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December 26, 2017 - 0 Comments

ALTHOUGH the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (GBV) is long gone, it would be expecting just too much that the vice will come to an end, let alone reduce. This is because, as...

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December 23, 2017 - 0 Comments

THE directive from the Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba to all controlling officers in ministries and provinces to immediately surcharge all erring officers cited for misappropriation of public funds is a welcome development. We...

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December 22, 2017 - 0 Comments

IT is easy to understand Government’s frustrations at the slow pace at which the e-voucher, the subsistence farmer’s passport to a successful season, is being activated. Under the electronified Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP as...

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December 21, 2017 - 0 Comments

THE southern African country has had no national airline for more than two decades now following the close down of Zambia Airways. Now, a national airline is an airline which is registered locally for a...

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December 20, 2017 - 0 Comments

WE regret the Zambia Police Service’s decision to reverse its earlier progressive resolution to enlist eight Chinese nationals in the police reserve wing. On Monday, Zambia Police enlisted eight Chinese in various ranks but this...

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December 17, 2017 - 0 Comments

We hail Government’s decision to implement a national land policy to address numerous irregularities in land administration in the country. We agree with the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Jean Kapata who has observed...

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December 15, 2017 - 0 Comments

In 2015, the then Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda told parliament that only two mining companies were paying Company Income Tax under the previous tax regime as most of them claimed that they were not...

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December 14, 2017 - 0 Comments

News of more than 2,000 residents of Chikuni, Mawewe and Mutuna villages in Kawambwa District being faced with eviction after a Lusaka-based business person claimed that he had title to the land makes sad reading....

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December 6, 2017 - 0 Comments

AFRICAN swine fever is a highly contagious disease to livestock and the fact that it has no vaccine makes it even more difficult to deal with in the event of an outbreak such as we...

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December 5, 2017 - 0 Comments

TEACHERS really work hard, no doubt about that. They, for instance, do not show up in class, only to sit behind a desk – like their learners do. Instead, teachers stand all day, talk all...

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