By CATHERINE NYIRENDA- KALABO District Commissioner (DC) Masela Sekeseke has complained of the increasing number of school dropouts. Ms Sekeseke said she was  also concerned with the high number of pupils absconding from school in...

By ANDREW PHIRI- THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for the promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to create more jobs and mitigate poverty levels in the country. SEC chief executive officer,...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA- TWO soldiers and a civilian have been sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting a Kabwe business executive. Kabwe Principal Resident Magistrate, John Mbuzi, sentenced the trio after they...

By HELEN ZULU- THE Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) has established the global standard for procurement and supply which sets out the skills and abilities required for each of the five levels of...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- FNB Zambia has said mobile banking usage rates are set to grow swiftly due to increasing mobile phone penetration rate and an innovative banking sector that is pushing hard to reach a...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA- MAHTANI Group of Companies has partnered with Sunbird Group of the United Kingdom to develop the first Bioethanol plant in Luapula Province at a cost of US$150 million. Bioethanol is a principle...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- THE Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) has appealed to the Government to push for the implementation of the bilateral agreement between Zambia and Democratic of Congo (DRC), legalising export of poultry products...

By PRISCILLA SIMUKOKO- “WHEN the canal was operational, farming was profitable because I used to spend less time watering a lima of pineapples and I was able to do other activities to supplement my income...

By BRIAN HATYOKA

- IT is undeniable that children and youths represent an important
population group of any country’s total population. In Zambia, this population segment accounts for 68 per cent of the total of Zambia’s total...

By ALFRED MWILA- Introduction THE cost and reliability of fuel supplies are critical to the competitiveness of any economy in the world.  Fuel is one of Zambia’s largest import products. The fuel supply chain and...