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Zambia’s 2nd lady in Malawi pays tribute to late Kamuzu Banda
Zambia's 2nd lady in Malawi, pays tribute to late Kamuzu Banda By Lucky Mkandawire, Nyasa Times May 24, 2013 · 0 ...
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Zambian woman held with 6cr drugs in Mumbai
) arrested a Zambian national for smuggling drugs at Mumbai airport early on Thursday morning. The passenger was carrying six kilograms of amphetamine drugs worth ...
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TAZARA unionized workers in sit in protest after delay in April salaries
Unionized workers at Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) in Kapiri Mposhi have started a sit in protest following the railway company's delay to pay them their April salaries. The workers have not been paid their April monthly salaries. Workers Union of TAZARA (WUTAZ) Coordinating Secretary General, Josam Nkhoma confirmed the development to ZANIS today. Mr Nkhoma said that the ...
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Sata arrives in Addis Ababa
President Michael Sata has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the 21st AU Summit of Heads of State and government . The summit, which is anchored on the theme "Pan Africanism and the African Renaissance" is scheduled to take place from the 26th to the 27th of May at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa. Over 45 Heads of State and government representatives are ...
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Womens organisation condemn GBM for saying beating a wife is a sign of love
DEFENCE Minister Geoffrey Mwamba The Non Governmental Organization Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has condemned in the strongest terms the statement attributed to Defense Minister Geoffrey Mwamba in today’s edition of POST newspaper suggesting that when a man beats his wife it’s a sign of love. Speaking to Qfm news in an interview this today, NGOCC acting Executive Director Bridget ...
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Five candidates file in for Feira
All the five aspiring parliamentary candidates for the forthcoming Feira Parliamentary Constituency in Luangwa District have successfully filed in their nomination papers today. And all the aspiring candidates have expressed confidence of scooping the seat that fell vacant following the defection of the incumbent, Patrick Ngoma, to the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). ZANIS reports that United ...
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Zambia risks breadbasket dream with subsidy cuts
By Chris Mfula LUSAKA | Thu May 23, 2013 8:44am EDT LUSAKA May 23 (Reuters) - Zambia's decision to cut subsidies on maize and remove a fuel subsidy is likely to hamper output of the staple grain, raise prices and dash its goal of becoming a regional breadbasket. The southern African country reduced a subsidy on fertiliser to 50 percent from 75 percent, so farmers will now pay more ...
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Veep Scott in Feira for Nominations
Vice President Guy Scott will be in Feira Constituency is in Feira to witness today's filing of nominations by ruling Patriotic Front's candidate Patrick Ngoma. Scott, who has been camped at every by-election with his traditional votes for development message, is expected to tour what the government media termed as 'developmental projects' in Luangwa District. However, ...
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Minister Donates KR50000 to Brothers for Life
DEFENCE Minister Geoffrey Mwamba has pledged KR50,000 to the 'Brothers For Life' movement, which will go towards championing the fight against HIV and AIDS in Zambia. The minister made the pledge in his private capacity at the working breakfast in honour of the 'Brothers For Life' at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka yesterday. Mr Mwamba said Government was committed to fighting ...
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BML XI Stays Top of Copperbelt Cricketers
BML XI has maintained a firm grip at the summit of the Copperbelt Cricket Association (CCA) league after annihilating a CCA Development Side by 189 runs in a game played at Nkana Cricket Club at the weekend. After winning the toss and electing to bat, BML XI's Ravi Kumar's man-of-the-match performance with the bat scored 77 runs to lead the way for his team to score an imposing 225 ...
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Kafubu Water Signs Contract
KAFUBU Water and Sewerage Company (KWSC) has signed a contract with NIRAS consultants of Denmark worth US$80 million for the provision of consulting and engineering services. This will facilitate the rehabilitation and re-designing of Ndola, Luanshya and Masaiti water treatment plants. KWSC acting managing director Athanasius Mwaba said the project was approved by the Danish International ...
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FAZ Slashes Ticket Prices
THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has slashed gate charges for the June 8 and 15 Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Sudan to as low as KR20. The move is meant to accord as many fans as possible a chance to cheer the Chipolopolo at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. And FAZ has called on soccer enthusiasts to wear the orange replica jersey, a traditional home gear for the ...
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Born Again GBM Preaches Against GBV
Self confessed wife batterer and defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba commonly known as GBM has now became an advocate of the negative effects of gender based violence (GBV). And the National AIDS Council (NAC) has said HIV prevalence is higher on the educated people than the non educated ones. Speaking at the Brothers for Life fundraising breakfast, Mwamba, who had confessed to beating his ...
