FISHERIES and Livestock Minister Makozo Chikote says a total of 14,239 metric tonnes of honey was produced by beekeeping households in 2022. Speaking during a media briefing, Tuesday, Chikote said the country had the potential to produce as high as 20,000 metric tonnes of honey and honey bee products if production capacities were improved. “The...

ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says the mealie meal issue is not the main problem in Zambia but the high unemployment levels, which result in people not having disposable income. And Prof Saasa says even those in employment are finding it difficult to meet their basic needs because their take home pay is not sufficient. Swedish...

Zambia Forest and Forestry Industrial Cooperation (ZAFFICO) was early this year assigned new expectations by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) which were unveiled in January 2023. The new board looks fairy balanced but much more need to be done on the expectations. With nine months down the line, a critical analysis on the IDC’s expectations...

ONE of the accused in the gassing case, Given Phiri, has denied ever telling any police officer that he and his co-accused Marlone Banda got chemicals allegedly used for gassing from Chris Zumani Zimba. Phiri also told the Lusaka High Court that police beat him and his colleague, Banda, after apprehending them in Eastern Province...

LUSAKA Magistrate Mutinta Mwenya has placed a 40-year-old Lusaka woman who allegedly sexually abused a nine-year-old boy on defence after finding her with a case to answer. Martha Sampa is facing one count of defilement of a child under the age of 16. It is alleged that between November and December 2022, Sampa unlawfully had...

LUSAKA businessman Shadreck Kasanda is today scheduled to take fresh plea in a matter in which he is facing five counts of obtaining over US$500,000 by false pretence. Kasanda is jointly charged with two businessmen Dominic Twinjika and Treasure Malandala as well as a mining company called Luwowoshi Mining Limited. The accused are charged with...

AFCON winning striker James Chamanga has attributed his longevity in football to discipline and hard work. Chamanga says he wants to help Red Arrows win the FAZ/MTN Super League and qualify for the CAF Champions League before he calls time on his career which has span over two decades. The 43-year-old hitman has been a...

WOMEN's national team captain Barbra Banda says the back-to-back friendly games against Morocco will help set the tone for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifier fixture against Mali next month. Coach Bruce Mwape over the weekend named a strong provisional team that is without striker Grace Chanda, Agness Musesa, Racheal Nachula, and Xiomala Mapepa. The...