By Immanuel Chitwa - THE US$25 million British American Tobacco (BAT) cigarette manufacturing company will start test runs of machinery at its plant located at the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ) next week in readiness for full production next month. BAT Zambia Managing Director Godfrey Machanzi said the company would start test runs on
By CHILA NAMAIKO - MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) have called on Government to recapitalise the Zambia National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE) to enable more small-scale farmers in remote constituencies have access to empowerment funds. Msanzala Patriotic Front (MP) Peter Daka said NATSAVE was an important financial institution especially in the area of empowering farmers,
By CHATULA KANGALI - THE Ikeleng’e district administration has called on corporate entities and individuals to consider investing in pineapple processing in the area, saying too much of the fruit is going to waste. District Commissioner Victor Kayekesi said the district was yearning for more investment in pineapple processing. Mr Kayekesi said in an interview
By REBECCA MUSHOTA - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called for action towards addressing the trade imbalance between Zambia and South Africa. President Lungu said trade between Zambia and South Africa had grown over the years as evidenced by its current value of US$3.8 billion. He noted, however, that for many years now, the balance had
By FRANCINA PHIRI - TWENTY fishermen are feared drowned, 13 believed to be from the same family, after their boats capsized on Lake Bangweulu in Samfya following heavy storms just after midnight yesterday. Police said by morning they had managed to retrieve three bodies while two survivors were receiving treatment at Samfya hospital. Rescue teams
By JAMES KUNDA - ZAMBIA and South Africa have signed five agreements to cement the existing bilateral relations for the mutual benefit of the people in both countries. The agreements were signed at State House yesterday by various representatives from both countries at a ceremony witnessed by President Edgar Lungu and his South African counterpart
By HELLEN ZULU - THE Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has fined Zambia Sugar more than K76 million for price discrimination and unfair pricing after an investigation that lasted four years revealed the irregularities. But Zambia Sugar managing director Rebecca Katowa has disputed the commission’s findings from both the factual and legal perspective. CCPC board
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