Chief Mpezeni Backs Calls to Lift RB's Immunity
Pressure to have former Republican President Rupiah Banda's immunity lifted has continued mounting, with Paramount Chief Mpezeni backing calls for Parliament to act. The Human Rights ...
View ArticleCopperbelt, Luapula Travellers Shun Impassable Pedicle Road
MOTORISTS travelling between the Copperbelt and Luapula provinces have stopped using the Pedicle Road which is the shortest route connecting the two regions through the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
View ArticleGovt Buoys Mobile Hospitals
THE Government has released funds for the continued operations of the mobile health services in nine provinces. National director, mobile and emergency health services at the Ministry of Health ...
View ArticleLifting Lid On Country's Fuel Prices
analysis ON the heels of a recent reduction in fuel pump prices and the subsequent appointment of a commission of inquiry to review crude oil procurement, Government needs to speed up the pace and ...
View ArticleMuslim Community Donates to Ngwerere Clinic
THE Government is committed to improving the living standards of the people, says Chongwe Member of Parliament (MP) Sylvia Masebo. Ms Masebo said the people would now start witnessing the PF ...
View ArticleWalvis Bay Corner - WBCG Services and Membership
column AS we enter the final month of the life of this column, I would like to look at another group of stakeholders which are cardinal to the operations of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG), ...
View ArticleCricket Body Upbeat About Lifting of Ban
THE Zambia Cricket Union (ZCU) says the year 2012 holds big expectations as the body anxiously looks forward to the International Cricket Council (ICC) lifting the ban and resume funding ...
View ArticleKeagan Makes Capital Switch to ZANACO
ZANACO Football Club has signed a two-year contract with former Konkola Blades coach, Keagan Mumba, effective January 1. Both Zanaco chairperson, Edward Mutale and Mumba confirmed in separate ...
View ArticleItowala's Estate - Accused Pleads Not Guilty
AN administrator of the late Sajid Itowala's estate has pleaded not guilty to forgery and uttering false documents. Mohammed Hanif Dalal, 53, a businessexecutive of Makeni is facing two counts ...
View ArticleZESCO Owed Over K12 Billion in Eastern Province
ZESCO is owed more than K12 billion by customers in Eastern Province. Eastern Province regional manger Wilbroad Chanda said in Chipata yesterday that more than half the amount was owed by ...
View ArticleLocal Soya Beans Output Far Below Demand
SOYA beans has become one of the most sought after crops and is now commanding good global prices. With good investments mainly from the private sector, soya bean production could earn Zambia ...
View ArticleIt's a Wrong Move, Zulawu Tells Chipata Councillors
Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) has said it is wrong for the councillors at Chipata Municipal Council to constitute a team to travel to Lusaka to petition the suspension of ...
View Article'Kakoma Never Engaged in Vote Buying'
A witness yesterday told the Kitwe High Court that the allegations levelled against Zambezi West Member of Parliament (MP), Charles Kakoma, that he was engaged in electoral malpractices during the ...
View ArticleTaskforce Nabs ACC Official
The taskforce on corruption in Northern Province has arrested Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) senior investigations officer Ucar Chiyuni, for allegedly bouncing a K15 million cheque issued in ...
View ArticleKitwe Council Workers Go Three Months Without Pay
Employees at the Kitwe City Council (KCC) have gone for three months without receiving their salaries, it has been learnt. Zambia United Local Authority Workers Union (ZULAWU) Kitwe branch ...
View ArticleAccess to Education Paramount
opinion Access to education is supposed to be a fundamental liberty which every child ought to enjoy not only in our country, but the world over. That this access is often denied is an indictment ...
View ArticleMufulira Typhoid - 30 More Cases Recorded
Typhoid cases have persisted in Mufulira with 30 new cases recorded yesterday morning, bringing the total number to 1,279 since the water-borne disease broke out two weeks ago. Mufulira Town Clerk ...
View ArticleEx-Envoy Gave Us False Information - Witness Tells Court
A witness has testified that former diplomat Benedict Chikoti gave information to the Zambia Daily Mail Newspaper that a woman who was recently apprehended with drugs in Pakistan was not his ...
View ArticleECZ to Outsource Printing of Ballot Papers
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) will outsource the printing of ballot papers for the forthcoming Msanzala by-election because Government Printers are unable to meet full specifications to ...
View ArticleMining Group Given Deadline to Submit Requirements
The Government has given Zhonghui mining group of China, the developer of the US$690 million Ichimpe Mine in Kalulushi, up to this month end to submit all requirements needed for the development of ...
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