HELEN ZULU – in Chienge LUAPULA Province is experiencing a depletion of fish due to poor fishing methods which have been compounded by lack of investment in irrigation farming. Lack of irrigation efforts has hampered...

By JAMES KUNDA – COPPER prices were steady at the start of the trading week supported by a softer United States (US) Dollar following weak US economic data. Meanwhile, the Kwacha continued to trade firm...

THE initiative by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to introduce the payment of Withholding Tax by landlords is a welcome move. however, this plan needs to embrace various views from the affected parties. Briefcase notes...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZAMBIA’s formal sector labour productivity and the amount of output per worker dropped by three per cent a year on average between 2008 and 2012 due to the growth of the...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI NO youth accessed the Youth Empowerment Fund in Mungwi District in Northern Province last year because they all reportedly failed to fill in the application forms. So the youth have urged the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Travel Expo (ZATEX) 2015 opens on Thursday this week with more than 1,500 tourists expected to attend. The Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) organised Travel Expo will run from Thursday...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA? – ZAMBIA recorded a slump in the production of most major products in the first quarter of this year. The country recorded reductions in the production of cement, coal and copper, according...

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – THE Government has called for commercialisation of traditional food in the country to cope with the current demand on the local and international markets. Agriculture and Livestock Deputy Minister Greyford Monde...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE? – THE Government will tomorrow launch an awareness campaign to increase stakeholders’ participation in the country’s capital market and raise the liquidity levels. Low number of companies listed the Lusaka Stock Exchange...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI CHINA has called for further relaxation of permit acquisition and processing procedures to help increase its investment in Zambia. Chinese Embassy to Zambia economic councillor Chai Zhijing said it is important that...