By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda has pledged to restrict the country’s fiscal deficit to around three per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2015 in line with the policy of...

TALKING Shop is delighted that shop owners in most parts of Zambia decided to extend working hours to accommodate more shoppers during this festive period.   It is also gratifying to note that a number...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Government has started implementing the US$115 million World Bank funded Irrigation Development and Support Project (IDSP) which will benefit 1,300 small-holders farmers. The Government through the World Bank group would...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – LOCAL manufacturers should put more attention to packaging and branding to attract market for their products, Sylva Foods Limited managing director Sylvia Banda has said. Ms Banda said local products had...

  By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA has posted an increase in Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) from K1,298.1million in October this year to K1,628.4 million recorded last month, representing a growth of 25.4 per cent.   The...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA –  THE Livingstone Tourism Association (LTA) has urged the Government to expedite the yellow fever impasse with the South Africa following the declaration of Zambia as yellow fever-free zone by the World...

THE vandalising of some bridges and other installations on some roads whether politically motivated or not, is an act of primitivism, which is taking the country backwards. These public installations serve all citizens and there...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – NORTHERN Province Minister Freedom Sikazwe has urged the law enforcement agencies to finalise investigation on the contractor awarded the contract to develop Kasaba Bay tourist resort airport infrastructure for works to...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government is scouting for an investor to partner with in developing a Multi-Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) in Luapula Province, acting Luapula Province Permanent Secretary Joyce Nsamba has said. In an...

By BUSINESS REPORTER – THE prices of copper on Brent crude futures rose by more than two per cent towards $63a barrel yesterday as Asian markets firmed into a holiday-shortened week and consensus spread that...