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There is no formidable opposition in Zambia – MASUMBA

Patriotic Front Mufumbwe Member of Parliament Steven Masumba says there is no formidable opposition in Zambia to dislodge the ruling PF in 2016. Mr. Masumba has told ZNBC news in Lusaka that internal...

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Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Dr. Jill Biden at Shalom Community School...

Lusaka, Zambia Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Hi, everyone! Thank you, Martha, for that great introduction! Dr. Scott, thank you for joining me today. I can see very quickly that we share many of the same...

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Female Empowerment Key – Jill Biden

VISITING United States vice-president Joe Biden’s wife, Jill, has said the US is committed to ensuring that girls and young women have tools needed to thrive in their communities.Dr Biden said it was...

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MULENGA SATA SPEAKS OUT

LUSAKA Mayor, Mulenga Sata says he is shocked with the statement attributed to Vice-President Guy Scott that he (Mulenga) does not qualify to contest the Republican Presidency.Mr Sata who is President...

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TEACHER APPEARS OVER PUPIL PREGNANCY

A TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Kaloko teacher has appeared in a Ndola magistrate’s court for allegedly defiling and impregnating a Grade Five pupil.Mathews Sompwe of Kaloko Community School appeared before...

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GIVE US RESULTS NOT JUST POLITICAL GYMNASTICS – NAREP

  The move taken by the Anti-Corruption Commission to probe PF Mongu Central Member of Parliament and North Western Provincial Minister Honourable Nathaniel Mubukwanu is a very welcome move....

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Nevers finds PF’s decision to continue with nullified seats case unfortunate

MMD president Nevers Mumba says it is unfortunate that the PF has instructed its lawyers to prosecute cases involving members of parliament whose seats were nullified on grounds of corruption in the...

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RDA seeks to single source for Chingola roads contractor

THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has requested the Zambia Public Procurement Authority to allow it to single source a contractor to take over the 23.5 kilometre rehabilitation and construction of...

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UK Secretary of State jets in

UK SECRETARY of State for International Development Justine Greening is today expected in Zambia to offer support to the campaign on ending child marriages. Ms Greening will be in Zambia for two days...

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Govt releases K1.6bn to ministries, agencies and provinces

Government has released K1.6 billion to eight ministries , six spending agencies and some provinces. Ministry of Finance Public Relations Officer Chileshe Kandeta said government is making efforts to...

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ZAWA kills one of the two stray lions in Chief Makasa’s area

The Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) in Kasama has killed one of the two lions that have been terrorizing people and domestic animals in Chief Makasa’s area. A Radio Mano crew which rushed to Chief...

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Man killed over adultery

A 37-YEAR-OLD man of Simonga Village in Zimba District was over the weekend brutally murdered on suspicion that he was having an affair with a married woman of the same area. Southern Province Deputy...

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Kapeya calls for people-centred post-2015 Development Agenda

NEW YORK, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 – Zambia has called for a people-centred post-2015 Development Agenda that will ensure equality, sustainable development and good governance. During the general debate...

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Twenty people died in road accidents during long weekend

Twenty two people died during the heroes and unity holidays in road traffic accident compared to sixteen who died during the same period last year. Police Deputy Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga in a...

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HH hopes Scott has learnt a lesson

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema says he hopes Vice President Guy Scott will has learnt a lesson and will be careful with what he says following the outrage...

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A SENIOR Zambia Army officer dies in petrol fire

A SENIOR Zambia Army officer at Kohima Barracks in Kabwe has died after sustaining severe burns in a servants’ quarter inferno that started when he reportedly attempted to light up a brazier using...

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‘I didn’t know dagga was illegal’

A 21-YEAR-OLD man of Luangwa township in Kitwe has told the Kitwe Magistrate’s Court that he did not know that selling marijuana is an offence. This is in a case in which Frederick Besa was jointly...

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Date set for five by-elections

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has set Thursday,11th September, 2014 as the date for the five pending parliamentary by-elections in Solwezi Central, Mkushi South, Vubwi, Kasenengwa and Zambezi West...

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Chitimukulu choice is final – Mucheleka

Government has been urged to acknowledge its own mistakes and accept the choice of the Bemba speaking people for Paramount Chief Chitimukulu. Patrick Mucheleke a member of the Bemba Royal Establishment...

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$900 million set aside for airports upgrade

Government has disclosed that it will spend over nine hundred million dollars to upgrade and expand the national airports in the country. Speaking during the official opening of the International Civil...

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