Zambia inflation at 10-year low
Zambia’s inflation slowed to its lowest rate in at least 10 years this month, to 6.0% year-on-year from 6.4% in January mainly due to food costs, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Thursday. Zambia’s inflation has been on a declining trend and February’s rate marks the lowest since at least January 2002, according to [...]
Chongwe recommends restoration of Barotseland but Sata says he is reluctant
February 23, 2012 157 CommentsPresident Michael Sata says he will be reluctant to recommend to Cabinet the restoration of the Barotseland Agreement of 1964. President Michael Sata says this is because restoring the Barotseland agreement would cause the other native authorities in the country to rise up and demand secession a situation that would likely destabilize the country. The [...]
Continue reading …UNZA don Mbozi to petition UN’s Ban KI-Moon over Barotseland agreement
February 23, 2012 72 Comments
Belwo is the letter Mbozi plans to present to UN Srcretary General Ban KI-Moon when he visits Zambia. From: Austin Moonga Mbozi Zambian Citizen C/0 University of Zambia Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics P.O Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia Phone: 0978-741920 Email:austinmbozi@yahoo.co.uk Thursday 23th February 2012 To: The UN Secretary General Mr Ban KI-Moon On [...]
Continue reading …Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister, Given Lubinda, has told off Chiefs from Southern Province who are opposed to the unilateral government decision to take away Chirundu and Itezhi-tezhi Districts from Southern Province to Lusaka and Central Province respectively as being “myopic and narrow-minded”. Appearing on Mobi TV yesterday, Mr Lubinda said those opposed to the [...]
Continue reading …Miles Sampa to hold ‘victory’ celebrations on moving Chirundu, ITT from Southern province
February 23, 2012 97 Comments
Southern province minister Miles Sampa is organising celebrations to mark the successful moving of Chirundu to Lusaka. Meanwhile, youths in Southern province have vowed to clash with police if the government tries to stop their planned protests against removing two districts from the province. Miles Sampa has appointed one Amin Makuba, a teacher at Chirundu [...]
Continue reading …RENOWNED Lusaka Pastor and host of Prayer Connection Emmanuel Banda on Wednesday appeared in court and thanks to his ex-wife the court heard how he forbade her from using contraceptives but went on to impregnate his church usher. She further told the court that she had on several occasions caught the ‘man of God’ with used condoms in [...]
Continue reading …World Bank bars Alstom units for ‘improper payment’ to unnamed former Zambian govt official
February 23, 2012 25 CommentsThe World Bank said Alstom made “an improper” payment of 110,000 euros in 2002 to a company controlled by a former senior Zambian government official related to the Zambia power project financed by the Bank.
Continue reading …The United Party for National Development (UPND) has charged PF’s Secretary General Winter Kabimba’s observations that Government ministers have failed to articulate the PF manifesto amounts to a vote of no confidence in the Cabinet by the party. UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the statement by Mr. Kabimba that the ministers have failed to explain [...]
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