10 Mar 2010

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) president Micheal Sata has sued the Times of Zambia for libel. Mr Sata has also applied for an interim injunction to restrain the newspaper and its servants or...

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09 Mar 2010

President Rupiah Banda today visited flood affected areas in Lusaka where he disclosed that K11billion has been set aside to help mitigate the impact of the floods. President Banda toured...

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09 Mar 2010

The Electoral Commision of Zambia (ECZ), with the assiatnce of the United Nations (UN), will this year use Biometric technology to conduct voter registration. Biometric technology is used to...

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08 Mar 2010

After years of disagreement, the Zambian government has finally awarded private mobile-phone operators licenses to operate international gateways in a bid to bring down the high cost of communications. Two service...

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08 Mar 2010

MMD national secretary Katele Kalumba has called on the Copperbelt MMD provincial leadership to respect the decision of the national executive committee on Kafulafuta member of Parliament George Mpombo’s case. Yesterday...

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07 Mar 2010

GOVERNMENT has instituted investigations into reports that Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata was allegedly imprisoned for breaking the law. Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani told the Sunday Mail in an...

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06 Mar 2010

At the beginning of this year, carbon tax was introduced in our nation. I totally oppose this theft in broad daylight as it is highly exaggerated and just another ploy...

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06 Mar 2010

Parliament yesterday heard that Government has no intentions of legalizing street vending in the country. Local Government and Housing Deputy Minister Moses Muteteka said government has no intentions of legalizing street...

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05 Mar 2010

Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata has agreed to appear before the Bemba Royal Council after he was summoned for allegedly issuing disparaging remarks against Paramount Chief Chitimukulu...

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05 Mar 2010

The National Restoration -Party has dispelled assertions that it is being sponsored by the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD). NAREP interim president Elias Chipimo Jr. says the party is not...

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Zimbabwe Needs Trade, Not Aid »

10 Mar 2010

Zimbabwe Needs Trade, Not Aid

The recent revelation made in Parliament by Hon. Lameck Mangani that Zambia will give K2.7 billion to Zimbabwe as a contribution to the country’s economic...

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Sata sues TIMES for defamation »

10 Mar 2010

Sata sues TIMES for defamation

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) president Micheal Sata has sued the Times of Zambia for libel. Mr Sata has also applied for an interim injunction to restrain the...

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Poor school infrastructure irks Siliya »

09 Mar 2010

Poor school infrastructure irks Siliya

Minister of Education Dora Siliya has observed that poor workmanship in the construction of some school infrastructure in Eastern province has eroded people’s confidence in government. Ms....

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Zesco arrests a man for swindling customers »

09 Mar 2010

Zesco arrests a man for swindling customers

The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) in Lusaka has arrested a man for swindling customers through illegal power connections. Fonda Musamba, 39, of Lusaka’s Kaunda Square...

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RB visits Lusaka floods affected areas »

09 Mar 2010

RB visits Lusaka floods affected areas

President Rupiah Banda today visited flood affected areas in Lusaka where he disclosed that K11billion has been set aside to help mitigate the impact...

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FAZ DC chairman Lifts Simataa’s Suspension »

09 Mar 2010

FAZ DC chairman Lifts Simataa’s Suspension

Faz disciplinary committee chairman Sunday Nkonde SC has said football administrator Simataa Simataa’s suspension  by Football House is null and void. In a letter to Simataa...

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Banda is driving Zambia into dictatorship- Fr Bwalya »

09 Mar 2010

Banda is driving Zambia into dictatorship- Fr Bwalya

Change Life Zambia Executive Director Fr Frank Bwalya says republican president Rupiah Banda is slowly driving the country into dictatorship. Fr Bwalya says president Banda’s continued...

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Kabwe Grandfather strangles Four year granddaughter to death »

09 Mar 2010

Kabwe Grandfather strangles Four year granddaughter to death

A four-year-old girl of Kabwe’s Kamushanga compound was on Sunday strangled to death by her grandfather. Central Province Police Chief Simon Mpande confirmed the incident...

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ECZ to use Biometric technology in Voter registration for Decision 2011 »

09 Mar 2010

ECZ to use Biometric technology in Voter registration for Decision 2011

The Electoral Commision of Zambia (ECZ), with the assiatnce of the United Nations (UN), will this year use Biometric technology to conduct voter registration....

