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PF Wins Mufumbwe By-Election as MMD Plan to Petition Final Result
The ruling Patriotic Front candidate in the Mufumbwe by-election has scooped the seat after gaining a wide lead before five polling stations were counted by 01 am on Friday. Masumba defeated MMD’s...
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Rupiah Banda Hails Africa’s Economic Growth
Former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda says that the best path forward for Africa is to focus on economic growth while protecting the most vulnerable. Speaking at the University of Dar es Salaam in...
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Conflicting Accounts of Electoral Violence in Rufunsa
Political violence erupted again in Zambia this week with the killing of a Patriotic Front youth cadre in Rufunsa, prompting mutual accusations from the government and opposition. At the moment, it is...
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Speaker Places Gag Order on MPs
Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has ordered Members of Parliament to stop conducting interviews with members of the press on the proceedings of the House. Making a ruling last...
View ArticleGovernment Downplays Power Outage at Lusaka Airport
Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Christopher Yaluma says Kenneth Kaunda International Airport did not experience a total power blackout as reported in the media recently. Yaluma...
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Sakeni Hits Back at Council of Churches
Following a pastoral letter from the Council of Churches of Zambia (CCZ) General Secretary Susan Matale who warned the PF government against interfering in the judicial process, Chief Government...
View ArticleYouth Group Calls for Amendment of Public Order Act
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has called on the Patriotic Front government to re-think its position on the Public Order Act. YALI president Andrew Ntewewe described the Act was...
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Zanaco, Power to Decide Zambian League Champions on the Last Day
There is no margin for error for Power Dynamos and Zanaco who are separated by the smallest of margins going into today’s season-closing Super Division fixtures. Power have a one-point advantage over...
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Zanaco are 2012 Zambian Super League Champions
Zanaco waited for the last day of the season to bag their sixth title in Zambia’s top flight league sponsored by South African mobile company MTN beating Nkana 3-1. Zanaco had Red Arrows to thank for...
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GBM, Kabimba’s Supporters Clash During Meeting in Kasama
Supporters of PF rival ministers Wynter Kabimba and Geoffrey Mwamba clashed on Saturday in Kasama as divisions in the leadership in the ruling party deepens. Kabimba was in Kasama where GBM is member...
View ArticleMMD to Allow Members to Serve in PF Government
The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) party has announced that it will allow its Members of Parliament to serve in the Patriotic Front government. MMD Vice President for Administration Brian...
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BoZ Says Old Kwacha Will Remain Valid
The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has advised the business community not to panic with their old Kwacha notes because the deadline for the exchange of the old currency will be effected three years after the new...
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Former President Banda to Monitor Elections in Sierra Leone
Former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda departed this morning for Sierra Leone to lead the Carter Foundation international election observer mission for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary...
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CDDR Slam Kabimba and PF Over Alleged Constitutional Violations
The Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights has released two communiques today detailing alleged legal and constitutional violations committed by the Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba and the...
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Rising Concern Over Alleged State-Sponsored Political Violence in Zambia
Some people in Zambia have often expressed doubt whether the Patrotic Front (PF) is a violent political party. The events that led to the death of PF cadre Menyani Zulu in Rufunsa recently serves as...
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Catholic Believe Fr Banyangandora’s Deportation Was Malicious
The Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) says although the deportation of Rwandese Priest Viateur Banyangandora was malicious, the church will not hold grudges against individuals that acted in that...
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AfCON 2013 Opponent Watch: Nigeria Gets Full House for Venezuela Friendly
Zambia’s Group C rivals at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, have recorded a full house for tonight’s friendly against Venezuela in the United States of America. While African champions Zambia...
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Church Groups Pleased by Reversal of Deportation of Priest
Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) General Secretary Fr. Cleophas Lungu says the Catholic Church is pleased by the good will gesture of government to revoke the deportation order of Rwandese Catholic...
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Kalaki’s Korner: Christine explains everything…
It was Sunday afternoon, and Sara and I were having a quiet cup of tea on the veranda when we heard a voice behind us. ‘Have you got a cup for me” ‘Christine!’ exclaimed Sara, rising to give her a hug....
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Mealie Meal Prices on the Rise in Zambia
The cost of the staple food, mealie meal, in Zambia is again on the rise despite a recent government intervention that sought to control prices. Two months ago, prices of meal meal were sky-rocketting,...
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