Wild 2021 for metals: Copper, tin shine as gold falters, iron ore sinks
Wild 2021 for metals: Copper, tin shine as gold falters, iron ore sinksJOHANNESBURG - Metals are capping off a tumultuous 2021 dominated by supply squeezes, China’s proper- ty-led economic slowdown…
France bans plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables
France bans plastic packaging for fruit and vegetablesFRANCE has banned the use of plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables.PARIS-Abanontheuseof plastic to package a range of fruit and vegetables came into…
PROCUREMENT ADJUSTMENT CAUSES DRUG SHORTAGE
PROCUREMENT ADJUSTMENT CAUSES DRUG SHORTAGEBy JULIET MAKWAMATHE Ministry of Health has admitted that selected health facilities in Lusaka have been hit with a shortage of essential drugs emanating from administrative changes…
VILLAGERS TO EXHUME, RELOCATE ANCESTRAL GRAVES TO PAVE WAY FOR MINING ACTIVITIES AT GRAVE SITE
By ANDREW MUKOMAVILLAGERS of Mulungwa village in Sinazongwe District of Southern Province will have to exhume and relocate ancestral graves to pave way for mining operations at the graveyard by…
UNZA DEBT DISMANTLING CONTINUES
UNZA debt dismantling continuesBy IRVIN MUYUMBWATHE University of Zambia (UNZA) says Government has made progress in liquidating the K2.5 billion debt the higher learning institution owes in statutory obligations and…
SMES COMPLAIN OVER PROLONGED PAYMENT PERIODS
By ROGERS KALEROGovernment should look into challenges facing mine suppliers who are being subjected to long payment periods, detrimental to survival of small businesses, Kitwe-based business executive has said.Former Association…
Americans invested a record R80bn in African tech start-ups in 2021
JOHANNESBURG - Africa’s technology startups raised a record $5 billion last year as US investors piled into companies that are helping the continent’s tech-savvy and young population conduct financial transactions.Nearly…
Chamber of Commerce wants tax reforms expedited
Chamber of Commerce wants tax reforms expeditedBy Seniya BandaZambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged government to ensure that it expedites the process of tax reforms which includes the…
KCC ISSUES NOTICES OF DEMOLITION TO BUS OPERATORS AT KABENGELE ROAD
By ROGERS KALEROTHE Kitwe City Council (KCC) is issuing notices of demolition of shelters erected by bus operators at the temporal bus station on Kabengele road failure to which the…
GOVERNMENT SHOULD STICK TO THE BUDGET – KWATU
GOVERNMENT SHOULD STICK TO THE BUDGET - KWATUBy Jackson MapapayiA civil society organisation in Solwezi says it is expecting government to stick to what it has stipulated in this year's…
