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LAFARGE Cement Zambia Plc says the weak Kwacha is putting pressure on cement prices due to input costs imported from other countries. The local currency has generally been trading at the level of K5, 200 and K5, 300 for buying and selling respectively on the interbank. Company chief financial officer Chrissie Moloseni said apart from [...]

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Dear Editor, I am kindly asking if you could allow this observation to be aired on your site. Who owns the American dome at the show grounds? Does it , as the name implies belong to the American Embassy? I am sure those who are attend functions like weddings will agree with me this is [...]

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The Government of Zambia is set to takeover the Kabwe-based Zambia-China Mulungushi Textiles, Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Robert Sichinga, has said. The Minister said the Chinese Government has hinted that it is not interested anymore in operating the ailing firm, which has prompted the Zambian Government to takeover the textile firm. The Government would [...]

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Following media reports on the Zambian government’s failure to lay charges in support of requests for the arrest of Henry Banda, son of former Zambian President Rupiah Banda, their legal counsel have dismissed the arrest requests as unfounded and politically motivated. “These unspecified allegations against Henry Banda are politically driven and without foundation. It is [...]

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A Zambian woman has been arrested in London for breaking into Simon Cowell’s London house by smashing a window with a brick or a rock. Leanne Zaloumis was a contestant in Miss Zambia U.K in 1998. The X Factor” executive producer Cowell was home at the time the incident happened on March 24, 2012. Leanne Zaloumis, [...]

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The Barotseland Freedom Movement (BFM), one of the key movements in the push for the separation of Barotseland from Northern Rhodesia says it’s too late for former president Kenneth Kaunda to intervene. BFM International Relations Secretary Shuwanga Shuwanga wondered where Kaunda was all this time. This is what he told the Watchdog: Firstly we would [...]

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Declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation does not make all Zambians Christians unless one make a decision through the conviction of the Holy Spirit NOT by declaration. We all know that Israel was a chosen nation by God but not ALL Israelites were God fearing. This was expected more especially that Catholic Church in Government.

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Police in Lusaka have locked up former Communications minister Dora Siliya. Siliya appeared before the reconstituted Task Force on Corruption this morning. She has been charged with Abuse of Authority in relation to the installation of radar system at the then Lusaka and Livingstone international airports. The Watchdog has been informed that police refused to [...]

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We are impressed with South Africa’s stance on Henry Banda. And yes, South Africa is in a better position to understand what persecution at the hands of a regime in power is. That South Africa will not handover Henry Banda in the absence of proper charges is a principled stand. High Commissioner Moses  Chikane has [...]

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Southern Province Permanent Secretary Ms. Ing’utu Suba goes to Central Province to replace Mr. Edwin Zumbunu who moves to Southern Province in the same capacity.

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