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January 5, 2024 - 0 Comments

THE Cholera epidemic does not seem to be letting up, going by the numbers of those that are capitulating everyday from the malady since the outbreak last January.So far, official figures place the numbers of...

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November 9, 2023 - 0 Comments

EVERY Parliament has rules that govern Members of Parliament (MPs) and these need to be followed.The issue of suspending 19 MPs, majority belonging to the Patriotic Front (PF) and some independent parliamentarians by Speaker of...

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November 6, 2023 - 0 Comments

ONE of the biggest reasons Africa remains the poorest region on earth is the disunity that exists among its people.Apart from that, there are so many conflicts sprinkled across the continent with not less than...

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November 2, 2023 - 0 Comments

ZAMBIA has this year received high level dignitaries from developed nations and institutions of influence, thus propelling the country’s profile on the international scene.Earlier this year, United States (US) Vice- President Kamala Harris and Secretary...

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October 27, 2023 - 0 Comments

THE continued leadership wrangles in Zambia’s largest opposition political party, the Patriotic Front (PF), are bad for the growth of Zambia’s democracy which has been growing steadily since the country’s return to a multiparty dispensation...

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October 25, 2023 - 0 Comments

REPORTS that 49 families refused to have their children vaccinated against polio in Eastern Province due to religious beliefs makes quite sad reading.And this also reminds us of the time that the nation grappled with...

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October 19, 2023 - 0 Comments

IT is a blessing that Zambia has continued observing the annual National Day of Prayer which began in 2015, exactly eight years ago.There were fears in some quarters that with the departure from the government...

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October 17, 2023 - 0 Comments

FINALLY, the Road Development agency RDA has signed a concession agreement under the public private partnership financing model for the development of the Sakania border post access road and 61 kilometre Ndola-Mufulira road.The Public Private...

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October 16, 2023 - 0 Comments

THE call by the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) not to politicise the Independence Day is timely and welcome.It is timely in that everything now has become political at the expense of unity and...

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October 12, 2023 - 0 Comments

COUNTRIES world over are grappling with the effects of climate change such as high temperatures and pollution, all linked to deforestation.Zambia has not been spared in the environmental challenges of deforestation, which is the clearing...

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