By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA’s year end inflation rate increased to 7.1 per cent from seven per cent recorded in November 2013, while the country has posted its first trade deficit of K327 million since...

By JAMES KUNDA – MEALIE-MEAL prices in the country are expected to remain above K65 despite Government offloading additional stocks of maize to millers for increased production. According to Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) president...

CHICKEN King restaurant on Broadway in Ndola is among eateries which deserve commendation for maintaining high standards of service in 2013. The food and beverages served in this establishment have always been top-notch and waiters...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – HEN-WOOD Foundation Zambia, a New Apostolic Church faith-based organisation, has spent more than K165,000 on income-generating activities which include the establishment of a sausage processing plant and a piggery. A total...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – FALLSWAY Timbers Limited, a Livingstone-based wood processing firm, is planning to diversify its business portfolio and set up a K10-million food processing plant next year. The new line of business, which...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – IMAGINE a country without farmers, there would be hunger and starvation because people would not have a variety of agricultural products to purchase or consume. As such, the agricultural sector remains...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – FOR others ending the year 2013 was just like having another Christmas celebration but the story was different for some female prisoners at Kabwe’s Maximum Female Prison. The day was an extraordinary one following the move by President Michael Sata to set some prisoners...

THOUGH I am a preacher, and not a big fun of secular music, I still trust my tastes for good music in general. Looking at musician, Mbilia Bel’s pictures during her show in Lusaka leaves...

FOR the 20 years MMD was in power, nobody talked about early elections. Even when parastatal companies were being sold for a song and workers retrenched, there was no talk of early polls. The continued...

NOW that the year 2013 is coming to an end, I feel it is the right time to evaluate how Kabwe District Commissioner (DC) Patrick Chishala performed in the past one year. I am a...