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Japanese Envoy Backs Subsidy Removal
JAPANESE Ambassador to Zambia Akio Egawa says Government's removal of subsidies on maize and fuel is a bold decision which will benefit the nation in the long run. Mr Egawa said in an interview that although the removal of subsidies might cause pain, the ultimate benefits would improve the majority of the people's welfare. He said Government was aiming at a long term goal to bring ...
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Im Humbled - Kenneth Kaunda
FIRST Republican President Kenneth Kaunda says he is humbled that Zambia has been recognised by the African Union (AU) for the role it played during the independence struggle of other African countries. Dr Kaunda said in an interview on arrival on Wednesday night, ahead of being honoured by the AU for his role to liberate some African States that the recognition was not only for him, but for ...
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Charlotte Scott Lauds Rotarians
THE Rotary International District 9210 Conference has opened in Ndola with Vice-President Guy Scott's wife, Charlotte commending the organisation for the role it continues to play in providing humanitarian services world over. More than 300 delegates from four countries are gathered at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium to deliberate Rotary's achievements during the last one year of service ...
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2000 Locals Employed At FQMs Kalumbila Mine
FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) has employed 2000 Zambians at Sentinel Mine at Kalumbila, 120 kilometres west of Solwezi. A further 400 Zambians are expected to be hired when the construction of a smelter in Solwezi by the global mining company starts soon. FQM resource optimisation manager at Trident, John Gladston said in a statement released in Lusaka that most of those employed were locals ...
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Well Focus On Development After Subsidy Removal - Chikwanda
FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda says the Zambian Government will remain steadfast in developing the country after the removal of subsidies on fuel and maize. He urged opposition political parties and members of the public to support Government's bold decision to remove the subsidies on consumption-related activities. He was speaking when German Minister for Economic Cooperation and ...
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East Minister Preaches Cleanliness
EASTERN Province Minister Malozo Sichone has called on residents in the province to take responsibility in improving sanitation and hygiene. Mr Sichone said during the launch of the Chipata general cleaning day held at PWD grounds yesterday that it was important to ensure the environment was clean. The minister, who joined in cleaning Umodzi Highway with other senior Government officials, said ...
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DJ Scratch Bids Farewell to Bachelorhood
FORMER Radio Phoenix and Joy FM Disc Jockey (DJ) Jamiel Banda, alias Scratch, bade farewell to bachelorhood last weekend after he tied the knot with Twali. The Hip Hop and Soul music DJ said goodbye to a bachelor's lifestyle at a star-studded wedding held at Zambia Air Force headquarters banquet hall in Lusaka last Friday evening after being in courtship with his Standard Chartered Bank ...
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Matthew Ngosa to Release Album
GOSPEL artiste Matthew Ngosa, who shot to fame his with the glass shattering 'Ukulolela' track more than a decade ago, is releasing his fourth album before December. He is yet to come up with a title. Ngosa, who in recent years has taken a layback style of life from music, feels time has come for him to release an album. He told Zamtel Entertainment that everything was in place and ...
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Chipata to Host B1
ZAMBIAN singer Bruce Simbalangwa, a.k.a B1, is expected to prove his worth by staging two live shows in Chipata District this weekend at the invitation of Kakos Promotions Limited. B1 is expected to stage the first show on Saturday at East Point Discoteque while the following day he will hold a family show at Chipata Tennis Club. Kakos Promotions Limited director Lazarus Joseph Daka confirmed ...
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The Beat Is Here Video Unleashed
MABEL Zulu, a Livingstone-based singer, has released a video on the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly theme song - The Beat is Here. The video has so far received accolades from many Livingstone residents. It shows the beautiful scenery of the Victoria Falls and two people running while displaying both the Zambian and Zimbabwean flags to symbolically announce ...
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Renard Drops 4 Players
FOUR players have been dropped from the developmental squad scheduled to leave for Namibia this morning ahead of tomorrow's international friendly in Windhoek. The team was scheduled to leave for Namibia at 07:00 hours aboard a South African Airways flight. The players that have been left behind are goal keeper Danny Munyau of Red Arrows, defender Salulani Phiri and midfielder Rodrick ...
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Hasten Chiefs Palace Electrification - Ps
GOVERNMENT has urged the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) to speed up the process of electrifying chiefs' palaces. Meanwhile, the REA has handed over a KR5.2 million grid extension project to Zesco to electrify St Margaret's Girls Boarding High School in Chipata. The St Margaret's grid extension project is part of the 10 new grid extension projects to be spread countrywide ...
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New airline services on Lilongwe-Lusaka route
Trade and tourism ties between Malawi and Zambia will be given a boost next month when Proflight Zambia begins a three-times-a-week service to Lilongwe from Lusaka. The new route, which will be launched onJune 4, will be the first international destination for the airline, which already flies to nine domestic points in Zambia, including Lusaka, Livingstone, Ndola and Mfuwe. "Proflight ...
