By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has praised Zambia for its contribution to taking in and providing for refugees. UNHCR representative to the African Union (AU) and the Economic...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT has started refunding K5.25 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT) owed to 14 mining companies countrywide, Finance Deputy Minister Christopher Mvunga has said. Mr Mvunga said the refunds were being...

By MWIYA MUKUMBUTA – ZAMBIA Air Force (ZAF) deputy commander and chief of staff David Muma has praised President Edgar Lungu’s administration for enabling ZAF to operate effectively in providing peace and territorial integrity during...

By MWIYA MUKUMBUTA – TIME has come to build a country that embraces and enhances participation of the youth and the poor in the development process, Southern Province Permanent Secretary Sibanze Simuchoba has said. Mr...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) has said the implementation of the cost-reflective pricing and tariffs for electricity will increase appetite for investment in the energy sector from local and international...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – Government has commissioned an impact assessment study on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) implementation in Zambia. The purpose of the study is to document, analyse and assess the relevance and...

By CHATULA KANGALI – COLWYN Zambia Limited has started supplying Shoprite Stores with processed potato chips and is in advanced talks with Pick ‘n Pay on the stocking of the local product at the multinational...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – CHICOL Estates, an integrated poultry farm in Lusaka’s Twin Palm area, has embarked on a thermal power plant feasibility study which will result in electricity generation from chicken droppings. Estate director...

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE – THE 10th of December every year is commemorated as International Human Rights Day. This day came about by the actions of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s position to adopt the...

ONE of the things to which most people pay little attention is the roof. They only pay attention to it begins to rain heavily and it starts to leak. If you have had the opportunity...