By REBECCA MUSHOTA and MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THREE people died yesterday in a car accident in Masaiti District after the bus they were travelling in overturned. The accident happened around 10:00 hours on Mpongwe-Luanshya Road...
Read MoreBy PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – TRIAL in a matter in which United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema is charged with publication of false news yesterday failed to start in the Lusaka magistrate’s court....
Read MoreBy SANDRA MWILA – ZAMBIA’S preparations for next week’s Africa Cup of Nations finals suffered a setback after Zimbabwe failed to show up for a friendly match scheduled for the National Sports Development Centre (NASDEC)...
Read MoreBy SHAMAOMA MUSONDA at Chainama Golf Club – THE Lusaka pair of Dan Mulukutila and Ruth Zuze at the weekend showed their class by winning the Zambia Ladies Golf Union (ZLGU) fundraising tournament in Lusaka....
Read MoreBy MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has challenged Government to come up with a deliberate policy to encourage Zambian entrepreneurs to go into large-scale mining. EITI Council member Sixtus Mulenga said...
Read MoreThe call by Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) for Government to set up milling plants through the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is worth taking into account. Prices of mealie meal which is Zambia’s staple food, are...
Read MoreBy JUDITH NAMUTOWE – Zambian owned Roland Imperial Tobacco Company Limited has invested US$8 million in setting up a cigarette manufacturing plant in Lusaka’s Makeni area. General manager-trading division Pingilani Mwenda said the factory will...
Read MoreBy JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBEZI Portland Cement (ZPC) posted an increase of more than 22,000 tonnes in annual production at the end of 2013, depicting a growth rate of 5 per cent when compared to...
Read MoreBy JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Kwacha on Friday showed some bullishness against the US dollar as it extended gains versus the foreign currency in volatile trading. The local currency was boosted by Central Bank dollar...
Read MoreBy XAVIER MANCHISHI – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has said the ongoing construction of roads his Government has embarked on countrywide will establish an enabling climate to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Mr Sata said the...
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