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...

FOLLOWING the current lengthy load-shedding by Zesco, customers in Lusaka have been queuing up for paraffin lumps at Shoprite Cairo Road outlet. The product, which is otherwise a non-essential one, has suddenly become one of...

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....

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – INVESTRUST Bank Plc has secured approval of shareholders to raise K40 million through a rights of offer to existing shareholders. The objective of the rights issue is to increase the current...

By HELLEN ZULU – ZAMBIA currently only has 83 commercial pilots, 89 licensed aircraft maintenance engineers and 103 licensed cabin attendants. National Airline Project consultants say for about 20 years now, there has not been any serious...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) wants the Government to review the visa system to ensure a friendlier regime is introduced. In its annual report, the board heightened the lobbying for the...

TALKING shop has noticed a new mode of vending at the on-going Zambia International Trade Fair in Ndola. Mobile vending is where vendors have resorted to selling various merchandise on either ordinary wheelburrows or mechanised...