Friday, November 15, 2024

Economy

Multi-million dollar Japanese re-manufacturing plant – Hitachi opens in Lusaka

Hitachi Construction Machinery has officially launched a US$ 15 million re-manufacturing plant which will be manufacturing Japanese mining equipment in Zambia. This is the largest...

Zesco explains increased loadshedding in the country

The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has attributed the increased load shedding currently being experienced in the country to a power generation deficit of...

Gwembe cotton farmers threaten to burn crop because of low price

Cotton farmers in Gwembe’s Bbondo ward have threatened to set ablaze their cotton fields in the wake of the announced cotton price for this...

Zambezi Airlines to resume operations on June 17

Zambezi Airlines will resume operations on their regional flights on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Zambezi Airline’s Country manager for South Africa Michael Mujajati said the...

Siavonga MP asks Government to immediately intervene in the cotton prices impasse

Siavonga Member of Parliament, Kennedy Hamudulu, has appealed to government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, to immediately intervene in the impasse of...

It is not government’s fault that the country is experiencing a fuel shortage-Yaluma

GOVERNMENT has said that the production of fuel at Indeni Petroleum Refinery in Ndola will come to full capacity over the next four...

Power outages due to malfunctioning transformer on the Copperbelt and Kariba North Bank Power station-ZESCO

Zesco Limited has attributed the power outages that have continued in some parts of the country to the malfunctioning transformer in Luwano valley on...

Business associations welcome ban on dollarisation

The business community has welcomed government’s decision to ban the quoting, paying or demanding to be paid or receiving foreign currency as a legal...