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Mpombo jailed
By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE - FORMER Defence minister George Mpombo has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment for theft by public servant, forgery and uttering a false document. Chief resident magistrate Joshua Banda convicted and jailed Mpombo yesterday aft...
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ILO initiative to create 8,000 jobs
By CATHERINE NYIRENDA - THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has launched two programmes that will see the creation of over 8,000 jobs for Zambians. The two programmes are the Rural Youth Empowerment, funded by Sweden at a cost of K39 million, and the Green Jo...
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High Court sets Liato free
By DELPHINE ZULU - THE Lusaka High Court has set former Labour Minister Austin Liato free after quashing his two-year jail sentence slapped on him by a magistrate’s court for being in possession of K2.1 million on grounds that there was no evidence indicating the s...
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Govt trashes fertiliser allegations
By CHARITY MOONGA - GOVERNMENT says it has not single-sourced or engaged a Chinese company to supply 42,000 tonnes of Urea fertiliser. Chief Government spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya said yesterday that there was no sanction from the Minister of Finance or Attorney Gener...
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Thank you Zambia, says South Africa
By VICTORIA PHIRI - THE South African Government has thanked Zambia for according former President Nelson Mandela seven days of national mourning. South African High Commissioner to Zambia Piet Mathebe said during a memorial service for the late freedom fighter he...Roll out hammer mills, ZACA urges Govt
By JAMES KUNDA - THE Government and stakeholders in the agricultural sector should support the rollout of hammer mills across Zambia to avert intermittent shortages of mealie-meal, the Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) has sai...
Ex- Armco boss jailed
By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE - FORMER Armcor managing director Muhammad Patel has been convicted and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour after the Lusaka magistrate’s court found him guilty of stealing a Tata...
Mwamba Wakulubemba plans big for 2014
By Moses KabailA JR - Everything big starts small, that’s the anthem for Ndola-based Zambia Police (ZP) constable-cum-singer Wyclif Mwamba aka Mwamba Wakulubemba. The humble but sharp looking Mwamba says everything worth talk...
Zambia wins bronze
By FELIX MALUNGA - Tanzania 1 Zambia 1 (5-6 on penalties) CHIPOLOPOLO goalkeeper, Joshua Titima yesterday shed tears of joy after stopping three penalties as Zambia claimed bronze at the 2013 GOtv CECAFA Senior Challenge ...
