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MMD re-adopts Peter Daka for Msanzala and gets UPND backing

The political race in Msanzala parliamentary by-election has started gaining momentum with two political parties announcing adopted candidates. The patriotic front has re-adopted Joseph Lungu who caused the bye-election by resigning and joining the PF after winning the seat as an independent candidate in the September 20 general elections. And the MMD has settled for [...]

Former First lady Thandiwe Banda has been summoned to appear before a joint government investigative wing on allegations of abuse of authority and money laundering. Ms Banda has been summoned with Mr Robert  Penny who are the directors of Mpundu trust Limited. This is in a matter involving the manner in which Mpundu Trust and [...]

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Lusaka High Court Judge Mugeni Mulenga has set April 4 as judgment day for the Muchinga Constituency election petition case. This involves former Vice President George Kunda and losing Patriotic Front candidate John Chama who petitioned the election results in the September 20 tripartite elections. Losing Patriotic Front candidate John Chama is petitioning the election [...]

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All documents relating to Panji Kaunda’s bankruptcy have been removed from courts records and other public institutions. Panji is the deputy minister of Defence and revelations that he was declared bankrupt in 2004 has been causing him sleepless nights. He has hired Kelvin Bwalya as his lawyer to sue anyone who brings out the matter [...]

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To tackle this and after considering all avenues possible to resolve this crisis with various actors, we the members faced with the legal and penal consequences for the operational structure of Zambia Scouts Association that this leadership situation presents, have considered to have no alternative but to convene the Extra-ordinary Meeting of the National Scout Conference at Lusaka [National Scout Headquarters] on the 28th Day of January in the year 2012 commencing at 09:30hrs.

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Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene was just nine years old when news reached Lusaka that the ‘pride of the nation’ had perished off the west coast of Africa. An air force plane carrying the national squad to Senegal in April 1993 for a World Cup qualifier crashed soon after take-off following a refuelling stop in Gabon [...]

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