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The Cheke Cha Mbunda Cultural and Writers Association on April 28, 2012 held their Extra Ordinary Meeting  to review their position on Barotseland exactly one month after the Barotse National Council meeting in Mongu where they were represented. At the meeting where all Provincial, District and Branch Committees of Western, Lusaka, Copperbelt and North Western [...]

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“I’m seeing a very big -will I call it a ferry? It carries people. It’s a ferry; it’s not even a ship. It’s a ferry. Breaking news said a thousand people died. The boat capsized. They should be very careful. This is an African nation. I’m going to ask God to show me the direction, the route where this ferry is going.”

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1.       Introduction I read a recent posting on this site on the above topic. It made interesting reading on the revealed word of God in this present age. It seems the brother who sent the posting got discouraged by the insulting language of some of the bloggers on this site and never made a follow-up [...]

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One of the widows of the footballers and administrators who died in a plane crash 19 years ago has threatened to exhume her husband if the report of the crash is not released. Peggy Mwape said ‘previous governments have failed us we are asking the new governement to release the report…failure to that…I , myself I got [...]

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“Sata’s Zanu PF slogan chant does not surprise us. In fact, it makes us understand more that his (Sata) background is linked to Zanu PF.”
“However, we are a government of national unity and uttering or making a slogan of one national party unfortunately converted this non-political event into a political one. Whatever Sata said after such an action therefore lost all its meaning.”

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The 300,000 or so youths offloaded on the labour market and require jobs annually need practical answers-jobs, jobs-jobs! Over the last six months of PF in Government, we have seen contradictions and inconsistencies. The youth of Zambia are demanding for labour-absorbing activities and not mere Government assurances.

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President Michael Sata has arrived in the country from Zimbabwe where he had gone for a three days state visit at the invitation of his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe. The presidential challenger carrying President Sata touched down at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport at 17-45 hours local time. Sata accompanied to Zimbabwe by his wifeChristine Kaseba-Sata, Foreign [...]

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A few days ago, President Sata informed the Nation through his press aide, Mr. George Chelah that he had appointed some Chief Executive Officers for some of the statutory bodies and at least one parastatal organization. The appointments made are that of Mr. Charles Mpundu as the Director General and CEO of the National Pension [...]

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Editor The government is surely planning to remove both extra duty allowance and retention allowance from the public service workers.Sure,do you call this more money in the pocket? Whose pocket any way?We were promised a lot of things and large perks by the current government  and Michael Sata. They have increased salaries by 15% but [...]

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The Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MoFNP) is inviting members of the general public to make submissions on Tax and Non-Tax Revenue Policy Proposals in preparation for the 2013 National Budget and 2013 to 2015 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The submissions are very important because the 2013 national budget will be the first [...]

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