Renewable energy way to go
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone IN CASE we forget, Zambia is emerging from a serious power shortage caused by the 2014/2015 partial drought which affected the country and the entire Southern Africa. Apart...
View ArticleChainama’s captain’s prize attracts 250 golfers
BENEDICT TEMBO, Lusaka OVER 250 golfers have entered this Saturday’s captain’s prize at Chainama Hills Golf Club in Lusaka. The tournament, hosted by club captain James Chona recorded the biggest entry...
View ArticleUS mogul rev Zambia’s SME potential
DAVIS MULENGA, Lusaka THE unemployment rate of more than 70 percent is one of the key potential catalysts for Zambians to create small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This would ultimately create...
View ArticleState installs 20 solar milling plants in Chinsali
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Chinsali GOVERNMENT has installed 20 solar-powered milling plants in Chinsali district in Muchinga Province out of the 28 allocated to the district. Government has embarked on a robust...
View ArticleAviation sector to spur economic growth – Lusambo
MONICA KAYOMBO, Ndola GOVERNMENT has positioned the aviation sector as a catalyst to spur sustained growth in many economic sectors like the agriculture, hospitality and manufacturing industries....
View ArticleZAMACE: Solution to farmers’ problems
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka THE problems associated with grain marketing and lack of reliable buyers will soon be over once farmers embrace alternative strategies through the agricultural commodity exchange....
View ArticleParliamentary debate commendable
Dear editor, I WISH to take this chance to commend Zambia National Assembly through Luanshya and Roan constituency offices for organising the 2017 inter-schools debate competition. The event, which was...
View ArticleAre you board-ready?
Analysis: KALENGO SIMUKOKO OUR strength and attractiveness for investment as a nation partly lies in our demographic dividend. About 82 percent of Zambia’s population is below the age of 35 according...
View ArticleSabotage cuts KCM operations
NKWETO MFULA, Chingola KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) operations at Nchanga underground mine in Chingola were yesterday disrupted after suspected criminals cut high voltage electricity cables. This forced...
View ArticleHats off to Government for e-pay slips
Dear editor, ALLOW me space to appreciate the State for coming up with electronic pay slips for its employees. The move will go a long way in improving service delivery by ensuring timely release of...
View ArticleMan ‘washes’ marital woes
NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola A 37-YEAR-OLD man of McKenzie township in Ndola has committed suicide by plunging himself in Kafubu River after a marital dispute. Copperbelt police commissioner Charity Katanga...
View ArticleScaling up collaboration to build diversified economic hub on C/belt
The Zambian Advantage: STEVEN DIN AROUND 60,000 people work in Zambia’s mining industry today. All of us know first-hand the contribution that our businesses make to the national economy and to the...
View ArticleLusaka Water reverting to post-paid meters surprising
Dear editor, THERE must be something amiss at Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC). Recently, the company embarked on a project of installing pre-paid meters, replacing the post-paid meters, and...
View ArticleFRA drops maize price to K60
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has reduced the price at which it will buy maize from K85 per 50 kilogramme bag last year to K60 this year so that private buyers are not...
View ArticleThe day hospital journey got shorter
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Ngabwe GLENDA Tite is excited. She will now be able to access healthcare services at the newly built Nsengwa Rural Health Post in Ngabwe district. Ms Tite, a 35-year-old widow of Mukuni...
View ArticleRoan parties Kambwili exit
MONICA KAYOMBO and ZUMANI KATASEFA, Luanshya THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Luanshya has welcomed the central committee’s decision to expel former Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services...
View ArticleState launches $2 million industrial yard construction
PRISCILLA MWILA, Mansa GOVERNMENT has launched the construction of a US$2 million industrial yard under the skills development and entrepreneurship project in Mansa. And Minister of Commerce, Trade and...
View ArticleLuapula Expo exceeds expectations
MWILA NTAMBI and CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Mansa THE Luapula Province Trade and Investment Expo has surpassed its target for the number of delegates who have registered to participate in the event. Provincial...
View ArticlePower charge squad with international centre back
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, Lusaka POWER Dynamos have lured international centre back Isaac Shamujompa to bolster the squad for the Super Division campaign. Shamujompa, 24, has joined the Kitwe giants on an...
View ArticleWhy 4 UPND supporters were nabbed
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka A WITNESS yesterday told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he arrested four United Party for National Development (UPND) supporters because of their suspicious behaviour...
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