FOLLOWING the current lengthy load-shedding by Zesco, customers in Lusaka have been queuing up for paraffin lumps at Shoprite Cairo Road outlet. The product, which is otherwise a non-essential one, has suddenly become one of...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE and CHATULA KANGALI – THE retail prices of cement in Lusaka and the Copperbelt have reduced by about K8 per 50 kilogramme bag following the entry into the market by Dangote Cement....

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – INVESTRUST Bank Plc has secured approval of shareholders to raise K40 million through a rights of offer to existing shareholders. The objective of the rights issue is to increase the current...

By HELLEN ZULU – ZAMBIA currently only has 83 commercial pilots, 89 licensed aircraft maintenance engineers and 103 licensed cabin attendants. National Airline Project consultants say for about 20 years now, there has not been any serious...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) wants the Government to review the visa system to ensure a friendlier regime is introduced. In its annual report, the board heightened the lobbying for the...

Since 2001, freemasonry in Zambia has tended to assume prominence during presidential election campaigns, after which it appears to fade away. As the 2016 general elections are not far away, it is necessary for all...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – AWARD-WINNING writer Bwalya Mutale is set to launch his newly-produced DVD titled Chinkobwe Umwaume Chintomfwa, a movie which is anchored on gender-based violence (GBV). The 2002 Ngoma Award winner is appealing...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – NOMINATED in three categories, Copperbelt-based rapper Chef 187 is leading this year’s Born and Bred Awards which will take place on July 17, 2015. Controversial artiste Bobby East, Willz, Jay Rox...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – THE Caine Prize Literary Award is often referred to as the ‘Booker’ equivalent for African writing. This year this prestigious award has been scooped by Zambia’s Namwali Serpell. Namwali was announced...

By CHARLES SIMENGWA – THE outbreak of meningitis at Kabompo Secondary School in North-Western Province has been handled clumsily, and information on the status of the school grossly mismanaged. Everything first started as a rumour...