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Zambia Mulls Upgrading Refinery To Meet Rising Fuel Demand (INO News)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:19:50 GMT
Zambia is considering upgrading its Indeni Petroleum Refinery to enable it to process more fuel and meet rising demand in the country, the minister of energy and water development has said.

Zambia: 'High Mealie Meal Prices Might Go On' (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:25:16 GMT
THE current high mealie meal prices will continue up to 2010 if the Government does not immediately introduce full subsidy on agricultural inputs, the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has said.

Zambia: ZCTU Nods Constitution Office Holders' Payrise (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:24:52 GMT
ZAMBIA Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has welcomed the 15 per cent salary increment for Constitution office holders because civil servants were also awarded a similar increment.

Zambia/South Africa: Country Report Ea Lla Koto to Fifa (AllAfrica.com)
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:26:48 GMT
The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) have written to football's world governing body, Fifa, complaining that Free State Stars refused to release goalkeeper, Kennedy Mweene for last night's friendly against Morocco in Casablanca.

Zambia: 'Off-Load Maize' (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:25:13 GMT
THE Government has directed the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to offload some of its strategic reserve maize stocks and import another 100,000 tonnes in an effort to stabilise the rising mealie meal prices.

Zambia: 'NCC to Finish Work By December 2009' (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:25:26 GMT
VICE-PRESIDENT George Kunda has assured that the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) will complete its work by December next year so that the country can have a new Constitution before the 2011 elections.

Zambia: Citizens Must Participate in Constitution-Making Process (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:24:46 GMT
THE assurance by Vice-President, George Kunda that the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) will complete its work by December next yearis assurance enough and should silencethose agitating for the NCC to conclude its work prematurely.

Zambia: Pressure Mounts On FRA (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:39:51 GMT
THE Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) has joined calls for the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to offload maize onto the market in order to bring down the prices of mealie meal.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-19 15:01 UPDATE 1-Zambia cbank-7 pct GDP growth unlikely for 2008 (Interactive Investor)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:24:13 GMT
LUSAKA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Zambia's prospects of achieving this year's economic growth forecast of 7 percent might not be feasible due to the prevailing global economic downturn, the central bank said on Wednesday. Bank of Zambia Governor Caleb Fundanga also told a news conference that prospects of achieving single digit inflation in 2008 were slim and that a prolonged global economic crisis ...

Zambia: Grain Reserves Must Be Managed Properly (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:28:39 GMT
IT is more than certain that the solution to the oscillating price of maize meal in Zambia lies not in importing the grain, but in the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) offloading strategic reserves onto the market.

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