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THE MMD on the Copperbelt has said the ruling party should not bank on the possible cracking of the Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) pact for its victory in 2011, but should work extra hard.
KANSANSHI Mine in Solwezi says it has raised production by 19 per cent in the year to date. The mine says in the third quarter of the year from July to September, it had recorded a 15 per cent increase in production benefiting from increase copper concentrates and tolled cathodes output.
RADIO Maria-Zambia President, Martin Mwitumwa has said plans are underway to mount more transmitters in some districts in order to enhance the radio coverage to the entire Eastern Province.
THE Government has appealed to politicians not to make political capital of the newly constructed Soweto Market in Lusaka following delays to open the facility.
TWO Serenje chiefs have hailed President Rupiah Banda and the Government for the developmental projects the State is undertaking in the district.
THE Government has established a Public Private Partnership (PPP) unit in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to spearhead works in various sectors of the economy.
PROFESSIONALS have been challenged to utilise their expertise to help the country overcome its socio-economic challenges and aim for increased development.
THE Immigration Department has intercepted 22 Somalis youths believed to be victims of an international syndicate involved in human trafficking.
VICE-PRESIDENT George Kunda has invited foreign investors to visit Zambia and explore investment opportunities. Addressing a business forum in Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of Spain yesterday, Mr Kunda said Zambia was one of the most attractive investment destinations in the world.
A TOP global economic think-tank wants to establish a presence in SA and four other key developing countries as part of efforts to broaden its membership, historically seen as a "club" for rich nations.
PROVIDING technical skills to retrenched mineworkers would reduce illegal mining and empower them to become mining entrepreneurs, Mining Qualifications Authority CEO Livhu Nengovhela said last week.
AS THE government prepares to champion the cause of developing nations at Copenhagen, what is the track record at home that can be trumpeted as an example of good climate mitigation practice? Sadly, the answer is a dismal one.
THE recession is over, the election year is all but over and a new mood of rejuvenation has gripped the government. It has asked in a spirit of outreach for ideas on restructuring the economy. So, with the greatest humility, here are mine.
SA HAS done a superb job of growing rhino numbers from about 100 in 1900 to 18000 today. In the rest of Africa, rhino populations have declined from 100000 in 1965 to 5000 today.
THE African National Congress (ANC) has left itself and its leaders out of the anticorruption script it has written, choosing instead to focus all its energies on the public service.
AT FIRST glance, the loan Transnet secured from the French development bank seems like an ordinary financial transaction.
PUFFED to an unreasonable size, the Dubai bubble was bound to burst. Perhaps the biggest, and certainly lengthiest, bubble burst was the one Ben mentioned in his column last week. Back in 1989 we were having dinner with a fund manager, who shouted me down when I suggested that charts said that the Nikkei was about to crash.
MONTHS after the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) rejected its application for a 74,42% tariff increase, Transnet Pipelines has gone back to the regulator, this time requesting a 51,3% hike for the 2010- 11 financial year.
COAL mining and services company Sentula's net profit for the first half plunged 87% as the company struggled to recover from volatility in the global commodities market.
LIFE assurance group Liberty Holdings said on Friday it was profitable in the third quarter and that year-to-date losses were lower than that reported in the six months to June 30.
INFRASTRUCTURE, cabling structural support and galvanising company O-Line is targeting Canadian and Australian mining companies in Mozambique, Angola and Ghana.
PAN-African micro-financier Blue Financial Services ' share price surged up to 8,2% to 79c, on Friday following the release of a trading statement warning of a R162,3m loss for the six months to August 31.
PETROCHEMICALS group Sasol was bracing itself for claims arising from its contraventions of competition laws, CE Pat Davies said on Friday.
LET's skip all the emotional claptrap, the political correctness and newfound South African way of justifying that our teams don't lose, the other teams just score more points. Let's get real and call Saturday's Springbok Test defeat and the five-match tour of Europe exactly what it was: an absolute disaster and a disgrace.
AFRICAN Stars dethroned rivals Orlando Pirates from the summit with a 2-0 win to go a point clear in the MTC Premiership on Friday night.
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