Zambia/South Africa: Country Report Ea Lla Koto to Fifa (AllAfrica.com)

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: Pressure Mounts On FRA (AllAfrica.com)

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)

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)

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.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-19 11:13 Zambia to miss additional 2008 copper revenue target (Interactive Investor)

LUSAKA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Zambia said on Wednesday it will not meet its forecast target of raising additional revenue of $415 million from foreign mining firms due to the decline in global metals prices. Zambia had hoped to raise the additional revenue after introducing higher mining taxes on foreign mining companies. "At the current price level, it is not possible to collect those windfall ...

Copper's fall takes shine off Zambia's ambitions (Financial Times)

Africa's biggest copper smelter, a space-age contraption towering over rickety dwellings and pot-holed roads in Chingola, northern Zambia, whirred into life this month.

Zambia: Fuel Supply Chain (AllAfrica.com)

THE demand for fuel energy in the mining sector is likely to go up significantly again, a scenario that has made experts and analysts to call on planners to review the current supply scenario of not only fuel products but also other forms of energy.

Zambia: FRA Ready to Offload Maize (AllAfrica.com)

THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) is ready to offload more than 100,000 tonnes of maize onto the market to bring down mealie meal prices immediately the Government directs it to do so, board chairman, Costain Chilala has said.

Zambia: Nchelenge Woman Narrates How She Was Threatened (AllAfrica.com)

A FIFTY-three-year-old MMD official yesterday narrated in the Nchelenge magistrate's court how suspected Patriotic Front (PF) cadres threatened to cut off her legs after President Rupiah Banda won the October 30 elections.

Zambia: 68 Banned Zamtel Workers Pardoned (AllAfrica.com)

ZAMTEL has lifted suspensions slapped on 68 workers who were suspected to have masterminded a three-week strike. National Union of Communication Workers (NUCW) general secretary, Clement Kasonde confirmed the development in an interview in Ndola yesterday.