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Press Freedom Group Slams Zambian Government
Following several arrests of journalists and numerous attempts to hack and block access to the government-critical news website Zambian Watchdog, the press freedom group Committee to Protect...
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Opinion: Is PF Measuring Up to Useful Idiots?
When international human rights lawyer Robert Amsterdam branded the Patriotic Front government a bunch of useful idiots early this year, its leaders reacted as if there was a plot to overthrow them....
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3 Die at Arcades Roundabout in Lusaka
Three people have died on the spot in a road traffic accident at Arcades round-about along the Great East road in Lusaka. Police deputy public relations officer Charity Munganga Chanda says the...
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North West MPs Angry with Sata
North Western Province Members of Parliament have reacted angrily to President Michael Sata’s assertion that they have never stood for their people. In a joint press briefing, eight parliamentarians...
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NGOs Continue to Oppose Oppressive Act
The Civil Society has continued to press government to rescind its decision to regulate NGOs under the 2009 NGO Act that attempts to clip the role of the civil society. NGOCC board chairperson Beatrice...
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PF Minister Say South Africa Tests Implicate Zambeef
Findings from further laboratory analysis undertake in South Africa on meat samples taken from different batches and outlets of ZAMBEEF, have confirmed the presence of formaldehydes a compound used to...
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Zambia Reports Blocked: Access is Limited in Zambia
In the continued State sponsored attempt to rid Zambia of critical online newspapers, Zambia Reports has today July 17, 2013 suffered intermittent interruption on various networks inside the country....
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PAZA Disappointed With PF on Access to Information Bill Failure
The Press Association of Zambia has expressed disappointment that the Access to Information Bill has not been tabled in the life of the current parliament nearly two years after the assumed office....
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‘Go to Hell’– PF Minister Tells Zambians
Agriculture Minister Bob Sichinga has said the Patriotic Front government will not listen to anyone but only implement their party’s ideas. Sichinga told parliament that even if the opposition had good...
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UK Highlight Sata’s Attempts to Muzzle Free Speech
A leading United Kingdom newspaper as reported the ongoing assault of free speech in Zambia by President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front following the government’s decision to blocking access to...
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USA Broadcasts Assault on Zambian Media
Freelance journalists Chanda Chimba’s maiden report has hit the airwaves in the United States of America discussing the increasing threats and dangerous environment in which journalists are now...
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Kabimba Attempts to Lecture LAZ, Gets Tough Response
Justice Minister, Wynter Kabimba, summoned the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) executive committee to try and lecture them on their statements but the body’s president James Banda stood firm and...
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Proflight Aborts Livingstone Bound Flight after Fault
A Livingstone-bount Proflight Zambia plane Boeing 737-200 carrying 75 passengers yesterday aborted its flight after developing a mechanical fault a few minutes after take-off at Kenneth Kaunda...
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Bloggers Protest Watchdog, Zambia Reports Blocking
A sizeable group of people calling themselves Zambian bloggers yesterday converged at the Freedom Statute in Lusaka to protest the blocking of two critical websites – Zambian Watchdog and Zambia...
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LAZ Ask Mulusa to Compile Dossier on Mutembo Nchito
The Law Association of Zambia has advised Solwezi Central Member of Parliament Lucky Mulusa to make submissions on the possible action against director of public prosecutions, DPP, Mutembo Nchito. LAZ...
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Zambia, Zimbabwe Battle for Cosafa Prize
Zambia’s quest to join Zimbabwe on the most decorated Cosafa Cup winners list today goes on the line as Herve Renard’s lads face Klaus-Deiter Pagels’ Warriors at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola....
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The French non-profit organisation Reporters Sans Frontier (Reporters Without Borders, or RSF) has been blocked for access to Zambian internet users by the ruling Patriotic Front government. The...
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Hosts Zambia Win 4th Cosafa Title
Zambia finally put up a convincing performance to end an eight year Cosafa drought at Ndola’s Levy Mwanawasa Stadium with a 2-0 win over defending champions Zimbabwe. Ironically it was the Warriors...
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Pesercuted Journalist Joins 170 Kilometre Protest Walk
Mulusa Persecuted journalist Thamos Zyambo this afternoon joined MMD Solwezi Central MP Lucky Mulusa and Zambezi East legislator Sarah Sayifwanda on his 170Km solidarity walk from Chingola to Solwezi....
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Rupiah Banda Comeback Campaign on Course
The Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has started collecting signatures ahead of its scheduled launch of the Rupiah Bwezani Banda Come campaign. ZDDM president Edwin Sakala has disclosed that so...
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