By GLORIA SIWISHA – GROUNDNUT production is one of the major economic activities smallholder farmers in the eastern region of Zambia engage in. The Department of Agriculture in Eastern Province says that groundnuts constitute the...

By BRIAN WAINYAE – female youths are evidently the most vulnerable in society as they are often exposed to gender-based violence, early pregnancy and high school dropout. This has ultimately contributed to direct child and...

By PETER NKHOMA – THE Government, through the Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF), will give solar-powered grinding mills to 17 approved cooperative societies in Katete District in Eastern Province. ZCF director-general James Chirwa said that the...

By HELEN ZULU – NORMAN Carr Safaris, in collaboration with African Parks, will this year commence the construction of a luxurious lodge in the Liuwa plain national park in Western Province at a cost of...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – TATA Steel will lay off over 700 workers at its Port Talbot Plant in Wales next week in a bid to restructure, amid a crisis in the British Steel industry. The...

By KENNEDY MUPESNI – INCLUSION of the dual citizenship clause in the newly-amended republican Constitution will attract investments and skills transfer from the Diaspora, the Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has observed. In an...

By HELEN ZULU – OIL prices on the international market have dropped to US$27 a barrel, its lowest since 2003. Crude futures slumped again in Asian trade yesterday, with United States oil prices dropping more...

By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBEEF Products Plc’s shares doubled in price on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in a space of two months. The company started the year on a positive note with its share...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE construction of the US$260 million Mokambo Copper Mines (MCM) in Mufulira has delayed due to the late issuance of a land title by the local authority. Changfa Mineral Resources Limited...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – ZAMBIA’s domestic tourism campaign, an initiative which was launched a few years ago to encourage Zambians explore tourism, has gained momentum as more than 60 per cent of visits to tourism...