By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE recent increase in the prices of fuel will impact negatively on the country’s economy which is already faced with the effects of load-shedding. Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) president Crispin...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has pledged to remain the world’s most open market, importing up to 860 billion Euros worth of goods annually from developing countries. The EU will also come...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) executive vice president and chief executive officer Keiko Honda is expected to arrive in Zambia for a three-day visit. MIGA is the political risk insurance...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) has advised bus operators against increasing bus fares following the rise in fuel pump prices. ZACA Information and publicity officer Juba Sakala said this in a...

By CHARITY MOONGA – MAAMBA Collieries operations achieved a break even in 2014-15 with a total volume of 100,000 tonnes of high-grade coal earning about US$ 48 a tonne. ZCCM-IH owns 35 per cent of...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has urged the Government to scale up investments in non-hydro power sources in view of Zesco’s frequent load-shedding. PMRC executive director Bernadette Deka said...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MPONGWE District Council has bemoaned the inadequate supply of petroleum products which is negatively affecting production. Council chairperson Boniface Chushi said in an interview that the agricultural district was faced with...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ROLAND Imperial Tobacco Company Limited  has bemoaned that the high Excise Duty and lack of separation between locally produced cigarettes and imported cigarettes have caused disinvestment in the local manufacture of...

By JULIUS PHIRI – NEWLY elected Patriotic Front (PF) Malambo Member of Parliament Jacob Shuma has announced that he will appoint 15 people to spearhead development activities in his constituency and Mambwe district as a...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE and CHATULA KANGALI – THE retail prices of cement in Lusaka and the Copperbelt have reduced by about K8 per 50 kilogramme bag following the entry into the market by Dangote Cement....