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Women, youth empowerment programmes for PF cadres only

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) government has developed a youth and women empowerment programmes targeted at their party cadres only. In an advert running in government funded and controlled Zambia Daily Mail, the PF informs all its esteemed registered members that the party be conducting tailoring and computer courses for women and youths in Lusaka. [...]

  President Michael Sata has donated five million litres of fuel to Malawi to help facilitate funeral arrangements for former president Bingu wa Mutharika. In a press release from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) of Malawi on Wednesday, Chief Secretary to Government Bright Msaka said Zambian minister of mines, energy and water [...]

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President Michael Chilufya Sata has recalled almost all diplomats in foreign missions who were sent before he became President or were appointed by former President Rupiah Banda. The President is said to have a list  of over 100 diplomats on the verge of recall and so far over half diplomats on the list have received [...]

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The Centre for Policy Dialogue Executive Director Neo Simutanyi has charged that the commissions of inquiry constituted by President Michael Sata to investigate the alleged corruption activities by the MMD are a waste of public Funds. And Dr. Simutanyi has urged President Michael Sata to desist from discrediting his cabinet ministers in public. Dr. Simutanyi [...]

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But in the past one week, Mukwita has angered his bosses at State House and ministry of Information for allegedly supporting the cause of the Barotseland agreement.

Mukwita is Lozi.

Journalists reported Mukwita to State House and ministry of information accusing his of blocking any stories that oppose the secession of Bartoseland.

Particularly, he is accused of blocking or watering down all stories on the resolutions by the Nkoya people of Kaoma. The journalists accuse Mukwita of giving prominence to stories that support secession.

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“I visit the Nigeria-based church just the way some Christians visit Israel. Just like pilgrimages Muslims make to Mecca,” she said.

Mrs. Banda who is also the founder of Peoples Party further revealed that during her recent visit to the synagogue church, Prophet TB Joshua asked her to make a prayer request and all she prayed for was to thank God for being faithful to her despite the many hurdles she has faced throughout the year 2011.

“I have been the most victimized person in the year, but God and Malawians especially women have been faithful to me,” she said.

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Herald Reporter Nigerian evangelist Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua has come under fire from clergymen and political analysts who questioned his role in the death of Malawian president Professor Bingu wa Mutharika. Social networking sites have been awash with conspiracy theories saying if this had happened in some Western countries, it would have necessitated a commission [...]

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By Mbo Muyunda It is disheartening to read and see how the public media, with the Times of Zambia in the forefront, have continued their crusade of trashing the Lozi people as a result of their (Lozi) interest to see to it that the BA1964 is restored. The opinions and articles being broadcasted in the [...]

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Frank Bwalya says it is unfair to heap the blame on the performance of the country’s economy on the PF government. Father Bwalya says it is a known fact that some unfolding events in the economy are beyond the government control. He says the volatility of the kwacha can also be attributed to external forces [...]

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‘What is an untimely death?’ asked Thoko.      ‘I think,’ I said, scratching my head, ‘that God has set a definite date when He’s coming to get you. So if you die sooner, or even later, your death must be untimely.’      ‘I don’t think that’s possible,’ she retorted. ‘You’re suggesting that the [...]

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