TALKING Shop has observed that waiters in some restaurants give customers wrong food orders after ordering for other food items. We would like to advise management of various restaurants to ensure that their waiters are...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – XENOPHOBIC violence in South Africa poses a serious threat to Zambia’s tourism growth, the Zambia Tourism Board has warned. ZTB managing director Felix Chaila said tourist arrivals to Zambia through South...

By MILDRED KATONGO – OWNERS  of Zamhatch   poultry in Mpongwe District on the Copperbelt have injected US$30million to kick-start the project. Zambeef in partnership with Rainbow Chickens of South Africa are in the process of...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) has recruited more debt collectors to improve loan collection from beneficiaries. The CEEC recorded a drastic drop of 59.5 per cent in loan recoveries in...

By HELEN ZULU – GOVERNMENT is holding discussions with foreign investors on the possibilities of reviving the defunct Mansa Batteries in Luapula Province. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said Government wants to find...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ABOUT seven investors have acquired industrial plots at the Roma Industrial Park in Lusaka, the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has said. The ZDA has also called for increased investment in the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – MORE than 1,000 Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have registered their business ideas in the Nyamuka-Zambia business plan competition. The ZANACO-sponsored Nyamuka Zambia is one of four components under the Private Enterprise...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE? – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) targets a US$250million resource mobilisation for onward lending to member countries for bankable infrastructure projects. COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya announced that...

By MAIMBOLWA  MULIKELELA? – ZAMBIA’S intense construction activities have continued to attract offshore investment with a delegation from China’s Shanxi Jiawei Building Materials (SJBM) and Shanxi Construction companies expected in the country today to assess...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE latest Zambia Debt Sustainability Analysis report has called for continued improvement of policies and public institutions to enhance Zambia’s fiscal credibility. This will also enable the country to achieve higher...