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August 29, 2014 - 0 Comments

IT is rare for members of staff at Zambia’s public universities to go on strike and, when they do, there is certainly cause to worry. This is because any work stoppage by workers at the...

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August 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

NEXT month the electorate will have by-elections in five constituencies, and it is just prudent that the Zambia Police deploys adequate officers to prevent a recurrence of violence that has characterised past by-elections. The recently...

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August 27, 2014 - 0 Comments

POLITICAL violence should not be allowed to dent Zambia’s impressive electoral record. In many, if not all incidences of political violence, they are always fueled by individuals’ insatiable and selfish desires to gain advantage over...

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August 26, 2014 - 0 Comments

THE Patriotic Front (PF) Government’s quest to develop power generation infrastructure throughout the country is one of the major items on its development agenda. It is a fact that Zambia and other countries in the...

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August 24, 2014 - 0 Comments

ZAMBIA has over the last 50 years or so depended solely on copper exports as the mainstay of the country’s economy. But the last few years have witnessed a remarkable shift from over-dependence on copper...

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August 23, 2014 - 0 Comments

LUVALES and Lunda speaking people of Zambezi District in North-Western Province no longer fight each other, they ceased fire a long time ago. Gone are the days when the two peoples, whose dialects are almost...

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August 22, 2014 - 0 Comments

WITH the cure for HIV/AIDS still elusive, it is clear that the fight against the pandemic cannot be restricted to one group but all the people have a role to play in stopping it. This...

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August 21, 2014 - 0 Comments

WE join members of the Patriotic Front (PF), supporters and well-wishers in congratulating the ruling party for emerging victorious in the Mangango parliamentary by-election, and for scooping 18 of the 25 ward by-elections on Tuesday....

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August 20, 2014 - 0 Comments

ZAMBIA’S economy is in a buoyant state, and phenomenal growth continues to be recorded across the entire length and breadth of our country in a manner never witnessed before. This optimistic outlook has elicited positive...

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August 20, 2014 - 0 Comments

DURING  late President Levy Mwanawasa’s 6th memorial anniversary celebrations in Lusaka yesterday, his widow Maureen made two salient points in respect of August 19, the date of her husband’s demise. The former first lady said,...

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