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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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Kabwe a Must-See Town
AS the countdown to the co-hosting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly by Zambia and Zimbabwe draws near in Livingstone this August, it is worth pointing out the town of Kabwe, which is rich in Zambia's political history, and it is also where the Broken Hill man was discovered. This is a must-see town by visitors who will be attending the UNWTO general ...
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UPND to Discipline Siamunene
The Opposition United Party for National Development has finally summoned its Sinazongwe Member of Parliament Richwell Siamunene for a disciplinary hearing. Siamunene who has accepted a deputy ministerial position in the Patriotic Front government without his party's blessings has already laid the ground for a by-election by having already started addressing meetings in his constituency. ...
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Zambia Relocating Kapwepwe Airport Lauded
THE current site which sits the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola is a time bomb with the explosive potential to detonate anytime. Research shows that the airport noise and pollution were intimately allied to augmented health evils caused by planes, especially among communities perched near airports. Yes, living near any airport also connotes exposure to significant air ...
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PF Supporters Attack Muvi TV Journalists
Supporters of President Michael Sata's ruling Patriotic Front government this morning attacked two journalists, one of whom is a female newscaster, after the two went to cover a story around illegal invasion of a piece of land in the capital Lusaka. The two assaulted journalists have been identified as senior newsroom staffer Kennedy Phiri and his counterpart Francesca Phiri-Banda. Banda ...
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Zambias Hosting of UNWTO Leaves Some On Sidelines
PF youths erecting structures at the makeshift market for street vendors in Livingstone. Many Zambian government officials are proud to be co-hosting the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly on August 24-29 along with Zimbabwe, however a number of citizens are complaining that they've been pushed aside during the preparations for the event. In recent weeks, ...
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Jobless Lusaka Youths Join Student Protests
Some youths in Kamwala, Chilenje and Kabwata suburbs of Lusaka have threatened to join university students in street protests against the increasing cost of living in Zambia. The young people have called all concerned residents to air their voices on the wrongs being perpetuated by the Patriotic Front (PF) government. The youths said President Michael Sata had become arrogant and insensitive ...
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Zambia heads to Namibia
Coach Herve Renard has axed four players from the Zambia home-based squad that will play Namibia in Saturday’s away friendly in Windhoek. Casualties from the team scheduled to leave for Namibia on Friday midday include Red ...
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Zambia’s State Mining Company Faces Calls for Listing
ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc (MLZAM) is under pressure from minority shareholders to boost transparency in the management of Zambia's state-controlled mining-investment company and list on a regulated stock market. Private investors, who hold 12.4 percent of Lusaka-based ZCCM-IH, are trying to install a representative on the board to improve corporate governance, Philippe Taussac, a ...
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Zambia heads to Namibia
Coach Herve Renard has axed four players from the Zambia home-based squad that will play Namibia in Saturday’s away friendly in Windhoek. Casualties from the team scheduled to leave for Namibia on Friday midday include Red ...
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Nkana wont underrate Warriors
Nkana skipper Sydney Kalume says the FAZ Super Division leaders are wary of Kabwe Warriors as the two teams clash on Saturday at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe. Warriors lie third on the table with 15 points, seven behind Nkana. Kalume said Kalampa will not underrate Warriors in the Week Ten tie. ';Warriors is a good team so we are not going to underrate them,'; he said on Thursday. ...
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