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Hakainde Hichilema linked to ‘depriving’ orphans

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has been summoned to appear in a Chisamba magistrate court over a farm believed to have been sold to him illegally. Mr. Hichilema is expected to appear in court on February 14,  2012. In this matter a teacher at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwa Basic School, Charity Swana Mwanga along with her elder [...]

Drug Enforcement Commission officers (DEC) Friday afternoon abducted the wife of Gregory Chifire and interrogated her for three hours. DEC also grabbed a vehicle from Chifire’s house. Earlier this week, the PF government deregistered Committee of Citizens, an NGO Chifire was heading. According to Chifire, DEC did not return the Ford Ranger they grabbed. Chifire [...]

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Minister of Labour Chishimba Kambwili has threatened to terminate the work permit for a Chinese national who is a Chief Medical Officer at Sinozam Friendly Hospital in Kitwe for what Kambwili described as mistreating workers and exhibiting rude behavior  to the  minister. Mr. Kambwili paid the hospital a surprise visit after he was tipped that [...]

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A marauding hyena has left a man of Kambulile Village of Chief Mwangala’s area of Chadiza District with a life threatening wound on his left leg. 42 year old Isaac Mwale was attacked by the Hyena last night around mid night on his way back into the house from his backyard latrine after a call [...]

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A JOINT Government Investigative Team on Thursday warned and cautioned former diplomat and MMD aspiring presidential candidate Nevers Mumba for abuse of office and corruptly acquiring public property and revenue. Mr Mumba arrived at the former task force offices for questioning accompanied by his lawyer Sakwiba Sikota of Central Chambers. Joint government investigative wing spokesperson [...]

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Labour Minister, Chishimba Kambwili has asked companies to give workers better salaries as a way to support government’s promise of more money in people’s pockets. Mr. Kambwili says workers have too much expectation from government concerning better wages adding it is important that employers help to meet some of the expectations. The Minister noted that [...]

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By Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa I read the “transcript” of your conversation with my compatriot with much intrigue. Your view of the “third world” is not only dated in nomenclature, it is also dated in reality. When was the last time you were in Zambia? The Zambia of the 1980s is not the Zambia of 2012! [...]

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FORMER president, Rupiah Banda and 14 others who include some of his former ministers, may face arrest following Cabinet’s unanimous decision that they stand trial on allegations of corruption and breach of financial regulations. Cabinet resolved on Wednesday that Mr Banda alongside former minister of Finance and National Planning, Situmbeko Musokotwane and former Works and [...]

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