By HOPE BWALYA - PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Munali Parliamentary candidate Nkandu Luo has assured people in the constituency of continued development if she is given another mandate. Professor Luo said she would tackle the problem of garbage in the area to ensure cleanliness. Prof Luo was speaking during the Lusaka Province youth rally at Kalikiliki
By JUDITH NAMUTOWE - ZAMBIA’S annual rate of inflation for June 2016 has gone down to 21 per cent from 21.3 per cent recorded in May. The annual rate of inflation, as measured by all items consumer price index (CPI) for June 2016, decreased to 21 per cent compared to 21.3 per cent which was
By KENNEDY MUPESENI - MINE Workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) has urged ex-miners currently receiving tax refunds from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to invest in agriculture. Currently, hundreds of ex-miners, who lost employment, are receiving tax refunds in Kitwe. Secretary general Joseph Chewe said ex-miners have no option but to invest in farming. “We
By CHATULA KANGALI - THE Professional Insurance Corporation Zambia (PICZ) has urged Government to provide special incentives to existing businesses that will help enhance value addition in the country. PICZ managing director Geoffrey Chirwa said the existing companies were seeking to enhance value addition to their products and foster economic growth of the country. Mr
By HELEN ZULU - PREMIERCON Starch Company Limited is scheduled to commence construction of a 3.5 million euro cassava processing plant in Kalumbila District in North-western Province once the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) approves the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA). The company has so far spent about US$30,000 on preliminary works at the site which
By KENNEDY MUPESENI - mining companies should make use of underground water to generate electricity for their own operations, United Nations (UN) country coordinator Janet Rogan has said. Most of the water the mines pump out of underground is usually channelled to main water bodies like rivers and streams un utilised. But Ms Rogan said
By KENNEDY MUPESENI - KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has reduced the cost of production by 18 per cent while production has increased by seven per cent despite the challenges mining companies are facing. KCM vice-president for local economic development, David Paterson said to reduce the impact of low copper prices on the international market, the
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