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2021 polls could be marred by violence if govt doesn’t act on Inquiry – AVAPANTI-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) executive director Richwell Mulwani says government should address the recommendations that were made by the Commission of Inquiry into the 2016 voting patterns to avoid a possible repetition of violence and […]
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Roads in Lusaka, Los Angeles the same – BowmanLusaka Province Minister says the road at the Kaunda Square turnoff can be mistaken for one in the United States’ Los Angeles because the quality is the same. And Lusambo, who is also PF Copperbelt […]
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If rigging existed, PF wouldn’t have won in 2011 – KabimbaRAINBOW party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says if rigging existed in Zambia, PF wouldn’t have won elections in 2011. And Kabimba says there’s nothing abnormal about government’s request for debt suspension because the trend is […]
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Zambia lacks capacity to repay Eurobonds – MusokotwaneFORMER finance minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says Zambia currently has no capacity to repay the three Eurobonds worth US $3 billion, hence government’s request for a six-month suspension on interest payments. And Musokotwane says Zambia’s […]
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Govt under pressure to bring economy back on track, says MumbaKANTANSHI Independent member of parliament Anthony Mumba says the current projected output for the mining sector will not be good enough to support the revenues that government needs to deal with its debt stock and […]
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Govt releases K16m to contain locust outbreakAGRICULTURE Minister Michael Katambo says the country has been hit by an African Migratory Locust outbreak in Central, Southern, and Western Provinces. And Katambo says the government is concerned about this outbreak as it has […]
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28 died from Crocodile attacks between 2016 and 2019 – ChitotelaTOURISM and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela says 28 people died while 25 others sustained injuries and were permanently disabled after being attacked by crocodiles between 2016 and 2019. And Chitotela says government has observed that […]
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Lungu responds to Sishuwa’s election rigging allegationsPRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he respects the independence of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and that insinuations that he has directed the Commission to abandon the old voters’ register to disadvantage the opposition in […]
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Asking for debt suspension an admission of bankruptcy – MusokotwaneUPND chairperson for finance and economic affairs Situmbeko Musokotwane says government’s request for a six months suspension on repayment of the three Eurobonds is an admission to the whole world that the country is bankrupt. […]
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Poverty has only reduced for Lungu, PF – JambaKASEMPA UPND member of parliament Brenda Tambatamba says President Edgar Lungu’s speech to Parliament was business as usual and nothing transformational came out of it. And Mwembeshi Independent member of parliament Machila Jamba says President […]
