By KASONDE KASONDE-THE Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday sent away Tourism Permanent Secretary Patrick Lungu and his delegation for failure to submit verified documents to the committee.PAC acting chairperson Jaqueline Sabao said the new Government...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI and STEPHANIE KUNDA-Authorities in Lusaka, Central and Copperbelt provinces are still assessing the damage wrought by heavy rain and wind on Tuesday and Wednesday. In Lusaka, some roads remained closed after trees...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) should strategise on how to maintain a balance between the need to keep markets open while safeguarding the legitimate public health interests.Covid-19 pandemic is...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) is worried that incentives provided for in the 2022 National Budget under the Multi-Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) seems to favour exporting companies against those producing for local...

By CHATULA KANGALI-ZAMBIA Sugar has recorded an operating profit of K1.615 billion in the year ended august 2021 compared to K775 million in the previous year. The company has attributed the increase in profit to...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-ZAMBIA Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB)’s deposits have risen to about K1.1 billion for the nine months period ending September this year compared to K63 million in 2018. The growth in deposits represents an...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-GOVERNMENT has urged Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) to develop business ideas that will contribute to national growth, as it launches ‘Startupper of the year Challenge.’ The third edition of ‘Startupper of the...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI-A ROBUST small-scale mining industry is needed for the country to achieve the three million tonnes in the next decade, Mines and Mineral Development Minister Paul Kabuswe has said. Mr Kabuswe says the...

By KASONDE KASONDE-VICE-President WK Mutale-Nalumango has called on the Japanese private sector to take advantage of the conducive investment climate prevailing in Zambia by investing in the economy while being confident that Government is addressing...

THE new dawn Government needs to pay extra attention to the manufacturing sector which has not performed to the expectation of many in terms of adding value to the economy.This is so because Zambia’s manufacturing...