ZAMBIA has one of Africa’s fastest growing populations and generally population growth of any country poses many challenges, particularly those relating to health care services which are very critical to the sustenance of this growth....

TODAY’S article is a follow up to last week’s piece which looked at the rate of influx of imported vehicles into the country and the challenges associated with this trend. The article generated a degree...

IT seems the government’s efforts in ensuring that the prices of mealie meal become affordable have not yielded much. Generally, the prices of mealie meal have remained sky-high in most parts of the country despite...

THE observation by Bank of Zambia (BoZ) deputy Governor Bwalya Ng’andu that reducing unnecessary imports is the ultimate solution to arrest the free-falling Kwacha is timely. Zambia has been dependent on importing essential commodities for...

THE move by Mansa Sugar to invest about US$54 million in the sugar plantation in Chembe District of Luapula province is commendable. This will see the company produce up to 18,000 tonnes of sugar per...

Today I wish to firstly pay tribute to Times of Zambia for creating space for this column which has been running for the fourth year now. Secondly I want to salute the co-sponsors Professional Insurance...

THE depreciation of the Kwacha has taken up huge spaces in both print and electronic media in the last few weeks. Lamentations have been made on the matter with some players in the economy indicating...

By Helen Zulu – THE fisheries industry contributes about one per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with more than 300,000 fishers, fish farmers and processors. While this is a small percentage, fisheries are...

SHOPPING in Lusaka has become impossible as shop owners are now hanging clothes and displaying household goods in the corridors forcing pedestrians and customers to use the main roads. Talking shop understands the stiff competition...

THE waiving of visa and visa fees by the Government for Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) nationals on official business in Zambia is a welcome development that will boost the economy. Sectors...