By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – UNITED Nations (UN) under-secretary general, Gyan Chandra Acharya has said there is need for developing countries to set up a legal framework for improved transit transport and trade facilitation aimed at...

THERE is a rising number unlabeled detergent powder, with no name of manufacturers, no expiry date and other details, being sold on the streets in Kitwe and Lusaka. No one would ascertain how safe  it...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Green Environ Watch has called for the strengthening of cooperatives to be used as vehicles in achieving diversification of the economy. Last year, President Edgar Lungu realigned the Ministry of...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – FARMERS on the Copperbelt should produce more fresh produce and satisfy the ever-yawning Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)  market, an economic consultant has said. Recently, the cost of tomatoes and other...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – LAKE Chila Lodge has invested more than K500,000 in setting up another lodge in Mpulungu District of Northern Province on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Lake Chila Lodge director Geoffrey Chella...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has provided 200,000 fingerlings  for restocking natural water bodies facing fish depletion on the Copperbelt. The fingerlings would be fed into the natural water bodies that had...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – HUAWEI is set to introduce its anticipated flagship Smartphone, Mate 8 on the Zambian market this monthend targeting high end users. This will cement the company’s position as one of the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – CONSTRUCTION of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway will soon start under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. This will enable the private sector to invest their own resources in the development of...

By KENNEDY MUPSENI – Mufulira Municipal Council (MMC) has designated about 6,000 hectares of land for smallholder farming blocs in the border district. Publish What You Pay Copperbelt chapter has been complaining that limited access...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) and Bank ABC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at facilitating the use of the pension wallet card for pensioners. WCFCB pension...