Archive: 28 May 2018
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Free to rot in poverty: the heart-breaking plight of Mpundu MutemboLast Friday, 25 May 2018, marked Africa Freedom Day. Like every year, our political leaders and foreign dignitaries gathered at State House to offer platitudes on African unity and freedom. Earlier, they had gone to […]
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Kabimba questions State’s capacity to transport remandees from Mwembeshi to courtRainbow party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba says it would be irresponsible and an act of gross misconduct for government to relocate remandees from Kamwala prison before informing the nation on how correctional facilities around the […]
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Women have resorted to alcohol abuse after ban on vending – Dr BandaPublic health specialist Dr Canisius Banda says women in Zambia are generally stressed and have resorted to alcohol abuse because most of them have no means of survival after government decided to remove them from […]
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Journalists divided over govt imposed dress codePress Association of Zambia president Andrew Sakala says government should not use dress code restriction for journalists as a deterrence to cover news. Sakala told News Diggers! in an interview that the new dress code […]
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Chipata Nyau dancers abduct schools girlsNyau dancers in Chipangali District of Eastern Province have abducted two girls of Musakanya village in Chief Mafuta’s area on allegations that they were mocking the traditional dancers. Confirming the development in an interview, Esnart […]
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Opposition must stop exaggerating its popularity – VJVeteran politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga has asked opposition political parties to stop exaggerating their popularity and unite saying that is the only way they can manage to constitutionally remove the ruling party from office. And […]
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Sean Tembo resigns from ZCIDPatriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo has resigned from the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) saying it is pointless to continue being part of the board when the PF and UPND have […]
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Govt must step foot in mining industry, exploit copper revenue – HabazokaEconomist Dr Lubinda Habazoka has urged government to step it’s foot in the mining industry to ensure that it exploits meaningful revenue from the sale of copper. And Dr Habazoka says those who privatised companies […]
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Teaching council extends deadline for application of practicing certificatesThe Teaching Council of Zambia (TCZ) has extended deadline for application of practicing certificates from May 31st to July 31st 2018. TCZ Spokesperson Ngoza Malonga stated that the council has also abridged the form for […]
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ICT capable of contributing more to Zambia’s GDP than agriculture – US AgencyThe United States Agency for International Development says there is chance that the percentage of Gross Domestic Product GDP afforded by Information and Communications Technologies ICT’s will outweigh that which is afforded by agriculture and […]
