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Kawambwa Tea still not functional as Zimbabwean investor keeps breaking promises
Production of tea at the country's only tea company, Kawambwa Tea, may not be possible as the investor who has been holding on to the company for more than ten years has been feeding workers and the Zambian government with unfulfilled promises. And Kawambwa District Commissioner, Ivo Mpasa, has recommended for the repossession of Kawambwa Tea Company from the Zimbabwean investor who he ...
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Government should have explained to the people before removing fuel and maize subsidies-MP
Kasenengwa Member of Parliament, Victoria Kalima has charged that government is panicking to explain removal of subsides on fuel and maize after students at the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University protested against the decision. Ms Kalima said government should have explained to the people, before removing fuel and maize subsidies. ZANIS reports that the Kasenengwa Member of ...
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Zambia Education Publishing House to be recapitalized
Government has disclosed that it will recapitalise the Zambia Education Publishing House (ZEPH) in order to reduce the shortage of teaching materials in schools ...
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President Sata oppose one passport for Africa saying it will promote crime
President Micheal Sata President Michael Sata has said Zambia will not support calls for all African countries to use one passport for Africans to move freely around the continent and to enter other continents. President Sata said the issue of African countries using one passport will promote crime and other vices on the continent. He said Africa has the highest rate of crime in the world and ...
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The Week in Pictures
Ati Red Carpet pa zed. it’s an eye sore. Talk of fat chicks. Find tu mpompo next time guys. i personally dont mind tuma kalad girls. I had one back in the good old zed days. Week end ninshi ni pa arcades mu ...
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Savoy Hotel Resident Band Still On Fire
THE Savoy Hotel resident band members proved their enduring legacy and longevity when they entertained hundreds of guests during the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board's Labour Day party at Ndola's prestigious Levy Levy Mwanawasa Stadium last weekend. The four-piece band led by veteran bassist and vocalist Black 'Jones' Chingi, one of the founders of the 70s Cool ...
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Livingstone Shaping Up for UNWTO Indaba
It is a common practice in Zambia that certain changes have to take place in a home whenever one is expecting important visitors or when one is about to host an important event. Such changes may include applying a coat of paint to the exterior or interior of a house, sweeping the surroundings, changing sleeping arrangements in the house and may even involve a change of menu from the standard ...
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Taxi Driver Narrates Attack Ordeal
A Mkushi-based taxi driver has narrated before the Kabwe High Court how two people allegedly stabbed him several times using a knife after he challenged them as they snatched the vehicle. Another witness, a panel beater from Solwezi, testified that he received three motor vehicles to have their colours changed to blue on the pretext that they were being turned into taxis. This is in a case in ...
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Four Die in Kitwe Accident
FOUR people died on the spot while three others were seriously injured in yet another fatal road accident in Kitwe. The accident involved a Toyota Ipsum which overturned on the Kitwe-Ndola dual carriageway. Copperbelt police commissioner Mary Tembo yesterday confirmed the accident, which happened on Wednesday around 19:20 hours near the Zamtan area. The vehicle, registration number ACV 3436, ...
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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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