Archive: 15 June 2018
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GBM explains massive weight loss: I love myself nowUPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) says he has deliberately lost more than 30kgs since August 2017 through a strict diet which entails he excludes sugar, starch and oily foods from his menu. And GBM […]
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Govt considers reducing land lease years for foreigners to 15Lands Minster Jean Kapata says government will consider reducing land lease years for foreign investors from 25 to 15 following public outcry. And Kapata says some chiefdoms should not be referred to as such because […]
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Ban TV, radio stations that don’t cover President well, Nundwe tells IBACopperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe has asked the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to close down television and radio stations that do not give President Edgar Lungu good coverage. And IBA director Josephine Mapoma says the […]
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There will be a major decision on FIC soon, warns AmosIn this audio, President Edgar Lungu’s Spokesperson Amos Chanda discloses that State House is watching with frustration the happenings at the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and a major decision will be made soon. And Chanda […]
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Daniel Munkombwe’s political life: what do we learn from it?After being at the centre of national politics for over half a century, Daniel Chibbwalu Munkombwe joined, in 2015, the very short list of Zambian political leaders who have written their memoirs. Published by Fleetfoot […]
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Citizens voice out at Oasis Forum public discussionPMRC executive director Bernadette Deka struggled to defend weak accountability systems in the country at an Oasis Forum-organised public discussion, Wednesday evening. And economist Trevor Simumba says with government’s uncontrolled borrowing, the private sector will […]
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Shrinking tolerance of dissent threatens Zambia’s history of freedomsThe end of the Cold War signalled seismic changes across Africa. In Zambia it ushered in the return to multiparty politics after 18 years of single party rule, when president Kenneth Kaunda lifted a ban […]
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Maize shortage may escalate mealie meal price, warns JCTRMealie meal prices will increase in the short-term given Zambia’s 3-year record low maize harvest, says the Jesuit Centre of Theological Reflection. In a statement, the JCTR have predicted a rise in mealie meal prices […]
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What’s the emergency of Lungu’s trip to Kenya that he had to abandon the mourning of his Cabinet Minister?We would like to know the nature Edgar Lungu’s so-called private visit to Kenya which is so important that he can abandon the funeral of his own Minister Victoria Kalima whom government has even declared […]
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Mulenga Sata seeks PF adoption for Lusaka mayorMulenga Sata says he wants to be adopted to contest the Lusaka mayoral elections on the PF ticket so that he can implement various projects which he left hanging when he served in the same […]
