By HELEN ZULU THE  development of the Chambishi Multi Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) has advantage and 41 investors have been registered to operate in the zone with an accumulated investment commitments of US$1.6 billion. This...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Government has concluded the consultations on the proposed Statutory Instrument (SI) on the restriction of the transportation of bulk cargoes above certain weight threshold from the road to railway. The...

By HOPE BWALYA THE Government has announced that by the end of July this year, Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) trains will be accessing Dar-es-Salaam through the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) rail network. Minister of...

By KAFULA MUTALE GOVERNMNET has secured 1,000 hectares of land in Misaka forest for 186 of the 418 households affected by the construction of the new International airport on the Copperbelt. Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Elias...

German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) once said, ‘All truth goes through three stages: first, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as self-evident’. It has been estimated that more...

By KAFULA MUTALE – A THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD bus driver of Ndola’s Northrise township has been convicted of defiling a 12-year-old girl he had offered a lift. Dominic Chipango is believed to have defiled the minor on...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA – A SUSPECT in a matter in which three Patriotic Front (PF) officials are alleged to have assaulted former PF Ndola head of security Nedson Siluonde has suffered a mental illness, the...

By MILDRED KATONGO – THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has engaged Copperbelt University’s Robert Makasa Campus in Muchinga Province to train unqualified people engaged to dispense drugs in shops and some drug stores. ZMRA...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – FINANCE Minister Felix Mutati has urged commercial banks to come up with deliberate interventions to encourage women to access funds for their businesses. Mr Mutati said women wanted to grow their...

By DOROTHY CHISI – WAYS of sustaining projects in rural constituencies had been a major challenges to most parliamentarians in the country. While the Government can fund some projects in constituencies using Constituency Development Fund,...