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PF Takes on KCM on Foreign Contracts
Government has accused Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) of creating a cartel after recently terminating the contract of a Brazilian firm U & M. It is reported that KCM terminated U & M Contractors so...
View Article‘June 2013 no Deadline for New Constitution’
The Technical Committee reviewing the constitution hopes to finish the process of collecting submissions and start drafting the final document by June, 2013 which will be beyond the stipulated...
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‘Missing’ President Sata Returns Home
President Michael Sata arrived back home this morning from an unknown destination aboard British Airways and elected to give no interviews to members of the press that went to Kenneth Kaunda...
View ArticleChipenzi Urges Police against Partisanship
The Foundation for Democratic Process has advised the Zambia Police service to rise above partisan politics in order to render itself relevant. FODEP Executive Director McDonald Chipenzi says the...
View ArticleAuditor General Reveals Irregularities At Ministry Of Energy
The Auditor General’s report has revealed that the Ministry of Energy and Water Development, now the Ministry of Mines, Energy, and Water Development has operated without a strategic plan since the...
View Article122 Congo Refugees Disappear From Nchelenge
About 122 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugees who entered the country last week after fleeing from war in their country have conspicuously disappeared from Kilwa Island in Nchelenge. Over 181...
View ArticlePF Inaction on Audit Report Worries TIZ
Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has observed that it is unfortunate that the releasing of the Auditor General’s report has been reduced to a mere annual academic exercise. TIZ executive...
View ArticleACC Summon former President Rupiah Banda
Former President Rupiah Banda has been summoned by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for interviews in connection with alleged corrupt and other criminal activities. According to a letter of summon...
View ArticleKasama Residents Scramble For Mealie Meal
Police in Kasama had a tough time to control a crowd of ravenous residents who scrambled to purchase mealie-meal at Kasama milling TAZARA outlet today in the commodity shortage crisis. According to...
View ArticleFarmers Protest Over Fertilizer
Over 20 farmer Cooperative representatives from selected farming blocks in Samfya district are protesting against the PF government’s Fertilizer Input Support Programme (FISP). The farmers today...
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Indeni Shuts Down Amid Corruption Reports
Indeni, Zambia’s only oil refinery plant in Ndola was shut down for the past week owing to contamination at the Petro Plant. But The Post newspaper is quoting ministry of Energy permanent secretary...
View ArticleFalling Kwacha Worries Government
Government has acknowledged the depreciation of the kwacha and is working out modalities to strengthen it in order to compete well against other major foreign currencies. Finance Deputy Minster Miles...
View ArticleMMD Says ACC Summons On Rupiah Banda Is Illegal
The opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) says it is appalled at the breach of constitution by President Michael Sata and the PF government following the summons served on former Head of...
View ArticleChieftainess Nkhomeshya Against Renaming of Districts
Senior Chieftainess Nkhomeshya Mukamambo II says she is saddened that President Michael Sata has renamed Shibuyunji district as Mwembeshi District. The Chieftainess said she was not consulted of the...
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Banda’s Lawyer Canes PF over ACC Summons
The recent summoning of former President Rupiah Banda by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been denounced as a political ploy his supporters. Banda, who as a former head of state enjoys immunity...
View ArticleBanda to Lead Carter Center Mission to Kenya
Former United States President Jimmy Carter has written to His Excellency Rupiah Bwezani Banda appointing him leader of a 50-person Carter Centre international observer mission for next month’s general...
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Disappearing Fertilizer Adds to Agricultural Woes
About 2,000 bags of fertilizer have been reported missing in Chadiza, Agriculture Minister Emmanuel Chenda has confirmed. In an interview today, Chenda said he had received the report of the missing...
View ArticleMinistry of Health Gets Help from Sweden
Zambia’s Ministry of Health and the Swedish government are now working together to improve standards in health facilities in the country. A 25-member Swedish delegation from public and private health...
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Sata Underwent Minor Heart Surgery – State House Sources
President Michael Sata is reported to have undergone a successful minor surgery to insert a bypass as a secondary cure for his heart problem in the UK last week. According to sources, President Sata...
View ArticleBankers Happy with Lending Levels
The Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) has said the lending levels by commercial banks have reached over K2 billion this year due to lower interests obtaining on the market. BAZ executive officer...
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