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Catechols are important precursors in the production of pharmaceuticals but they are associated with many problems such as their instability and susceptibility to oxidation and polymerisation. In order to avoid these problems, acylcatechols are used. However, disadvantages exist in the industrial...

The Kabwe ZCCM mine helped greatly in the establishment and growth of Kabwe town. In due course it became the largest property owner and employer in Kabwe town and contributed significantly to the revenue of the council through owner's rates and personal levy for its workers. Furthermore, it also...

The relations between the Mbundu of Northern Angola and the Portuguese, which for centuries had been dominated by the slave trade, were transformed in the nineteenth century. The emergence of the Coffee industry in Kwanza North affords an opportunity to study the transition from the Portuguese...

The theme of this study is that contrary to widely-held views, the colonial state was not always hostile to African farming, nor was its policies uniform everywhere. In Chipata district, the colonial state showed versatility in its relationship with African peasant farming.Contrary to the...

Contrary to widely held views among earlier scholars of the Zambian peasantry, this study has established that the Luvale-Lunda people living in Zambezi district became peasant farmers between 1936 and 1964 when they successfully and consistently produced both usevalues and exchange-values. It...

Zambia introduced cost-sharing in the education sector with a view to improving the financial positions of the educational institutions. Available researches show that costsharing has had a negative effect at all levels of the education system. At the University level many protests have been...

This study was about the decline of Home Economics in Zambian Basic Schools of Lusaka Urban District. Data were collected from all the eight zones of the district. Questionnaires, an interview guide, documents, and a camera were used as research instruments. Questionnaires were administered to 25...

Financial intermediation is essential for economic development. The consensus is that Zambia needs a stable and efficient banking system in order to finance both private and public investment and expenditures. The effectiveness of the banking system in channelling funds from surplus to deficit...

While the recent years have seen Zambia become increasingly dependent on foreign savings for its economic and developmental programmes, access to these savings is becoming more difficult. This implies that the country will have to depend more on the mobilisation of domestic savings, if it is to...