By JULIUS PHIRI – HEALTH Minister Joseph Kasonde has said Government is committed to strengthening primary health care in rural areas. He said this when he paid a courtesy call on Eastern Province Permanent Secretary...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A CHINESE business executive has sought protection of the Lusaka High Court alleging continued disturbances from his landlord on the property he rented from him off Kafue Road in Lusaka. This...

By JULIUS PHIRI – EASTERN Water and Sewerage Company (EWSC) board chairperson Abel Kabalo has advised workers to stop rushing to the media to express their grievances. EWSC workers were yesterday reported to have been...

By HELEN ZULU – A LUSAKA-BASED entrepreneur has started manufacturing tailor-made products using local raw materials. Nosiku Mubila makes shoes, earrings, purses, wallets, bangles, necklaces and other products using local materials like glue, bottle tops...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government is seeking partnership in empowering small-scale emerald miners with machinery and loans. Mines Permanent Secretary, Paul Chanda said the Government was looking for partners that would help support small-scale emerald miners with capital for operations. He said his ministry would...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THERE is need for Government to strengthen communication, information and consistency in policy formulation to achieve the much-needed economic diversification in the country, the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis Research (ZIPAR)...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Honey Council (ZHC) plans to set up an independent company that will be responsible for the marketing and buying of honey. ZHC national chairperson Samuel Banda said the company...

By HELEN ZULU – A NDOLA coal processing company plans to invest a further US$600,000 in expanding the production line for coke briquettes. Coke briquettes are used in the copper smelting process and can be...

‘PEOPLE grow old only by disserting their ideals rather than living a number of years. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul’— Billi Lim. To improve is to enhance...

By NDUBI MVULA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has finally walked the talk as he assented to the amended Constitution Bill in line with the promise he made eleven months ago during his inauguration as Zambia’s...