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March 24, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZANACO has recorded K104.494-million loss for the year ended December 31 2014. This is despite the bank’s income having increased by 16 per cent from K838 million in 2013 to K972...

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March 24, 2015 - 0 Comments

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has seized 95 cases of carbonated drinks known as Maracuja from SGC Investment Limited in Lusaka. The seized product bears labels in Portuguese and had...

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March 24, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE National Union for Small Scale Farmers of Zambia (NUSFAZ) has urged the need to provide incentives that will promote production of wheat among the smallholder farmers. National Union for Small...

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March 24, 2015 - 0 Comments

Today I wish to firstly pay tribute to Times of Zambia for creating space for this column which has been running for the fourth year now. Secondly I want to salute the co-sponsors Professional Insurance...

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March 24, 2015 - 0 Comments

THE depreciation of the Kwacha has taken up huge spaces in both print and electronic media in the last few weeks. Lamentations have been made on the matter with some players in the economy indicating...

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March 24, 2015 - 0 Comments

By Helen Zulu – THE fisheries industry contributes about one per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with more than 300,000 fishers, fish farmers and processors. While this is a small percentage, fisheries are...

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March 18, 2015 - 0 Comments

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZAMBIAN entrepreneurs should forge partnerships with their Chinese counterparts to increase non-traditional exports (NTEs) to China, Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Siazongo Sikalenge has said. In 2014, Zambia exported about...

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March 18, 2015 - 0 Comments

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) lost the focus of its core business and started concentrating on raising money for salaries as opposed to conserving wildlife, the Tourism Council of Zambia (TCZ)...

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March 17, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA’s total honey production in 2014 increased by 250,000 tonnes to one million tonnes. ZHC programme manager Macdonald Kayuuna said in 2014 the industry produced one million tonnes of honey compared...

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March 17, 2015 - 0 Comments

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA Forest and Forestry Industry Corporation (ZAFFICO) has drastically reduced and standardised the monthly volumes of logs sawmillers are supposed to get due to increased number of dealers in the industry....

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