By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has urged the Government to scale up investments in non-hydro power sources in view of Zesco’s frequent load-shedding. PMRC executive director Bernadette Deka said...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MPONGWE District Council has bemoaned the inadequate supply of petroleum products which is negatively affecting production. Council chairperson Boniface Chushi said in an interview that the agricultural district was faced with...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ROLAND Imperial Tobacco Company Limited  has bemoaned that the high Excise Duty and lack of separation between locally produced cigarettes and imported cigarettes have caused disinvestment in the local manufacture of...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA, – In Kinshasa, DRC ZAMBIA and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will develop hydropower plants on the Luapula River as a long-term measure to boost power generation for both countries. The...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is reviewing the recent acquittal of former president Rupiah Banda in an oil deal case, with a view to appealing against the ruling. Mr Banda was acquitted...

By AUSTIN KALUBA – ALTHOUGH there can never be commercialised mining without pollution, the levels of toxic substances in the air and water emanating from the mines have to be regulated to save people exposed...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – MORE than 2,000 workers at one of Zambia’s top tobacco merchants, Zambia Leaf (Zamleaf), will be jobless as the company prepares to close after operating in the country for eight years....

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – THE World Boxing Council (WBC) has picked an Italian referee, Guido Cavalleri to officiate next weekend’s Welterweight Silver title fight between Charles Manyuchi and Gianluca Frezza in Venice, Italy. Apart from...

CONGRATULATIONS to the Chipolopolo for labouring to beat Namibia on post match penalties to qualify to the final round of the Rwanda 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers. Coach George ‘Chicken’ Lwandamina and his group...

IN March this year, a report by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) indicated that Mauritius, Rwanda and the Seychelles had scrapped visas on countries whose nationals belong to the regional body....