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Chiefs can participate in politics, but with limits-Chief Macha
Chief Macha of the Tonga speaking people of Choma district says chiefs, like any other person, can take part in politics but that there...
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Poverty leads to early marriages-Lufwanyama widow
A 45 year-old widow of Lufwanyama district on the Copperbelt has cited poverty as one of the driving forces of early marriages in the...
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Lions cause panic as they stray into Mkushi townships as ZAWA bemoans lack of transportation and manpower
Lions are reported to have strayed into communities near Mkushi township in Central Province.
Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) Command in Mkushi district confirmed reports of...
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Over 1,000 pregnancies reported among school pupils in Western Province in 2011
Over 1,000 school pupils in Western Province fell pregnant last year alone.
This is according to the Provincial Education Officer (PEO), Muyangwa Kamutumwa, during the...
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Police oficers wife sentenced for using abusive language on another woman.
A wife to a police officer in Chadiza District has been sentenced to one month community work for insulting and using abusive language on...
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Chief Singani of Choma district bans witchdoctors
Chief Singani of the Tonga people of Choma district has banned traditional witchdoctors from operating in his chiefdom.
The chief says he has taken the...
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Empower us with skills and equipment not cash hand-outs, demand women in Western province
Women groups in Western Province have urged government to consider empowering them with pieces of equipment and capacity building instead money which they say...
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Bandits slay Kasama businessman as police launch man hunt for killers
Police in Kasama district of Northern Province have launched man hunt for two suspected armed robbers who are alleged to have shot dead a...