zambian tourism sector and be guaranteed of  returns on their investments. Ms Masebo, who...

By MAIMBOLWA  MULIKELELA  – GOVERNMENT  is to release a total of  K434.42 million Euro Bond funds to ZESCO to enable the utility firm develop a new distribution system and undertake rehabilitation of its power transmission...

By JAMES KUNDA – MOPANI Copper Mines (MCM) will complete the third and final phase of upgrading its Mufulira Smelter in the first quarter of 2014. This is to ensure increased capture of sulphur dioxide...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – THE Ministry of Health has recruited 305 registered nurses following the dismissal of 594 nurses early this month. Ministry of Health spokesperson, Reuben Mbewe, said an additional 249 registered nurses were...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA, MOSES CHIMFWEMBE and DELPHINE ZULU – AN unidentified man was yesterday sliced in half after he threw himself in front of a moving train in Ndola. Acting Copperbelt Police Chief Joyce Kasosa...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – THE Federation of Free Trade Unions in Zambia (FFTUZ) has called on Zambians not to concentrate on political bickering but help position the country on a path of economic prosperity. FFTUZ...