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Czech government may send special envoy over its nationals arrested in Zambia

The Czech Foreign Ministry is prepared to send a special envoy to Zambia to attend to the case of three Czechs detained in the country on charges of alleged espionage, should the matter get more complicated, a spokesman for the ministry said on Monday. According to him Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg has been attempting to [...]

The intention by President Michael Sata’s nephew Martin Malama to go on TV and announce a witch-hunt list is very unfortunate. Malama is the Inspector General of police. He is the custodian of our internal security. Whereas the move will provide Malama a chance to show his brutal face on TV, to the people affected [...]

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“It’ll be a different ball game against Zambia.

“Every country in Africa wants to beat Super Eagles but from now on no country will escape defeat in our hands and it will start with Zambia,” he said.

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Miners in  Zambia may have to scale down operations in the face of a move to raise royalties by the new government of President Michael Sata, the general manager of the country’s chamber of mines said on Monday. “The increase in mineral royalty will significantly raise costs for the mining companies … Each mine will [...]

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United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema says it is sad that the first National budget under the Patriotic Front (PF) failed to address certain key issues that are meant to benefit the citizens. Hichilema accused the PF government of failing to heed to calls for an increment in the budgetary allocation of [...]

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A ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) employee in Siavonga is reported to have shot himself in the head and died on the spot after shooting and wounding his girlfriend. Police public relations officer Elizabeth Kanjela disclosed this yesterday saying Boniface Sikolongo is alleged to have turned the gun on himself after earlier attempting to kill his [...]

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Landlocked Zambia has been connected to the Seacom and Sat3 undersea cables, with a dedicated terrestrial cable that has been built from Durban in South Africa and running through Zimbabwe along the major highways. The cable was laid by Chinese contractor Huawei Technologies on behalf of Liquid Telecom Fibre Network, a subsidiary of global telecoms [...]

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The Kingsley Chanda Commission of Inquiry probing irregularities at the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has summoned former republican Vice-President, George Kunda and former minister of Finance and National Planning, Situmbeko Musokotwane. Mr. Kunda was also minister of Justice while Dr. Musokotwane was chairperson of the ministerial tender committee. Former Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Emmanuel Ngulube will appearon [...]

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By Given Mutinta If the recent assertion by the United Party for National Development (UPND) that President Michael Sata has appointed a first grade family tree in his cabinet and key national public offices is true then that is an insult and poison to our society. The president’s decision to appoint relatives is a marker [...]

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