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Human Rights Body Condemns Lusambo Attacks
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has condemned PF thugs that harassed and stole personal items from Movement for Multi-party Democracy president and young wing coordinator Bowman Lusambo yesterday. And NAREP has also called for the arrested of the PF cadres that were involved. HRC spokesperson Samuel Kasanka said Zambia enjoy fundamental freedoms that need to be safeguarded and allow citizens ...
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PF Double Standards On Storella Surprises Mwale
Opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) Chipangali MP Vincent Mwale says he was surprised that sworn critics of United States Ambassador Mark Storella had suddenly found a darling in him since he had supported their position on subsidy removal. Storella had hit headlines yesterday in PF aligned publications including the lead praise singer The Post Newspapers for his support of the ...
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Kapiri Gay Couple Denied Bail
TWO men in Kapiri Mposhi arrested for allegedly being in a homosexual relationship have been denied bail by a Kapiri Mposhi magistrate's court on the basis that they may commit the same crime if released. The two men, both aged 21, had allegedly been in a same-sex 'marriage' until members of the public became suspicious of the way they postured themselves, suggesting intimacy. ...
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Great north road needs prayers-DC
in kabwe Kabwe District Commissioner Patrick Chishala has called for fervent prayers to end road accidents on the Great North road. Mr Chishala said there is urgent need for people to unite in Prayer because the country cannot continue to lose innocent lives on the same road all the time. The District Commissioner noted that there have been a lot of accidents on the Great North road especially ...
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It’s Zambia Police delaying the registration of Father Frank Bwalya’s Political Party
File: Father Frank Bwalya addressing a PF rally during the run up to the 2011 elections Leader of the newly founded Alliance for Better Zambia Fr Frank Bwalya has accused the Zambia Police Service of holding up the process of registering his party. In a statement issued by his personal assistant for press and public relations Emmanuel Chilekwa, Fr. Bwalya said the Zambia Police should release ...
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Kitwe Accident Pedestrians Death Sparks Riot
IRATE Bulangililo and Kwacha residents in Kitwe on Tuesday set ablaze a Rosa minibus and smashed several other motor vehicles in protest against the death of a female pedestrian who was hit on Kazembe Road. The residents, who tried to administer 'instant' justice on the unidentified bus driver, also smashed windows on several vehicles in the ensuing fracas that occurred near First ...
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President Sata Appoints Mahtanis Lawyer As State Counsel
President Michael Sata held a swearing-in ceremony at State House today to appoint two close allies as state counsel and high commissioner to Malawi. Lusaka lawyer John Sangwa has been appointed as State Counsel, while Charles Banda, a known PF cadre, has been given the diplomatic posting to neighboring Lilongwe. Mr Sangwa has a controversial history as the personal attorney to the ...
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Four Drown in Mufulira Boat Accident
FOUR people, among them a two-year-old baby, drowned when the canoe they were paddling capsized on Valley Dam in Mufulira. The quartet was coming from their field across the dam when they met their fate. Among the dead, three are members of one family -- a brother, sister and the child. Copperbelt police commissioner Mary Tembo and Mufulira District Commissioner Beatrice Mithi confirmed the ...
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Narep Condemns PF Cadre Violence
The National Restoration Party (NAREP) has condemned the attack by Patriotic Front (PF) cadres of MMD members Bowman Lusambo and Scorpion Kadobi yesterday at City Market. Kadobi was able to escape and flee from the attack by the cadres, while Lusambo was not lucky as he was abducted by the group of youths, who allegedly held him at gunpoint and cornered him in a room that had knives, pangas, ...
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Rotarians Pledge to Fight Maternal Child Mortality
ROTARY Club International (RCI) has pledged to work closely with the Zambian Government in reducing maternal and child mortality rate in the country. RCI president Sakuji Tanaka said Rotary Club International had put in place a firm strategy to reduce maternal and child mortality in developing countries. Mr Tanaka said this through his personal assistant Tadesse Alemu who officiated at the ...
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Sangwa Elevated to State Counsel
PRESIDENT Michael Sata has conferred the status of State Counsel on Lusaka lawyer John Sangwa with a call on professionals holding the highest honour to offer constructive legal advice to Government. Mr Sata has also sworn in former Muchinga Province Minister Charles Banda as Zambia's High Commissioner to Malawi. President Sata implored Mr Sangwa to continue showing exemplary leadership ...
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Police Claim Docket Against PF Cadres Opened
The Zambia Police say they have opened a docket against Patriotic Front cadres that beat up opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) Die Hard Youth chairperson Bowman Lusambo. Lusaka Province Police Commissioner Joyce Kasosa said the matter will be investigated once Lusambo retained a medical report. Lusambo with his colleague Scorpion Kadobi were manhandled by machete wielding PF ...
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