Zambia’s business magnet Rajan Mahtani, chairman of Finance Bank Zambia Plc announced the quoting of the banks’ shares on the Lusaka Stock Exchange on January 13. Chintu Mulendema, Securities Exchange Commission, chairman, confirmed the shares quoted on SEC said Mahtani.

 

Rocketing labour tensions have proven a headache for government and the labour unions. Swollen unemployment has seen an increase in hostilities between investors and their local employees as the wealth gap between them appears to have increased.

There have also been complaints about foreign managers who prefer to hire their fellow countrymen in professional or management positions rather than employ Zambians.

Chinese, South African and Indian nationals who have played a key role in construction and the mining sectors as well as in the manufacturing and retail sectors have been accused of this practice.

The safety of the food we eat is very important to our well-being and health.  And as the food supply chain become more processed and refined so too should the safety standards.

Besides consuming locally grown food that may have production risks, we are increasingly consuming more imported food, that are exposing us to whatever level of safety practices exist in the exporting country and onward.

A chain of potential risk follows all the food we eat. From the time the food is grown, to the processing facility, to its transportation and to the subsequent handling of the product at stores, markets, restaurants and in-home kitchens.

 

Hon Christopher Yaluma

Retrenchments not the only answer to down turn in mines As government is trying to increase the employment levels, this news is not welcome. The Chamber of Mines is of the view that its members are facing constraints in their mining operations with copper trading below US$7000 as the demand from its major buyer, China, has decreased its purchase of the commodity in the past few months resulting in the drop in prices

There was an air of intensity at the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone site, as NRB Pharma Zambia Limited chairman Narayan Bandekar and his senior executives welcomed guests to their groundbreaking ceremony that would mark the start of economic investment within the Zone.

Endless meetings have been held in conference rooms, paper work and documents have been processed, different departments have worked together day after day, to culminate in this phenomenal landmark event.