By MIRIAM ZIMBA – “WHEN relatives  and friends get together, they usually talk  about their children or being pregnant. These are the moments when I feel extremely isolated. “So often, people do not respect you...

APPROXIMATELY 227,000 smallholder farmers produce almost 95 per cent of Zambia’s cotton, utilising 254,000 hectares of land. The cotton industry has developed to be one of the country’s largest quasi-formal distribution networks with some smallholder...

TODAY we look at one of the vexing business concepts called return on investment (ROI) or return on capital (ROC). Or in short, what a business can pay the business owners for having taken the...

LOAD-SHEDDING can be described as the deliberate shutdown of electric power in part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – THE pump price of fuel increased by an average of K1.00 effective last night in response to the volatility in the country’s exchange rate. The new price of petrol is now...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – POLICE in Kitwe have arrested six suspected robbers and recovered property, mainly electronic appliances worth thousands of kwacha. The recovered property comprising plasma television sets, a computer, amplifier and welding machines,...

By JAMES KUNDA – CABINET has authorised Zesco to import 100 Megawatts of electricity as a short-term measure to alleviate the current power deficit being experienced in the county. Zesco has also been directed to...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – POLICE in Livingstone yesterday clashed with taxi drivers outside Batoka mortuary when they protested the death of their colleague, who was murdered last week. Other mourners were forced to reschedule their...

By FELIX MALUNGA – FIFTY-EIGHT athletes will lead Zambia’s quest for medals at the 11th All Africa Games (AAG) in Congo-Brazzaville in September with Government now searching for partners to help in camping the squad...

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – ZAMBIA’S female top seed, Ogar Siamupangila has been handed a tough draw at the $10,000 rich 2015 Nigeria International Badminton Championship that starts tomorrow in Abuja. Siamupangila, who is ranked 208...