Economy

Sinazongwe District Council Secretary has disclosed that the Ministry of Lands has approved the layout plan for the new Siansowa Township. Mr. Oliver Muuka said the next step was for the Surveyors to beckon the plots which the...

Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation has continued to be condemned in Sinazongwe District for failing to connect power to rural Schools following the payment of about K1.1 billion. The Head Teachers from Kariba South Primary School and Siansowa middle Basic School...

Government has observed that the high interest rates being charged by commercial banks are not in tandem with the reduced inflation rates in the country. Commerce, Trade and Industry minister Felix Mutati said bank interest rates are currently challenging despite...

Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Leslie Mbula has urged Zambians in the diaspora to take an active part in the development of their country by investing back home either as individuals or through joint venture partnerships with their...

Kenyan Airways is to increase its flights to Lusaka from the current seven to 14 flights per week. Kenya Airways country manager Rose Kiseli says the increase which is is effective July 3rd, 2008 is in response to a...

Sinazongwe residents in Southern Province have called on Celtel to close down their communication facility...

The Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) in Kawambwa has supported its National Executive Committee(NEC) for rejecting the 15 percent increment. CSAWUZ Kawambwa Branch, Mathews Mushibwe commended the executive in a press release to ZANIS in...

The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) Limited will not reconnect the 330 kilovolts interconnectivity power line from Kariba power station to Zimbabwe until its reliability was assured, Kariba North Bank technical manager Wesley Lwiindi has said. Mr. Lwiindi said ZESCO...

Kafulafuta Member of Parliament (MP) George Mpombo has urged members of his constituency to diversify their agricultural ventures instead of depending on growing maize alone. ZANIS reports that Mr. Mpombo said this during a public meeting at Munkulungwe basic school...

The African Explosives Zambia Limited (AEL) has set up a US$6 million storage complex at Lumwana mine in Northwestern province as part of its operational expansion. AEL managing director, Wayne Du Chenne, said that the company has taken advantage of...