COVID-19 reduces ‘shakers’ production
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka NATIONAL Breweries Plc has reduced to 50 tonnes per day from 80 tonnes of maize used for beer production due to the coronavirus and plans are underway…
FILE: HEALTH workers at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. PICTURE: ZANIS
Frontline staff trained to prevent COVID-19
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Ndola THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has started training frontline workers at all border posts of the country on coronavirus prevention measures when dealing with foreigners. IOM…
MINISTER of Finance Bwalya Ng’andu
Businesses get State relief in wake of COVID-19
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka AS COVID-19 takes its toll on businesses, Government has thrown companies a lifeline, waiving tax penalties and interest on outstanding tax liabilities resulting from the impact of…
Tobacco farming.
Tobacco farmers get COVID-19 protection assurance
KELLY NJOMBO, Lusaka THE Tobacco Board of Zambia (TBZ) says measures have been put in place to ensure farmers are protected from contracting the COVID-19 during the marketing season. Chief…
Insurance for loss of business amid COVID-19
INSURANCE PLATFORM with WEBSTER TWAAMBO Jr ORIGINATING from Wuhan, China, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has aggressively spread to different parts of the world causing serious economic woes. One of the sectors…
LUNGU
Don’t drop the guard
IT WAS inevitable to extend the measures to combat COVID-19. Another two weeks of the strict regulations are painful for individuals, families and society as a whole but this is…
SOME Lusaka residents and traders carrying out their routine activities unmoved by the coronavirus on Freedom Way.
PICTURE: COLLINS PHIRI
Markets face closure
PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka MARKETS countrywide risk being closed if the chairpersons fail to ensure that traders and customers adhere to measures like high standards of hygiene and social distancing aimed…
COVID-19 pushes Kwacha down
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka THE continued spread of the COVID-19 globally is putting pressure on the Kwacha as demand for the United States (US) dollar dwindles, financial market analysts have said.…