By CHATULA KANGALI – FARMERS have cried foul on the drastic fall of the prices of soya beans by more than 100 percent during this year’s maize marketing season. A kilograme of soya beans that...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – FINANCE Minister Felix Mutati was among other ministers from across Africa who gathered with investors and the private sector to determine how best to tackle the investment and credit risk hurdles....

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has so far raised more than K93 million during the tax amnesty introduced  last month. Last month, ZRA waived interest and penalties for taxpayers with outstanding...

By JUDITH  NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA’ annual rate of inflation for April 2017 has remained static at 6.7 per cent as that recorded the previous month. This means that on average, prices increased by 6.7 per...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – FORMER Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has welcomed the decision by the Government to seek the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and that the fund’s conditions are bearable. Dr Musokotwane,...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – GOVERNMENT has engaged two Chinese railway companies to undertake a re-capitalisation study for Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) to enhance its operations. Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba said plans to re-capitalise...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – MIZINGA Melu has officially taken over as new Barclays Bank Zambia managing director from Saviour Chibiya who has assumed the position of regional managing director in South Africa. Ms Melu has...

By HOPE BWALYA – THE governments of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have requested Zambia for 120,000 tonnes of maize. Representatives of the two countries made the request during a meeting with...

By MAYA NTANDA – ZAMBIA and other developing countries have been challenged to take advantage of the London Stock exchange (LSE) and access financing in wide range of currencies to invest in economic prosperity. United...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – CONSUMER Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) International has commended Zesco Limited’s proposal to raise the threshold for life-line tariffs by about 200 per cent to minimise the effects on domestic users....