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Violent PF supporters jailed

The Lusaka Magistrates Court has sentenced to 3 years imprisonment with hard labour, three Patriotic Front cadres for assaulting their former party members. Magistrate Xonobit Zulu slapped the sentence on the trio on Monday. The three are Ashwell Kampengele, George Lemba and Francis Mumba. The convicts assaulted Sam Zulu and Mubanga on June 5th , [...]

The American Central Intelligence Agency- CIA- has ranked Zambia’s economy as fourth best performing in Africa in 2010. According to the latest CIA fact book comparison guide, Zambia’s economy with seven percent GDP growth is also ranked number 21 in the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo is the Continent’s best performing economy in Africa [...]

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Press Statement 15 January 2011 MISA Zambia Condemns Police for Seizing Equipment from Radio Lyambai, but urges media to maintain professionalism as they report on the Barotseland Agreement. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia is disturbed by the action of the police in Mongu on 14 January 2011, who confiscated equipment from Radio [...]

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The Zambian judiciary says no court order was issued by Judge Philip Musonda to give back second republican president Dr. Fredrick Chiluba his seized properties as reported in the Post newspaper. Judiciary Public Relations Officer, Terry Musonda, has told journalists in Lusaka that Dr Chiluba is not party to any court proceeding before Judge Musonda [...]

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A GOVERNANCE and Human Rights expert Ng’ande Mwanajiti and Luapula Member of Parliament Peter Machungwa have said Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata should be blamed for the fracas and consequent death of two people in Mongu last week. The duo said it was unfair for anyone to blame Government and President Rupiah Banda for [...]

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