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PF Confusion on Constitution Worries FODEP
The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) says it is worried by the uncoordinated statements coming from high ranking government officials on key policy matters. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald...
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How Much Was Raised from Subsidies?
The Zambia Episcopal Conference has demanded that government states how much was raised from the highly publicized removal of subsidies. ZEC General Secretary Father Cleopas Lungu said the silence on...
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Nevers Visits Crisis Hit UTH
Opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy president Nevers Mumba has visited the crisis hit University Teaching Hospital to assess the extent of the damage caused by the over 200 dismissed nurses....
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UPND Fight Court Battle for Fired Nurses
The opposition United Party for National Development says it will take legal action on behalf of the dismissed nurses by the government. UPND Deputy Secretary General Kuchunga Simusamba said the...
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Don’t Rule with Iron Fist, ZCTU tells Sata
The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions has advised President Michael Sata not to rule the country by an iron fist by wiping out any form of dissent in the country. During a press briefing held at Lusaka...
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Sata Claims Load-Shedding is Ending
Republican President Michael Sata has commissioned the first Generator unit at the $278 million Kariba North Bank extension power station which is expected to generate 360 Mega Watts of power with a...
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Zambian, Lawrence Sikutwa, Jailed in US for Tax Fraud
A federal judge in Idaho has sentenced a Texan of Zambian decent to almost two years in prison and ordered him to repay nearly $1.5 million in a fraud case involving false tax claims. Lawrence Sikutwa...
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UTH Doctor Pours Out Frustrations on Nurses Crisis
A University Teaching Hospital doctor has poured out his frustrations on the crisis at the country’s biggest referral medical facility following a strike action by nurses that led to the sacking of...
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Council Workers in Lukulu and Zambezi Go 20 Months Without Pay
Council workers in Lukulu and Zambezi Districts have gone for 20 months without getting their salaries. Zambia United Local Authorities and Allied Workers Union General Secretary Kingsley Zulu said the...
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Medical Association Calls for Reinstatement of Nurses
The Zambia Medical Association has joined calls for government to reinstate the fired nurses and midwives if Zambia is to have a realistic chance of meeting the Millennium Development Goal on health....
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30, 000 Tonnes of Farming Inputs Go Missing
A truck carrying 300, 000 tonnes of farming inputs destined for North Western Province has gone missing. The truck that was carrying maize seed was destined for Mwinilunga but along the way has...
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Matibini Orders Kabimba to Issue Ministerial Statement on Constitution
Speaker of the National Assembly has asked Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba to issue a Ministerial Statement on the constitution making process next Tuesday. The process has been thrown in turmoil...
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Milupi says ZRA Has no Capacity to Collect Mining Taxes
The Alliance for Democracy and Development says the Zambia Revenue Authority has no capacity to collect taxes from the mining sector as the firms do their best to dodge paying taxes. ADD President...
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Monde’s Embarrassing Statement on Inputs Rebutted
The alarming statement put up by Agriculture Deputy Minister Greyford Monde that 230 tonnes of agriculture inputs had gone missing has embarrassingly been rebutted by the transporter of the cargo. The...
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Strike Was Good for Student Nurses, says Sata’s Wife
First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba-Sata says the strike period for nurses provided good practical training for student nurses. During the handover of a refurbished children’s ward at the University...
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Ex-Police Chief Pleads not Guilty to Corruption
Former Copperbelt Police Commanding officer Mary Tembo has pleaded not guilty to two counts of corruption. Tembo who appeared in the Ndola Magistrate Court today pleaded not guilty and her case has...
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No Mercy for Nurses – Shamenda
Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda says it will be irresponsible for government to rescind its decision to fire over 200 nurses that had gone on strike demanding better pay as promised to them by...
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Former President Banda Eulogizes Nelson Mandela
His Excellency Rupiah Bwezani Banda, the Fourth President of the Republic of Zambia, has described the late anti-apartheid icon and former South African president Nelson Mandela as a great leader who...
View ArticleUTH Plays Down Nurses Strike
The University Teaching Hospital has played down the impact on the over 200 nurses are on strike, saying operations are normal. Public Relations Manager Mwenya Mulenga said the institution that even...
View ArticleFDD Calls for Demonstrations against Constitutional Delay
The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has called for massive demonstrations against the Patriotic Front government’s delay in giving Zambians a people driven constitution. FDD...
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