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Kabimba’s utterances show arrogance, says Ronnie »

09 Mar 2010

Kabimba’s utterances show arrogance, says Ronnie

CHIEF Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha has said the statement by Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Wynter Kabimba that President Rupiah Banda’s recent trip to China...

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Zimbabwe Needs Trade, Not Aid »

The recent revelation made in Parliament by Hon. Lameck Mangani that Zambia will give K2.7 billion to Zimbabwe as a contribution to the country’s economic recovery needs to be condemned, because Zambians like their counterparts in Zimbabwe are equally facing very serious socio-economic problems.There is, therefore, no wisdom in “stealing” from the poor in Zambia...

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Zimbabwe Needs Trade, Not Aid

Poor school infrastructure irks Siliya »

Minister of Education Dora Siliya has observed that poor workmanship in the construction of some school infrastructure in Eastern province has eroded people’s confidence in government. Ms. Siliya expressed disappointed with the quality of some new school infrastructure in Eastern province. “Government is spending a lot of money in constructing these schools but the kind of contractors...

March 9 2010 / 10 comments / Read More »
Poor school infrastructure irks Siliya

Government to construct five district hospitals this year – Simbao »

Health Minister Kapembwa Simbao yesterday told parliament that government would this year construct five new district hospitals in selected districts around the country. Mr. Simbao said it was government policy to construct new district hospitals in the country every year in order to ensure that each and every district had a hospital to enhance people’s...

March 6 2010 / 9 comments / Read More »
Government to construct five district hospitals this year – Simbao

Bailiffs seize min bus from Musikili private school »

Court Bailiffs at Mazabuka magistrate’s court yesterday swung into action and seized a school mini bus belonging to Musikili private primary school following a court order to recover K 15.9 million owed to three retrenched workers. A ZANIS news crew that visited the school witnessed the seizure of a TOYOTA Coaster mini bus registration number ABA...

March 5 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »
Bailiffs seize min bus from Musikili private school

Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane on CNBC Africa »

Zambia’s Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane was recently in South Africa and was interviewed by CNBC Africa’s Fenly Foxen about some of the challenges Zambia face in growing the economy, ahead of the visit by a powerful delegation from IMF. Dr. Musokotwane discussed a  number of issues about the economy including the...

March 8 2010 / 31 comments / Read More »
Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane on CNBC Africa

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Sata sues TIMES for defamation

Sata sues TIMES for defamation »

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) president Micheal Sata has sued the Times of Zambia for libel. Mr Sata has also applied for an interim injunction to restrain the newspaper and its servants or...

March 10 2010 / 19 comments / Read More »

Banda is driving Zambia into dictatorship- Fr Bwalya »

Banda is driving Zambia into dictatorship- Fr Bwalya

Change Life Zambia Executive Director Fr Frank Bwalya says republican president Rupiah Banda is slowly driving the country into dictatorship. Fr Bwalya says...

March 9 2010 / 54 comments / Read More »

Kabimba’s utterances show arrogance, says Ronnie »

Kabimba’s utterances show arrogance, says Ronnie

CHIEF Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha has said the statement by Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Wynter Kabimba that President Rupiah Banda’s recent...

March 9 2010 / 22 comments / Read More »

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A wish list for International Women’s Day »

A wish list for International Women’s Day

By Lwanga Mwilu Today we celebrate International Women’s Day, the day that women can speak and be heard, in theory at least. I...

March 8 2010 / 6 comments / Read More »

One Hundred Days before the FIFA World Cup—What is Zambia Doing? »

One Hundred Days before the FIFA World Cup—What is Zambia Doing?

There is now less than 100 days before the FIFA 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa. Here in Zambia there...

March 4 2010 / 25 comments / Read More »
Zimbabwe Needs Trade, Not Aid

Zimbabwe Needs Trade, Not Aid »

The recent revelation made in Parliament by Hon. Lameck Mangani that Zambia will give K2.7 billion to Zimbabwe as a contribution to the country’s economic recovery needs to be condemned,...

March 10 2010 / No comment / Read More »

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