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October 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

By CHARITY MOONGA- PARLIAMENT has heard that 51 per cent of rural areas will be electrified under the rural electrification programme by 2016. Mines and Energy and Water Development Deputy Minister Richard Musukwa told the...

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October 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

By CHARITY MOONGA- OPPOSITION political parties have welcomed the Government’s decision to transform the University of Zambia (UNZA) bursary scheme into a loans board. MMD deputy national secretary Chembe Nyangu said in an interview yesterday...

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October 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE- A BISHOP at Jesus Soul Winning Ministries and 13 others yesterday appeared in the Lusaka magistrates’ court for assaulting a magistrate and her husband over a piece of land. Bishop Rose Kayanda...

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October 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

By REBECCA MUSHOTA- THIRTY-NINE grade 12 pupils were on Monday night rounded up in Lusaka after they converged to study a leaked examination paper. In Mansa, two Grade 12 pupils have been arrested while police...

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October 7, 2014 - 0 Comments

By XAVIER MANCHISHI- PRESIDENT Michael Sata is reluctant to recall diplomats but some people are forcing his hand when they behave in a manner that brings the name of the country into disrepute, Foreign Affairs...

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October 7, 2014 - 0 Comments

By CHILA NAMAIKO, ALICK MVULA, ANDREW PHIRI, YVONNE CHATE and NAKUBIANA SHABONGO- TEACHERS have urged the Government to increase the budgetary allocation to the education sector if Zambia is to achieve the Vision 2030 development...

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October 7, 2014 - 0 Comments

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA- THE Government has objected to plans by Glencore-owned Sable Zinc Mine in Kabwe to retrench 170 employees following the placing of the company on care and maintenance due to the withholding of...

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October 7, 2014 - 0 Comments

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE- FORMER Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commander Andrew Sakala has been convicted of stealing K1.5 million. The money was meant for special operations prior to the 2011 general elections. Sakala’s co-accused, former Zambia...

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October 6, 2014 - 0 Comments

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA- FOUR teenage girls in Kitwe fell pregnant last month after being defiled in separate cases, one of them involving incest, the Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) has said. YWCA Copperbelt regional coordinator...

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October 6, 2014 - 0 Comments

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA- BARCLAYS Bank has supported more than 10,000 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) countrywide and pledges to enhance financial inclusion particularly in the rural areas. Barclays Bank managing director Saviour Chibiya said the...

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