EVERY year, all fishery areas in Zambia are closed to fishing from about December 1, to the beginning of March the following year, except for Lake Kariba and Lake Tanganyika. The two are not affected...

IN 2012 the Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) introduced minimum premium rating guidelines which took effect on June 7. These guidelines were issued pursuant to powers vested in the regulator in Section five of the...

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – EMIRATES and Proflight Zambia, have signed an interline agreement that will make it easier for international passengers to reach domestic destinations throughout Zambia. Popular Zambian attractions such as the Victoria Falls...

By MAIMBOLWA  MULIKELELA  – The estimated 60 per cent poverty levels in Zambia can only be reduced if the country’s agriculture potential is diversified and converted into meaningful growth, Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has said....

By BRIAN HATYOKA – TOURISM and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo has urged the Spanish and Portuguese business community to invest in Zambian tourism sector and be guaranteed of  returns on their investments. Ms Masebo, who...

By MAIMBOLWA  MULIKELELA  – GOVERNMENT  is to release a total of  K434.42 million Euro Bond funds to ZESCO to enable the utility firm develop a new distribution system and undertake rehabilitation of its power transmission...

By JAMES KUNDA – MOPANI Copper Mines (MCM) will complete the third and final phase of upgrading its Mufulira Smelter in the first quarter of 2014. This is to ensure increased capture of sulphur dioxide...

 By JAMES KUNDA –  KANSANSHI Mine Plc, the Zambian Subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals (FQM), produced more than 250,000 tonnes of copper in 2013, highlighting a growth rate of four per cent from the year...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZESCO Limited invested about US$428.43 million on various projects in the period between 2011 and 2013 and created 1,697 jobs, Mines, Energy and Water Development Deputy Minister Charles Zulu has said....

 By JAMES KUNDA –  ZAMBEZI Resources Limited (ZRL) will soon start developing its flagship Kangaluwi Copper project in the Lower Zambezi National park.  This follows the reversal of an earlier rejected Environmental Impact Study (EIS)...