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Zambian Delegation prevented from sharing hotel rooms due to Strict Homosexuality laws in DRC
Some Zambian delegates who went for the Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) and wanted to share hotel rooms to cut down on costs were denied to do so as it amounted to breaking the law on Homosexuality in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A Congolese journalist Blaireou Kajam explained that there was no law against homosexuality, but it was a taboo and anyone found practicing homosexuality was ...
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Guy Scott blames MMD for subsidy removal PF just implementing MMD Policy
Guy Scott Vice President Guy Scott has accused the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) of being the actual master minder of the first stage of removing subsidies on essential commodities of fuel and maize. Dr. Scott note that, the Patriotic Front government has only implemented what the previous MMD government started. Dr Scott said that the the development remove subsidy is not new as it ...
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PF’s failure to tame cadres saddening – William Banda
William Banda Special adviser to the United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema, William Banda has expressed sadness on the Patriotic Front administration’s failure to tame its alleged violent cadres. Mr. Banda who was once Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Lusaka province chairman notes that there is need for the police and the Ministry of Home ...
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PF enemies politicizing subsidy removal-Kapeya
Information and Broadcasting Deputy Minister, Mwansa Kapeya (c) Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Mwansa Kapeya has observed that the removal of subsidies on maize and petroleum products was being sensationalized and politicized by enemies of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) government. Speaking yesterday when he featured on 'Good Governance' radio Programme on ...
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There is no beating that can be described as loving-Womens Lobby
Women's lobby chairperson, Beauty Phiri The Zambia National Women’s Lobby (ZNWL) has joined other civil society organizations in condemning Defense Minister Geoffrey Mwamba for a statement attributed to him in the media suggesting that beating a wife by a husband is a sign of love. ZNWL chairperson Beauty Phiri noted that the statement by Mr. Mwamba is retrogressive to the efforts ...
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Chikolwa Heads 2013 Castle 7s Committee
THE Zambia Rugby Union (ZRU) has appointed Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS) managing director, Joseph Chikolwa as chairperson for this year's Castle Sevens International Rugby tournament organising committee scheduled for September. In a related development, the ZRU is scouting for US$200,000 (about KR1 million) to successfully stage this year's Castle Seven's tournament ...
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Barclays Spends KR7.1 Million On Banking On Change
BARCLAYS Bank Zambia plc has invested a total of KR7.1 million in the three-year Banking on Change programme to be implemented in Central, Eastern and Luapula provinces. The bank has partnered with Plan International Zambia to implement phase two of the project which will run until 2015 and will mainly focus on providing financial access and enterprise skills to the youths. Barclays Bank ...
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Proflight Zambia Goes International
PROFLIGHT Zambia will next month go international by beginning a three-times-a-week service between Lusaka and Lilongwe capitals, Proflight Zambia director of government and industry affairs Philip Lemba has said. Captain Lemba said the new route, which would be launched on June 4, 2013 would be the first international destination for the airline, which already flies to nine domestic points in ...
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Zampost Seals Japan Vehicle Sales Deal
ZAMBIA Postal Services Corporation (ZAMPOST) and Trust Company of Japan will next week officially launch an online sales agency for buyers of second hand vehicles in Lusaka. Postmaster general MacPherson Chanda said in Ndola yesterday that ZAMPOST would, from June 3 2013, start offering convenient, cheaper and fast mode of payments for buyers of second hand vehicles from Trust Company of ...
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Zaffico Expands to Luapula
THE Zambia Forests and Forestry Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) has secured 20,000 hectares of land in Luapula Province for an expansion programme which will create 1,000 jobs for local people. District Commissioner Ivo Mpasa said Chief Munkanta of Kawambwa District gave the corporation land in Chibalashi area in cub-chief Muyembe's territory when company managing director Frighton ...
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Zesco Groans About Absent Players
ZESCO United coach Tenant Chembo has said his team will miss the services of captain Kondwani Mtonga and sensational Maybin Mwaba ahead of their Week 10 MTN clash against 'wounded' Green Buffalos in Lusaka tomorrow. The two players are away on national assignment with the local Chipolopolo squad for a friendly match against Namibia in that country scheduled for tomorrow. Speaking at ...
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PF Seek Damage Control After Sampas 90 Days Boob
The Patriotic Front government is struggling to disentangle itself from the revelation by deputy commerce minister Miles Sampa that there 90 days development promise were just campaign rhetoric. Sampa's admission has been roundly condemned by a cross section of society and deputy home affairs Minister Nixon Chilangwa attempted to publicly wash it away by dismissing it as a slip of a ...
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