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Hear us dying, unpaid retirees Mr. President

Your Excellency, we the surviving retirees with the help of our children, grandchildren, sympathizers and friends are writing on behalf of many of our colleagues who have since died without getting their retirement benefits.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chishimba Kambwili has dispelled the story on MUVI TV and the Zambian Watchdog that President Michael Sata caused commotion during the summit in Kampala by failing to follow protocol just before the summit began. Kambwili told the PF government propaganda news agency, ZANIS , that Muvi TV must withdraw the story and [...]

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Some Lusaka shop owners have expressed disappointment at president’ Sata decision to back street vendors. Business owners talked to  said the move was unrealistic and unhealthy for Zambia’s economy. Fine fashion centre director, Yakesh Patel said, the move would frustrate businesses of those that owned shops. “We pay tax and the street vendors don’t. I [...]

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President Michael Sata has with immediate effect terminated the appointment of Livingstone Central Member of Parliament Lukulo Katombora as Southern Province Minister. The Watchdog exclusively revealed that Katombora confessed being a devil worshipper and that he once practiced some dark world activities in his life. Katombora who is opposition MMD Livingstone Central MP  made the confession during [...]

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THE case in which a Kalulushi charcoal burner raped a pregnant woman and bludgeoned her to death, effectively claiming two lives, including an unborn baby – has taken a new twist with one school of thought calling for the rapist’s blood while another feels the murderous rapist deserves to live. The Human Rights Commission (HRC) [...]

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Acting Minister of Finance Emmanuel Chenda has revealed that the previous government borrowed US$145 Million before the September General Elections in order to finance some road programmes in a hurry. And Chenda, who is the substantive minister of agriculture and cooperatives says Zambia’ status as middle-income country is doubtful. Chenda was speaking in parliament Thursday [...]

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