NKOMBO KACHEMBA Lusaka SYNGENTA has launched two products called Victracto and Vaniva for treatment of nematodes and key fungal diseases. Nematodes occur as parasites in animals and plants or as…

MWILA NTAMBI, MARY LEMBA, JUSTINAH MUKUKA Kitwe, Ndola, Lusaka ABOUT 17 districts in some parts of Luapula and Northern provinces are likely to experience above-normal rainfall leading to flooding in…

MWILA NTAMBI Kitwe AS PART of its efforts to maintain the integrity of the asset, Vedanta Resources has disbursed its first US$25 million Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) employee salaries, contract…

CHAMBWA MOONGA Lusaka ROAD Development Agency (RDA) says it has not cancelled processes to award contracts for routine road maintenance.Acting communications and corporate affairs director Anthony Mulowa said in a…

KABANDA CHULU Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged 7YRDS Energy Corporation of Germany to accelerate implementation of its initial 100 megawatts (MW) solar power plants because Zambia’s economic growth ambitions…

KABANDA CHULU, MELODY MUPETA Lusaka, Kitwe OVER 63,000 low-income households and some public facilities in eight townships of Lusaka will be subsidised and connected to reliable and safe electricity supply…

TRYNESS TEMBO Lusaka IN ITS efforts to arrest the depreciating Kwacha and confine the inflation rate within the target band, the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has raised its benchmark lending…

BUTTYSON KANDIMBA Solwezi THE Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has engaged potential suppliers of electricity equipment to support an innovation by a youth of Manyinga who has developed a simple mini-hydro…