By Sylvester Mwale – The recent announcement that four opposition political parties have formed an alliance makes interesting reading as it refreshes people’s minds on how the past mergers have faired. Although there is no...

By SAM PHIRI – ADOPTED on October 24, 1964, green in colour with an orange eagle in flight over a rectangular block of three vertical stripes coloured, from left to right: red black and orange...

I HAD my first practical working experience in marketing research for more than 10 years ago. This was at a now defunct advertising agency, Adworksadvertising, which later become Adworks Mac Cann Erickson due to its...

IN this week’s column, we take a look at the labour turnover being experienced in the business entities, run by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) entrepreneurs. Labour turnover in simplicity terms can be equated to...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBIA’s sugar industry is positioned for growth following plans by an American firm to set up a sugarcane plantation and refining factory in Shangombo District in Western Province with an intial...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – SHOPRITE Holdings Group will construct a second shopping mall that will house Shoprite supermarket, Hungry Lion Take Away and O.K Furniture store in Solwezi as part of its expansion programme. The...

By JAMES KUNDA – JAPANESE companies have shown interest of investing in Zambia’s mineral resources, Japanese parliamentary Vice Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Yashihiko Isozaki has said. He said Japan was willing to explore...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has urged Government to restructure operations of State Owned Enterprise (SOEs) to make them economically viable. In a recent policy analysis statement, PMRC called...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Kwacha remained weaker against the dollar on Monday extending its losses for a third straight day, the Zanaco Daily Newsletter has stated. From an opening of K5.57/5.58, the Kwacha slipped...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE bilateral relations between countries world over are swiftly shifting from mere relations based on political and donor based relations to that of trade and investment. Zambia is among the countries...