By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Government has started paying off retirees who have been waiting for their dues for many years, President Hakainde Hichilema has announced with the Treasury releasing K837 million. Read more...

By KASONDE KASONDE – THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday took to task Ministry of Agriculture directors over a contract with Rockcliffe Trading, a company based in Dubai to procure Urea fertiliser worth K839 million...

By FRANCINA CHOMBA – FORMER Finance Minister Felix Mutati has disclosed that the US$1.2 billion Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project triggered the collapse of efforts by the former governing Patriotic Front to clinch a bailout deal...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MIKA Meats Limited intends to set up a fish farm project on Lake Kariba in Siavonga district, Southern Province at a cost of US$9.5 millionThe project which will be located in...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Hotel and Catering Association of Zambia (HCAZ) says the investor confidence prevailing in the country and the seemingly stable Kwacha presents a bright 2022 fiscal year outlook.The Government’s target to...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI and ESTHER NG’ANDU – THE high cost of living induced by the recent increase in fuel pump prices did not deter shoppers looking at the long queues witnessed in supermarkets on Christmas...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government should accelerate the crop diversification strategy to encourage diversification and value addition as part of economic stabilisation agenda, a think tank has said.The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC)...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government has permitted millers to export maize and wheat bran following the drastic drop in demand for the commodity on the local market.Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) president Andrew Chintala...

By Friday Phiri – Development is the process of improving people’s livelihood and welfare to attain a higher standard of living, while the environment is everything about and around us forming the basis of our...

By FREDRICK MWANSA – When the genetic sequencing of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) that causes Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) was published, scientists around the world retreated into their labs and worked harder...