Ten prospective investors have expressed interest to startup businesses in Northern Province ahead of the forth-coming investment exposition slated for November. Provincial Minister Brian Mundubile said the potential investors both local and foreign have shown willingness to invest in the Tourism, Agriculture and Energy sectors within the province. Mr Mundubile, who is also Mporokoso Member […]
The fisheries and livestock sectors have potential to contribute to food and nutrition security, job creation and poverty reduction Government have said. Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, Kampamba Mulenga said the aquaculture development has continued to record positive growth in terms of production from 12,988 metric tons in 2012 to 32 metric tons in 2017. […]
Poultry Farmers in Lundazi have expressed disappointment with an agro-services company for its failure to supply and satisfy poultry farmers with day old chicks. The farmers say failure by NWK Agri- Services Company formally Dunavant Cotton Company, is discouraging the growth of the poultry industry in the district. Thomas Lungu, of Zgangani Kachinga Youth Training […]
A 17 years old girl of Petauke district has committed suicide by taking maize preservative pesticide after her family discouraged her from getting married . Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo confirmed this in a statement and has identified the victim as Iveta Mbewe of Kalando village, of Petauke. Ms Katongo said that the family discouraged the […]
By JOHN SAKALA Patriotic Front (PF) Deputy Media Director Antonio Mwanza says all those students that accessed loans must pay back. Making his Facebook post, Mr Mwanza said that those that accessed student loan, it is only morally and legally correct that you pay back. “A loan is not a bursary. It must be paid […]
Dear Editor, You have been in a slow moving queue in the Bank for half an hour. Your phone rings and you pick it. The Guard asks you to cut the call as cellphone communication is outlawed in banks. You ask yourself, how on earth should I cut a business call when I thought I […]
Dear Editor, The so called dialogue is fake. None of the parties involved genuinely care for the Zambian masses and are seeking constructive ways of securing a peaceful political climate in our homeland. The PF and President Edgar Lungu especially are very dishonest. They are controlling the state organs that are contributing to this violence. […]
A -Twenty- eight year-old man has been killed on suspicion of having extra marital affair with another man’s wife in Kalomo Japheth Chilindile of Macraymond compound of Kalomo was last night allegedly trailed and hit with a steel bar by another man when the deceased and woman were heading to a bush with a view […]
The Chinese government has given Zambia a grant of thirty million dollars for electrifying the Lusaka East Multi-facility Economic Zone. State House press aide Amos Chanda says the Chinese President Xi Jinping said his government will also fund the modernisation of Mulungushi International centre in readiness for the African Union heads of state summit in […]
By JOHN SAKALA Zambians in South Africa have come together in business to form a company that will purchase a 15 tonne truck and 17 tonne trailer. The logistics business will take advantage of the corridor between Zambia and South Africa. The ZASA Sourcing and Logistics PTY LTD will be a trusted company that will […]
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Alice Nachilembe
