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ZAMBIAN BREWERIES INTRODUCES 330ML CASTLE LITE RETURNABLE GLASS BOTTLE

Lusaka, Zambia – Zambian Breweries has introduced 330ml returnable glass bottles (RGB) for its Castle Lite lager. Country Director Annabelle Degroot said the introduction of the new returnable glass bottles (RGB) was a direct response to public concerns over the one-way glass with no recycling option. “The returnable bottle will allow us to pass on the packing cost savings to consumers thereby making Castle Lite more affordable while safeguarding its premium taste. We want to assure our customers that it is the same quality refreshing and cold Castle Lite. Nothing has changed apart from packaging it in the returnable bottles,”...

Prospects for SADC Regional Integration through Industrialization and the Role of China

By Ms. Bernadette Deka-PMRC Executive Director Dear Friends and Colleagues, From 19th to 21st April 2017, PMRC was privileged to participate in the research policy seminar discussing Prospects for SADC Regional Integration through Industrialization and the Role of China. The policy seminar was hosted by The University of Johannesburg – Confucius Institute (UJCI), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Southern Africa Office, in collaboration with Oxfam International’s Africa-China Dialogue Platform (ACDP), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) was represented by Mr. Salim Kaunda (Head of Research and Analysis) The main objective of the research...

Emirates Group Announces 2016-17 results

Group records 29th consecutive year of profit of AED 2.5 billion (US$ 670 million)  Steady business growth in line with capacity increases, results show business resilience in a competitive climate and turbulent year Significant investment in the business at AED 13.7 billion (US$ 3.7 billion) Emirates reports a profit of AED 1.3 billion (US$ 340 million) Airline capacity crosses 60 billion ATKM. 35 new aircraft delivered, and 27 older aircraft retired during the year Stable revenue at AED 85.1 billion (US$ 23.2 billion), after a AED 2.1 billion (US$ 572 million) hit due to unfavourable currency exchange dnata makes highest profit ever, at...

President Edgar Chagwa Lungu prods selflessness

By Fulman Mukobeko and Derrick Sinjela President Edgar Lungu has urged Zambians to emulate the spirit of selflessness and unity exhibited by freedom fighters. President Lungu says the young generation should draw lessons from the sacrifices made by the country’s founding fathers in order to make Zambia a better place. The Head of State said this when he made a stopover at Kasama Airport this morning enroute to Chinsali for the burial of former vice president Simon Kapwepwe’s widow Salome. And President Lungu has challenged all Zambians to reflect on their lives and embrace biblical values. He further urged youths...

Catholic Church disowns Hichilema’s Health National Prayers

Rev. Fr. Winfield Kunda ZCCB Communications Director LUSAKA, (SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­—— On behalf of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops in Zambia (ZCCB) and the Secretary General, Rev. Fr. Cleophas Lungu, I want to state clearly that ZCCB has not organized any form of national prayers for the arrested United Party for National Development President Hakainde Hichilema to have him released or whatever. We are not aware of such prayer arrangements either at the Conference level or even within the Archdiocese of Lusaka. We are however perturbed by the message which is being circulated especially on social media...

PAN AFRICAN RADIO 105.1 FM 12:30 HOURS MAIN NEWS Saturday 13TH MAY, 2017

  PAN AFRICAN RADIO 105.1 FM 12:30 HOURS MAIN NEWS Saturday 13TH MAY, 2017 ===== HEADLINES ===== President Edgar Lungu has urged Zambians to emulate the spirit of selflessness and unity exhibited by freedom fighters   -The Conference of the Catholic Bishops in Zambia (ZCCB) says it has not organized any form of national prayers for the arrested United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema -A United Nations expert says Zambia’s smallholder farmers could be made squatters on their own land as the country opens up to farming multinationals in an effort to boost its economy -A global...

Help me, Prince Bryce Mfune prods President Lungu

By Derrick Sinjela Barely a week after being widowed, Prince Bryce Mfune of the Mphamba Royal Establishment of the Eastern Province is pleading with President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to help him get compensation from the Zambia State Security Intelligence Services (ZSSIS). A fearful man of God, Prince Mfune is worried that failure to have the said pension paid will worsen his already deplorable plight as a widower bearing in mind that his beloved wife could have succumbed due to the matter at hand.  Following the death of his 56-year-old wife, the late Taonga Manyoni-Mfune, Prince Mfune wrote and delivered a...

DEC QUARTERLY PRESS STATEMENT – 5th May, 2017

By Theresa Katongo Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Public Relations Officer Lusaka, Friday 5th May 2017-The Drug Enforcement Commission in the first quarter of 2017 arrested a total of 1,431 persons for drug related offences countrywide. A year-on-year quarterly analysis shows that the total arrests increased by 6.87 per cent from 1,339 in the first quarter of 2016 to 1,431 in the first quarter of 2017. Further, of the total number of persons arrested 30 were foreign nationals while 1,401 were Zambians. Out of the total number of persons arrested 95 were female comprising 6.6 per cent of the total arrests...

ZAMBIA TO TAKE UP 2018 ICPEN PRESIDENCY

By Godfrida Chanda-Chisala Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (MCTI) Public Relations Officer Monday 8th May, 2017 THE MINISTRY of Commerce, Trade and Industry (MCTI) wishes to congratulate the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) for winning a bid to host the Presidency of the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) on behalf of Zambia. Zambia, through the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has just been elected the 2018 President of the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN), becoming the first African country that will head the organisation in twenty-five years. The election follows Zambia’s bid to...

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