From ELIAS CHIPEPO In Glasgow, Scotland – ZAMBIA wrapped up her participation at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on a disappointing note, finishing eighth in the men’s 4×400 metres relay finals on Saturday night. However,...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Howard Sikwela has said the negative work attitude by some senior provincial civil servants is worsening the financial challenges that Government is facing in effective service delivery to...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – African swine fever has continued to cause havoc in North-Western Province with the disease now spreading to other districts in the province. The swine fever, which was first detected in Kasempa...

By MAYA NTANDA – A KITWE magistrate’s court has sentenced a 37-year-old woman to two years simple imprisonment for child concealing and dumping the body in the crocodile infested Kafue River. Magistrate Maxwell Mainsa sentenced...

By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBIAN Fertilisers Limited has established a branch in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it exported more than 2, 000 tonnes of fertiliser in 2013. Company sales manager Gene Phiri...

By HELEN ZULU – COAL Processing Industry Limited of Ndola has invested about US$1 million into the procurement of machinery and equipment for the production of coke briquettes. Coke briquettes are used as a source...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia State Insurance Corporation (ZSIC) is planning to set up a micro-finance company to cater for small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) needs. ZSIC managing director George Silutongwe said the firm...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – STANBIC Bank Zambia has over the last few years invested a total of US$120 million in the country’s agricultural sector. Stanbic Bank head of agricultural banking Mwamba Musambo said at the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – MM Integrated Steel Mills Limited has started the construction of the cable factory in Ndola as part of its expansion project. Company sales manager Ashish Sah said the company would establish...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE –  THE value of Zambia’s metal exports decreased from K3, 850.5 million in May to K3, 562.1 million in June 2014. The overall contribution of metals and their products to the total...