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Govt Explores Other Sources of Oil
Government is looking for cheaper sources of oil to cushion the impact of high fuel prices in the country and will soon engage the governments of Saudi Arabia and Angola for oil deals. The Government is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zambia Sugar Company to start producing fuel from ethanol aimed at reducing the prices. Mines, Energy and Water Development Deputy ...
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Livingstone Solar Plant Coming
MERIWETHER Foundation, a South African entity, has expressed interest to set up a solar power plant in Mukuni chiefdom in Kazungula District of Southern Province at a cost of more than US$250 million. Senior Chief Mukuni said Meriwether Foundation had been given about 250 hectares of land in his chiefdom to set up the solar energy plant with a capacity to generate about 100 megawatts. He said ...
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Ndola Resource Centre Brings Hope to Youths
THERE is some good news for the Copperbelt, particularly Ndola youths following the establishment of the Ndola Youth Resource Centre (NYRC) which is providing case studies on youth issues and research policies to promote business careers in agriculture to youths through Information Technology Communications (ICTs). The centre which, however, has been in existence for some time now, is the ...
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ZAVA Urges Youths to Take Up Sport
ZAMBIA Volleyball Association (ZAVA) president, Gabriel Muyinda has urged young people to get involved in sporting activities like volleyball to keep them away from vices which may destroy their lives. Muyinda said the association was encouraging youths to participate in volleyball as a means of delivering educational messages on HIV/AIDS, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and early marriages which ...
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Emmanuel Muluka Young Sports Captain Aims High
IT is a well-known fact in Zambia that in peri-urban and rural areas talented young boys and girls abound. Undeniably so, many times, I have heard of football teams on the line of rail and national coaches embarking talent searches in rural areas as though they were on fishing expeditions in search of skills that would generally spurr teams and the country to higher heights in sports. With ...
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Zambian Legislators Visit Cut
THE visiting Zambian parliamentary portfolio committee on science education and technology yesterday toured the Chinhoyi University of Technology to compare notes on the institution's transformation from a teacher training institution to a university. Comprising seven parliamentarians, the team is studying the country's tertiary education system with a view to incorporate some of the ...
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Emirates Offers Dubai Travellers Flying Bonanza
ZAMBIAN bargain hunters have an opportunity to make their Kwacha stretch, thanks to a special Emirates promotion that brings the price of a shopping trip -- return flight and accommodation - to under KR5,000. The "Hello Dubai" offer will see the Emirates Holidays tour operating arm of Emirates partner with 70 key hotels in Dubai for packages that could only be booked in conjunction ...
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Sensitise Subjects On Male Circumcision
UNITED States Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella has urged traditional leaders in Zambia to help sensitise their subjects and other citizens on the importance of male circumcision. Mr Storella said male circumcision was important in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS. He was speaking on Tuesday afternoon when his delegation, which included United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton, paid ...
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Cathy to Fight Top SA Boxer
WORLD Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) bantamweight champion, Catherine Phiri is this September set to fight South Africa's top boxer Gabisile Tshabalala in a vacant Africa Boxing Union (ABU) title fight scheduled for Lusaka. Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions (OQBP) manager, Chris Malunga announced Catherine's opponent at a Press briefing at Shaka's grill in Lusaka ...
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Zambia Subsidy Removal Debate Rages
THE decision to remove subsidies on fuel and maize has raised a debate in Zambia with some sections of society calling on the Government to rescind its decision. Students from the Copperbelt University (CBU) and University of Zambia (UNZA) even staged protests against the removal of subsidies leading to the arrest of a number of UNZA students who were later released. National Restoration Party ...
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Zambia Small-Scale Farmers for Subsidy Removal
THE Zambia Small-Scale Farmers Network (ZSSFN) says the removal of the subsidy on maize is based on reality and that the Government has to be firm in the implementation process. ZSSFN national coordinator Boyd Liambai said millers had been making huge profits at the expense of the masses. "We are pleased to note that the Patriotic Front (PF) Government wants to run affairs based on facts ...
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Hunt for Successor 41Live and let the poor die
First, let me say this; the word "subsidy" is sanctified--it is a lifeline; a bail-out. It is meant to help the poor cope with high costs of food and other essentials. Presidents who remove subsidies do so at their own peril. In 1986, KK tampered with subsidies on food and fertilizer. Prices of commodities skyrocketed and the disgruntled took to the street. It is believed that this was ...
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ZAMPOST to provide cheaper and faster mode of payments for second hand cars
The Zambia Postal Services (ZAMPOST) and Trust Company of Japan will next week officially launch an online sales agency for buyers of second hand vehicles. ZAMPOST Postmaster General Mcpherson Chanda revealed this in an interview Ndola yesterday. Mr Chanda said ZAMPOST will effective June 3, 2013 start offering a convenient, cheaper and fast mode of payments for buyers of second hand vehicles ...
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Government directs Zambia National Service to set up milling plants
Defence Deputy Minister, Colonel Joseph Lungu (second left) Government has directed the Zambia National Service (ZNS) command to quickly setup a milling plant to help deal with the national shortage of milling capacity leading to high mealie meal prices in the country. Defence Deputy Minister in charge of Rural Development and National Service Joseph Lungu said the move will help stabilize ...
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Teachers Threaten Industrial Action Over Subsidy
The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has called on government to reinstate the rural hardship and double class allowances or face industrial action. ZNUT Lusaka District chairperson Richard Katongo said the arbitrary suspension of the allowances without notice amounted to discrimination on the hard working teachers. He said government should note that the allowances were a toughly ...
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Police Reject UPND Request for Chawama Rally
Police has denied the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) permission to hold their planned rally on Sunday to protest against the removal of fuel and maize subsidies. UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema confirmed the development at a media briefing saying police were citing security reasons. Hichilema said his party was disappointed but was now used to the PF's ...
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Government to introduce new National Registration Cards next month
The Department of National Registration, Passport and Citizenship is expected to introduce a new type of National Registration Cards (NRC) next month. National Registrar General Mathews Nyirongo said the new National Registration Cards (NRC), which will be bio-metric with a chip, will contain additional security features such as finger prints to reduce fraud on the document. Mr. Nyirongo told ...
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Dog mauls Modern Stars fan after Zesco defeat
A staunch Kalulushi Modern Stars supporter is nursing wounds after being bitten by a dog at Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola during Saturday's FAZ Super Division match between his team and Zesco United. Bernard Bwalya said he was bitten on the chest and hand as he was exiting the ground. Bwalya narrated that he was going out of the ground when a dog which was in a vehicle over-powered its ...
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Janza Namibia friendly is very important
Chipolopolo deputy coach Honour Janza has underscored the importance of Saturday's away friendly against Namibia in Windhoek. The Zambia home-based team entered camp in Lusaka on Monday ahead of the friendly against Namibia. Janza said the warm-up match was important to Zambia as it prepares to host the 2013 COSAFA Cup in July. "It's very important because this is a new team ...
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