By JULIUS PHIRI – YOUNGFENG Mining Investments Zambia Limited is expected to commence exploration of Gold in Mwanya chiefdom in Lundazi District in the first quarter of 2018. Company Country Director Thomas Mushibwe said part...

By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBIA’S  public debt is projected to exceed the benchmark level of 56 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The country’s external debt currently stands at US$7.6 billion while domestic debt...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) has called on Government to ban foreign companies from importing fuel into the country in order to avoid smuggling and cheating in the sector....

By CHATULA KANGALI – GOVERNMENT has printed 50, OOO Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conversation Area (KAZA) Uniform Visas for foreign visitors into Zambia and Zimbabwe. Finance Minister Felix Mutati  announced   that  50,000 KAZA Visas had been...

By CASSEY KAYULA – E-MSIKA an e-commerce platform company that helps farmers find, buy and receive farm inputs in a fast, safe and convenient way is working with over 2,000 farmers across the country. The...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has  prosecuted more than 200 firms and organisations in Kitwe this year  due to noncompliance with  employee pension remittances. The statutory body has since urged...

By HELEN ZULU – CHAIN-STORE supermarkets and other trading houses including hotels across the country have reduced on the importation of products and are now sourcing them locally. This follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI  in Mansa – THE Government is working on a robust programme to improve cross-border facilitation at all border posts as it intensifies local resource mobilisation. Ministry of Finance Head – Public Relations,...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambian Breweries (ZB) has increased the production capacity of its alcoholic beverages to one million hectolitres at its Ndola plant following the investment of US$30 million dollars. The plant has...

By HELEN ZULU – THE construction of US$5 million fertiliser blending plant at the Lusaka Multi Facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ)  by the Export Trading Group (ETG) has been completed and is set for  commissioning next...