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Published as both hard copy and digital copy, Kalata Business News is given free and distributed throughout Zambia to farmers groups, retailers, busy malls, corporate & govt office.

Day 2 of Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development-Zambia Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Conference at Lusaka's Mulun...
09/09/2025

Day 2 of Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development-Zambia Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Conference at Lusaka's Mulungushi International Conference Centre.

Graphic Designer Wanted.A graphic designer to turn our stories into print ready magazine.Skills: layout Headlining pr...
08/09/2025

Graphic Designer Wanted.

A graphic designer to turn our stories into print ready magazine.

Skills:
layout
Headlining
presentation

To apply: send a sample of your work with a cover letter with preferred salary to the editor, [email protected].

Ibex Hills School Welcomes Grade 7s, wishes them well.Welcoming Remarks for Grade 7 – Term 3 (Final Term)Welcome back, a...
07/09/2025

Ibex Hills School Welcomes Grade 7s, wishes them well.

Welcoming Remarks for Grade 7 – Term 3 (Final Term)

Welcome back, and welcome to Term 3—our final term of the academic year!

First of all, I want to congratulate each and every one of you for reaching this point. The journey through Grade 7 has not always been easy, but you’ve shown growth, effort, and determination every step of the way.

This final term is special. It's a time to reflect, focus, and finish strong. It’s your chance to take everything you’ve learned from your subjects, your experiences, and even your mistakes and use it to end the year with pride and purpose.

There will be challenges, yes. There will be deadlines,reviews, and exams. But there will also be opportunities, opportunities to prove to yourself just how far you've come, and how much you are capable of achieving when you give your best.

As you begin this last term, remember:

*Stay organized.

*Ask for help when you need it.

*Encourage your classmates.

*Keep your eyes on your goals.

*And most importantly, believe in yourself. Because we believe in you.

Let’s make Term 3 not just the last chapter of this school year but the best one yet.

Welcome back, Grade 7, and let’s finish strong!
Best regards
Mr Chama.

Visit and enjoy 📷Livingstone TimesGoAfrica.Tourism Ministry of Commerce,Trade and Industry Official_Visit Zambia
05/09/2025

Visit and enjoy

📷Livingstone Times

GoAfrica.Tourism
Ministry of Commerce,Trade and Industry
Official_Visit Zambia

Harry Valden Findlay writes:Resilience in the face of In my numerous years of entrepreneurship, I have observed a lot a...
05/09/2025

Harry Valden Findlay writes:

Resilience in the face of

In my numerous years of entrepreneurship, I have observed a lot and I have interacted with many. I have seen passionate and talented entrepreneurs rise and fall, I have seen servants become millionaires, I have witnessed strategies and tactics which were once novel become useless and common place.

In all this, I have come to learn a few things which are definite tell tell signs of great entrepreneurs, but one stands above all: Ones ability to keep going beyond their pain points. It could be financial struggles, inside fights with business partners, theft by workers, late payment from clients, dry markets, legal issues, isolation from family and friends or anything that will stress the hell out of you and make your body realise you are better off quitting.

It's all about perseverance. I have always stated entrepreneurship is hard. But if you can power through these challenges, you keep going even while things are hard, and a little more past that, then going by my experience, I can guarantee that you'll be successful.

As entrepreneurs, we have to be aware of every possible challenge and be honest with ourselves. Know your abilities, know your limitations, accept the challenges and accept that these challenges are supposed to be resolved by you and no one else because all these things happen to all of us. It may be in seasons but they do.

So even when I highlight these challenges, I am not giving you reasons to be comfortable in your struggles, I am not pointing you to someone or something to blame. I am simply telling you that I see you. That I acknowledge your struggles, we all do. But it's you to power through it all. The world does not care for excuses even when you are right. Only results matter.

Fast SometimesDr Teddy Andrew Mulenga writes:Fasting!If you are over weight,if you have type 2 Diabetes,if you have issu...
05/09/2025

Fast Sometimes

Dr Teddy Andrew Mulenga writes:

Fasting!
If you are over weight,if you have type 2 Diabetes,if you have issues with sugar,if you are aging too fast,poor skin quality, joint pains,hypertension...consider intermittent fasting.Here is why..
1.Your body will produce more human growth hormone that will sort out your joint issues
2 Your insulin resistance will reduce controlling your diabetes
3.Less insulin resistance will drop your BP as fluid volume is reduced
4.Your hunger levels will drop
5.Your brain will work more efficiently,concentration and memory will improve
6.Skin quality will improve,you will age much slower
7.Your immunity will improve as your bone marrow will release more stem cells, which also heals your joints.
8.Increased human growth hormone will give you more muscle mass
9.Giving your stomach,gall bladder,pancreas a holiday
will improve your gut health,will reduce gases and bloating
10.You will lose weight !

