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Zambia Faces K5bn deficit – Nawakwi
EDITH Nawakwi says the country risks being in a K5 billion deficit due to unbudgeted for expenditure. But Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has maintained that the budget is on course. And...
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MMD Confident of Scooping Mkaika Seat
The opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has expressed optimism of scooping the Mkaika parliamentary by-election slated for September 5th this year. MMD president Nevers Mumba says the...
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A man has decided to divorce his wife after his friends told him they saw photographs of her lying in bed on Facebook. Dennis Mweene told the Lusaka Local Court that his wife’s behaviour was unbecoming...
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Finance Minister Seeks to Calm Deficit Fears
Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has acknowledged that government spending has exceeded the state budget, however he sought to ally any fears that this deficit would pose any risk to Zambia’s...
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CBU Vice Chancellor Angers Students with The ‘F’ Word
Students at the Copperbelt University (CBU) were angered after Vice-Chancellor Naison Ngoma used the ‘f’ word in addressing them over the issue of squatting which triggered riots at the second largest...
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MMD, UPND Insist on Fielding Siliya, Mwale and Sililo
The opposition MMD and United Party for National Development (UPND) insist they will go ahead to field their already adopted candidates for next month’s by-elections despite a ban enforced by the...
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Pride Will Work Againts PF in 2016 – Mulongoti
The opposition People’s Party (PP) has appealed to the Patriotic Front (PF) government to refocus and begin governing the country based on the promises it made prior to forming government. PP...
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Shaka Blames Budget Deficit on Poor Economic Management by PF
Former Finance Deputy Minister Jonas Shakafuswa says the reported K5 billion budget deficit is a sign of poor economic by the Patriotic Front government. Shakafuswa said the excuse by Finance Minister...
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PF’s Shadow Succession Race in Full Gear
The Patriotic Front hierachy has continued casting innuendos on President Michael Sata’s 2016 candidature for elections by lining up cadres to endorse his him for an election which is three years away....
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Saccord Defends ECZ
The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has come to the defence of the Electoral Commission of Zambia over its competence amidst calls for the electoral body’s...
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Don’t Kubeba: Civil Servants Shocked over September Salaries
The Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWU) has expressed shock that government decided to communicate the deferment of payment of new civil servants salaries from September to...
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Catholics Deny PF Link
The Catholic Church says the perception that they are Patriotic Front inclined is untrue and that they will continue speaking for the voiceless. Zambia Episcopal Conference spokesperson Father Paul...
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Magande Exposes PF on Budget Deficit
Former finance minister Ngandu Peter Magande has delivered a clear and concise explanation to interpret finance minister Alexander Chikwanda’s statement that Zambia is facing a budget deficit. Below is...
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Sata Fires Foreign Affairs Minister Lungu
President Michael Sata has dropped Foreign Affairs Minister Effron Lungu and replaced him with Lands Minister Wilbur Simuusa. Sata, who last month dressed down Lungu for copying correspondence to him...
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Zambia’s Gemstone Marketers Hungry for Growth
There is something green in Zambia, a country that’s established in the copper mining industry, only this substance tends to sparkle – and those in the gemstone business are hoping it will catch more...
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Intrigue at Plot One Prompts Rumours of Military Rift with PF
In what appeared to be a panicked deployment of security personnel at Plot One late last night followed by the temporary closure of numerous roads surrounding State House, rumours are circulating...
View ArticleWitness Breaks Down in Tears in Rupiah Banda Trial
A Nigerian witness in the trial against former President Rupiah Banda broke down in tears on the stand today, claiming that he had broken no laws and remained loyal to the former Zambian head of state,...
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Zambia’s Chipolopolo in Paris for Senegal Friendly
The senior Chipolopolo boys this evening test their arsenal against the Teranga Lions of Senegal in Paris as they warm up for next month’s Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier against Ghana in Kumasi on...
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Kalaki’s Korner: A Distinguished Judge
‘You’ll soon be finishing school,’ I said to Thoko. ‘What are you going to do with yourself? Follow your mother into the fashion business? Maybe you’ll become a famous fashion model?’ ‘Famous is not...
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Opposition Accuse Zambia Government of Barring Rallies
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — Opposition political parties and non-governmental organizations in Zambia are criticizing the government’s use of the Public Order Act to bar political rallies in the country, and some...
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