State embarks on catfish farming
By NKWETO MFULA and NELLA MUKALENGE AGRICULTURE and Livestock Minister Robert Sichinga says Government is investing in catfish farming to diversify the country’s aquaculture sector. Meanwhile, Zambia’s...
View ArticleEstablish small-scale milk processing plants – SNV
By KELLY NJOMBO SNV says there is need to establish small-scale milk processing and market facilities for traditional cattle keeping areas to enhance milk production in the country. According to a...
View ArticleKwacha drops by less than 1 percent
By TRYNESS MBALE THE Kwacha was depressed by 0.46 percent for May due to increased demand for the United States dollar (US$), Zanaco says. Zanaco says with the local unit having traded mostly on the...
View ArticlePower generation to increase
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER A United Nations University -World Institute for Development Economics and Research (UNU-WIDER) researcher says Zambia’s hydro power generation is expected to increase by 2050...
View ArticleInjury knocks out Kalaba
By CHISHALA MUSONDA and STEPHEN PHIRI INFLUENTIAL midfielder Rainford Kalaba has been ruled out of this Saturday’s 2014 Brazil World Cup qualifier against Lesotho because of a calf injury. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleRelax, chill
OBSERVATION with NEBAT MBEWE Am I the only one at ease about Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Lesotho? Apparently not, and thankfully so, the Chipolopolo coaching bench indicates that it has...
View ArticleMufulira wins handball title
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Mufulira over the weekend scooped the Champions of Champions women’s handball club title after trashing Kasisi Dyamitte 10-0 at Lusaka’s Olympic Youth Development Centre....
View ArticleChambeshi accepts sacking
By HONE LIWANGA FIRED Power Dynamos coach Beston Chambeshi says he is not bitter about the club’s decision to sack him. Chambeshi said in an interview in Kitwe yesterday that he has accepted the...
View ArticleZambia wins ECA golf title
By CECILIA ZULU ZAMBIA has won the East and Central All Africa Golf Challenge Trophy after overcoming former champions Tanzania by 33 shots in a tightly contested tournament which ended yesterday at...
View ArticleSata arrives back home
PRESIDENT Sata on arrival at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka yesterday from Japan after attending the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V). – Picture by...
View ArticleCopper rises in more than 7 days
COPPER rose to its highest in more than a week on prospects for reduced supply of the metal as the world’s second-biggest mine remained closed following deadly accidents. Freeport-McMoRan Copper &...
View ArticleMbandu murder suspects committed to High Court
MURDER-ACCUSED George Kalomo By JIMMY CHIBUYE SLAIN NIPA student Ruth Mbandu’s uncle George Kalomo and two others have been committed to the High Court for trial. Kalomo is jointly charged with...
View ArticleYaluma’s articulation, hard work impressed me
Dear editor, I AGREE with Minister of Works, Supply, Transport and Communications Christopher Yaluma’s statement that he could do much better in the mines or energy sector. As a person who worked for...
View ArticleKwacha continues nose diving
By TRYNESS MBALE THE Kwacha has continued its downward trend in a second consecutive session against the United States dollar (US$) on Tuesday sliding to a one-week low due to increased demand for the...
View ArticleKCM restocks Mushishima stream with 50,000 fingerlings
From NKWETO MFULA in Chingola KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has restocked Mushishima stream in Chingola with 50,000 fingerlings. The Vedanta Resources Plc-owned mining company has also launched a...
View ArticleAfDB urged to develop Mpulungu harbour
By KALONDE NYATI GOVERNMENT has called on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to assist Zambia develop the Mpulungu harbour, which is an important trade corridor for the country with the Great Lakes...
View ArticleHH must learn to moderate language
IT SEEMS there is no end in sight for the bitterness that has been clawing at the heart of United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema. Some of the words coming out of Mr...
View Article2,000 KCM jobs stay
… no one gets fired as KCM shelves job cut plans By JERRY MUNTHALI KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has shelved plans to lay off 2,000 workers, which was intended to be a cost-saving measure for the mining...
View ArticleKalaba injury ‘cheers’ Lesotho
By STEPHEN PHIRI, CHISHALA MUSONDA and ROBINSON KUNDA LESOTHO coach Leslie Notsi says Zambia playmaker Rainford Kalaba’s unavailability for Saturday’s 2014 Brazil World Cup qualifier gives the Likuena...
View ArticleKCM owes ZRA KR136 million
By STAFF REPORTER KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has asked the government for time to pay back an overdue KR136.8 million or US$25.8 million debt it owes the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA). Zambia Daily...
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