Zambia Attracts USD 86bn InvestmentsBy Kalata NewsLusaka, September,2025 – ZAMBIA has received USD 12 billion out of the...
03/09/2025

Zambia Attracts USD 86bn Investments

By Kalata News

Lusaka, September,2025 – ZAMBIA has received USD 12 billion out of the USD 86 billion pledged investments, says the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA).

These investments are mainly in the mining sector (39 per cent), manufacturing sector (34 per cent) and transport sector (10 per cent). Others are service sector, agriculture and IT.

ZDA says the actualized investments were from activities of 567 monitored companies and these had created over 68,000 jobs.

ZDA attributes these investments and job creation to Zambia’s stable inflation and exchange rate and country’s successful debt restructuring programme with its lenders.

Zambia’s economic outlook is projected at between 5 to 6 per cent economic growth, declining inflation at 12 percent from 14 per cent.

Zambia currently enjoys a favourable agricultural season driven by a bumper crop harvest and expanding agribusinesses.

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Fresh Mealies Traders of Chipata.Fresh maize traders of Referendum Township in Chipata are making a killing roasting the...
31/08/2025

Fresh Mealies Traders of Chipata.

Fresh maize traders of Referendum Township in Chipata are making a killing roasting their maize for motorists.

However, their business seems to be blocking the drainages.

Sunday vibes in Ba matero update AFTER a hard and successful week, residents of Miles Sampa ' s Matero Constituence alwa...
31/08/2025

Sunday vibes in Ba matero update

AFTER a hard and successful week, residents of Miles Sampa ' s Matero Constituence always find ways of making merry.

Any liquor store with space is transformed into a Shisa Nyama spot.


Price Reduction, Whose Job Is It? Shakafuswa writes to Ask Muvi TV EMPTY RHETORIC, HARSH REALITY: WHY HICHILEMA’S ’s CAL...
23/08/2025

Price Reduction, Whose Job Is It?

Shakafuswa writes to Ask Muvi TV EMPTY RHETORIC, HARSH REALITY: WHY HICHILEMA’S ’s CALL FOR PRICE REDUCTIONS RINGS HOLLOW

When the President of the Republic stands before the nation and says the prices of locally manufactured goods must now come down, Zambians have every right to ask: based on what? And more importantly: who’s responsible for the conditions that made those prices rise in the first place?

This week’s statement from President Hichilema, following his meeting with the Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM), was polished — but disturbingly disconnected from economic reality. While we welcome genuine engagement with the private sector, the response from government leadership must reflect not only rhetorical aspirations but a grounded, honest assessment of the economic fundamentals

Let us unpack the key issues at stake.

1. What Are the Real Fundamentals Behind Price Reduction?

The President suggests that manufacturers are arbitrarily maintaining high prices “hiding behind old stock.” With respect, this statement oversimplifies and disregards economic realities faced by local producers. Prices in manufacturing are influenced by a basket of inputs:
Cost of raw materials – Many inputs are still imported, and despite recent Kwacha stability, the local currency remains fragile and volatile, having suffered major depreciation over the past two years.

Interest rates With policy rates still high (hovering around 22–24% as of Q3 2025), borrowing remains expensive. Manufacturers finance stock, operations, and expansion on these terms.

Electricity tariffs and load shedding – Energy insecurity, especially for industries like agro-processing and metal fabrication, continues to push up operational costs.

Taxes and compliance burdens – While the President says his government is not a proponent of high taxes, SMEs and local manufacturers still face a disproportionate tax burden, with only foreign corporates...

Business barriers.Banele Rewo writes:Another thing to watch is how South African companies are interlinked both at the f...
23/08/2025

Business barriers.

Banele Rewo writes:

Another thing to watch is how South African companies are interlinked both at the front and at the back. And we wonder why Africans in SA are struggling in business.

Take Discovery Medical Aid as an example. They link customers and upsell them Virgin Active gym memberships. Virgin then upsells smoothies through Kauai or Mugg & Bean. That’s the front.

The back is just as telling: when you look at the shareholders, you often find the same people sitting across these companies. They own banks , that fund start up, mergers and acquisitions

It’s sold to us as “points” and “benefits,” but in reality it’s just passing customers around in a closed circle. Insurance companies “force” you to get a tracker from a specific supplier. Restaurants are tied into buying from specific technology, furniture, electrical, and plumbing companies. That’s why start ups from specific group get major clients early.

It’s like a laager—a defensive circle that keeps the money moving within itself, while keeping the unwanted out.

Until we start linking our businesses and stop being solo entrepreneurs we will never win. Let’s connect our businesses.

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