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JANUARY 11, 2022

ZAMBIA HOCKEY WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM DON KALEZA ASTROTURF BOOTS

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Zamshu has stepped up to sponsor the Zambia Hockey Women’s National team as they bid to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, slated for Birmingham, UK, in July.

The national team, also known as the ‘Golden Girls’ in the local hockey circles, will take part in the Hockey Africa Cup in Ghana between 17 and 24 January 2022, where they will attempt to not only win the cup, but also to qualify for the Commonwealth Games as one of the top two ranked teams.

Zamshu Sales and Marketing Manager, Essau Rubvuta, handed over sponsored pairs of the company’s Kaleza Z-12 Astroturf sports shoe and Kaleza training tops to team Captain, Annie Mvula, at the Zamshu factory in Lusaka.

 “It is actually the second time that Zamshu and Kaleza are donating boots for the hockey teams and hopefully it is an association that we will be able to build on. We know that Zambia Hockey has come a long way in the last few years and we are very proud to be a part of that development,” said Zamleather General Manager Richard Franklin.

He stated that Zamshu has always strived to support grassroots sports as they are in need of more support compared to others  such as mainstream football that receive a lot of corporate backing.

“We try to support grassroots sports. We know that football gets a lot of corporate support and as Zamshu and Kaleza, we to look to developing sports and that typically would be grassroots or a minor sport and we feel that those are the sports that need more support. We’ve got a product that fits the bill exactly, our Kaleza Astroturf boots is perfect for hockey and therefore we want our brand to grow along with the brand of hockey in Zambia,” said Mr Franklin.

The Astroturf is a brainchild of Zamshu and was designed and is manufactured locally for the local and regional markets.

Zamshu is proud to be associated with Zambia Hockey Association, having seen the magnificent progress that has been made to revive the sport of hockey in Zambia. The Association’s policy of developing grass roots talent from a young age is translating into success at National level while helping to uplift the youth.

The Zamleather GM sent his best to the team in a voice note saying: “It’s a once in a lifetime experience. We are all so very proud of you to have made it this far. So go and enjoy it, express yourselves and do us proud.”

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About Zamleather Limited
Zamleather is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zambeef Products PLC. Set up in 1997, it is the largest tannery in Zambia producing wet blue leather for export and finished leather for the local and regional markets; ideal for shoes, upholstery and other leather products. Zamleather processes over 11,000 hides per month with export earnings of approximately US $1.5million per annum.
Under the Zamshu brand, Zamleather produces high quality leather footwear, certified by the ‘Zambia Bureau of Standards’ and tested by ‘Alfred Knight’, for the local and regional markets.
Zamshu produces an average of 7000 pairs – with a potential of up to 9,000 pairs – of shoes a month with earnings of approximately ZMK 10 million per annum.

About Zambeef Products Plc
Zambeef Products Plc is the largest integrated cold chain food products and agribusiness company in Zambia and one of the largest in the region, involved in the primary production, processing, distribution and retailing of beef, chicken, pork, milk, eggs, dairy products, fish, flour and stockfeed, throughout Zambia and the surrounding region, as well as Nigeria and Ghana.
It has 238 retail outlets throughout Zambia and West Africa.
The company is one of the largest suppliers of beef in Zambia. Five beef abattoirs and three feedlots located throughout Zambia, with a capacity to slaughter 230,000 cattle a year. It is also one of the largest chicken and egg producers in Zambia, with a capacity of 8.8m broilers and 22.4 million day-old chicks a year.
It is one of the largest piggeries, pig abattoirs and pork processing plants in Zambia, with a capacity to slaughter 75,000 pigs a year, while its dairy has a capacity of 120,000 litres per day.
The Group is also one of the largest cereal row cropping operations in Zambia, with approximately 7,973 hectares of row crops under irrigation, which are planted twice a year, and a further 8,776 hectares of rainfed/dry-land crops available for planting each year.
Zambeef employs over 6,700 people.
The Group is a significant contributor to government revenues contributing in excess of K190 million in various taxes in 2021.
More information is available at www.zambeefplc.com

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